Transcribe long Olympus DS-2600 recordings field notes and memos, ready to search.
A two-hour recording from an Olympus DS-2600 is text in about 4 minutes once you copy the DS2 file to your computer, convert it if the upload refuses DS2, and upload it. Those 120 minutes sit inside the $6 pack of 500, and a forty-hour research project of 2,400 minutes fits the $24 pack of 5,000.
DS-2600 to searchable notes
A compact recorder that people carry everywhere fills up with long notes nobody has time to replay.
Finding the files
The DS-2600 records in DS2 and stores dictations in folders on its memory card. Connected by USB, it usually shows up as a drive or downloads through the Olympus dictation software into a folder on the computer. Copy the files from either place; which folder depends on your setup.
A conversion step, sometimes
If the box will not take a DS2, convert it to MP3 or WAV with your Olympus software, where your edition includes conversion, and upload the copy. Files up to 500 MB go in above; the main upload page takes the rest, up to 10 hours or 5 GB. Encrypted files need their password first.
Pricing a research project
Forty hours of interview dictations and field notes come to 2,400 minutes. That is past the $12 pack's 2,000, so the $24 pack of 5,000 fits, with 2,600 left for the next round. A single two-hour memo is 120 minutes of the $6 pack of 500. Credits never expire, so a project that pauses for a season keeps its remaining minutes.
What comes back from a memo
A brief with the main point and takeaways, chapters with timestamps where the topic changes, the names, places, numbers and dates you said, and the questions the recording answers. Export TXT or DOCX for notes, or JSON when the text goes into analysis software.
Where DS-2600 notes get stuck
Recording takes no effort. Getting back to what you said takes hours.
✗ Notes trapped in audio
Long memos sit on the card until someone replays them.
- Two-hour memos replayed to find one line
- Forty hours of field notes untyped
- DS2 files a laptop player will not open
- Quotes copied out by hand
- No index of what was said where
- Notes typed weeks after the trip
✓ Uploaded and searchable
Every memo turns into text you can search and cite.
- About 4 minutes for 2 hours
- Chapters where the topic changes
- Places, names and dates listed
- 2,400 minutes from the $24 pack
- JSON for coding software
- A chat to ask what was said
Sample
A long DS-2600 field memo.
This sample is illustrative and was written for this page; it is not a real recording. Each timestamp counts from the first second of the uploaded file.
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 $6 (500 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
$6/500 min
8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 500 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$12/2,000 min
33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 2,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Olympus DS-2600 recordings, answered.
How fast is a two-hour DS-2600 file?
About 4 minutes after the upload completes, at roughly 2 minutes per audio hour. Short memos of a few minutes return almost at once.
Does the DS-2600 record in a format the upload reads?
It records DS2, which a general upload may refuse. Convert to MP3 or WAV in your Olympus software if that happens, then upload the converted copy.
Does WhipScribe connect to the recorder?
No. There is no integration with the DS-2600 or Olympus software and nothing is installed. Copy the file to your computer, then upload.
What does a forty-hour project cost?
2,400 minutes, which needs the $24 pack of 5,000 and leaves 2,600. Under 2,000 minutes, the $12 pack covers it; under 500, the $6 pack. Credits never expire.
I recorded interviews in two languages. Does that work?
Yes. 99 languages are detected automatically, and a recording that switches is detected on its main language with English terms inside the speech handled.
Who sees my field notes?
Field recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never go into training. Delete the file and transcript when the project is done.
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