Transcribe oral exams recorded in a university language lab read the answers, then listen where it matters.
Oral exams recorded in a university language lab, usually 10 to 15 minutes per student, are transcribed at about 2 minutes per audio hour, so a whole 2-hour lab session is text in about 4 minutes. Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, and credits never expire.
How the lab records
Booths, headsets and a console that saves one file per student, or a single recording of the whole session.
Getting the files out
Lab systems differ: some save one audio file per booth, others export a folder per class, and the menu names depend on the software and its version. Copy the files to your computer, then upload each one; MP3, WAV and M4A usually go in as they are. Files up to 500 MB fit the box above; a long session continues on the upload page.
Learner speech, read carefully
Every recording is detected on its main language, among 99, and English mixed into the answer is handled. A transcript records the words a student said; it does not grade pronunciation, and errors in grammar can read more smoothly in text than they sounded. Use the text to find the answer quickly, then listen to the passage before you mark it.
A term of exams, costed
Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, and credits never expire.
What each file returns
The transcript with timestamps, chapters for each task in the exam, a brief of the main points the student made, and the questions answered. Export DOCX for marking notes, SRT or VTT to subtitle a recorded dialogue for the next cohort, and JSON for research coding.
Why the recordings pile up
Every student's exam is saved. Marking still means listening to each one from the start.
✗ Folders of audio
One file per booth, named by seat number.
- Scrubbing to find each task
- Second markers who must listen again
- Research corpora transcribed by hand
- Practice recordings nobody reviews
- Large session files that won't upload elsewhere
- No text for moderation
✓ Exams with text
Read first, then listen where it matters.
- 2 hours back in about 4 minutes
- Timestamps for every answer
- Packs from $4 for 300 minutes
- Chapters for each exam task
- DOCX for marking notes
- JSON for research coding
Sample
An oral exam in Spanish, recorded in a lab booth.
Illustrative lines written for this page in Spanish; no real student or university is represented. Gloss: describing a hometown, a recent trip and plans for next summer.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $4 (300 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$4/300 min
5 hours of audio — $0.80 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 300 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$18/3,000 min
50 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 3,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
Bulk pack
$32/6,000 min
100 hours of audio — $0.32 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 6,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Language lab recordings: common questions.
How long does it take to transcribe a class of exams?
About 2 minutes per audio hour. Forty 12-minute exams are 8 hours of audio in total, which comes to about 16 minutes of processing across the files; one 2-hour session takes about 4.
What will a term of exams cost?
Forty 12-minute exams, 480 minutes, fit the $18 pack of 3,000 minutes. Packs start at $4 for 300 minutes. Credits never expire, so the rest waits for the next term.
Can I use the transcript to mark the exam?
Use it to find and read answers quickly, then listen before you mark. The transcript shows words, not pronunciation, and learner errors may read more cleanly than they sounded.
Which languages are supported?
99 languages are detected automatically, including Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Korean, with nothing to set. A recording that switches language is detected on its main language.
Can I upload a whole folder at once?
Upload the files one after another; each becomes its own transcript in your Library. One file can be up to 10 hours or 5 GB, with or without a pack.
Is student audio kept private?
Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training. Delete each file and transcript from your Library once marking is done, and follow your university's rules on student recordings.
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