Transcribe long recordings stored on a QNAP NAS copied off the share, read in minutes.
A long recording kept on a QNAP NAS is transcribed by copying the file to your computer, from a mapped network folder or the NAS's own web file manager, and uploading it here; a 5-hour training day comes back as text in about 10 minutes. The first 20 minutes are free, and the $6 pack of 500 minutes covers all 300 minutes with 200 left over.
From the share to searchable text
A NAS is where long recordings go to be safe. It is also where they go to be forgotten.
Get the file onto your computer
If the share is mapped as a network drive, drag the recording to your desktop or pick it straight from the share in the file dialog. Otherwise open the NAS's browser-based file manager (File Station on most QNAP models) and download it. Menu names change between firmware versions, so look for Download on the file's menu.
Sharing links are not read
A share link generated by the NAS opens a download page on your device, not a media stream, so it is not one of the links we fetch. Links that work are YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Kick, Google Drive and podcast feeds. This box takes files up to 500 MB, and a bigger one continues on the upload page.
Size limits that matter here
Archives on a NAS are often raw camera or recorder files. One upload can run up to 10 hours or 5 GB. Until a pack is on the account, files up to 2 GB start straight away; a larger file waits for the pack, or you can export an audio-only copy, which is usually far smaller.
The archive, priced
Forty two-hour recordings make 80 hours, or 4,800 minutes, which fits the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes with 200 to spare. A single 5-hour day uses 300 minutes of the $6 pack. Minutes never expire, so the backlog can go in a folder at a time.
Why NAS archives stay unread
The recordings are backed up twice. Nobody can find what was said in them.
✗ Stored, never searched
Folders sorted by date, and a file name is the only clue to what is inside.
- Search that sees file names, not speech
- Hours of scrubbing to find one answer
- Old training sessions no one rewatches
- Notes that were never written up
- Raw camera files too big for most tools
- Knowledge that leaves with the person who recorded it
✓ Text filed next to every recording
Copy the file once, upload it, and keep the transcript in the same folder.
- Five hours in about 10 minutes
- The first 20 minutes on us
- Chapters with timestamps for each topic
- Names, figures and dates listed separately
- Speakers named in the summary and chapters
- DOCX and TXT to store back on the NAS
Sample
An internal training day, pulled from a NAS archive.
Illustrative lines written for this page; no real company or recording is quoted. Times count from the start of the 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
QNAP NAS recordings, answered.
Is there a QNAP app or connector for WhipScribe?
No. There is no app, plugin or connector for QNAP, and nothing is installed on the NAS. You copy the recording to your computer and upload it, so the NAS and its permissions stay as they are.
How long does a 5-hour file take?
About 10 minutes, at roughly 2 minutes per hour of audio. A 90-minute meeting is back in about 3. The public proof page shows 9.31 hours done in 1,033 seconds.
What will a whole archive cost?
Add up the hours. Eighty hours is 4,800 minutes, which fits the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes. Twenty hours is 1,200 minutes on the $12 pack of 2,000. Packs are one-time payments in US dollars.
Which file types upload?
Common audio and video files go in as they are, usually MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4 or MOV. Some security cameras and older recorders write unusual formats; if a file is refused, convert it to MP3 or MP4 first.
What if the recording is longer than 10 hours?
Split it into two files at a natural break and upload both. Each one can be up to 10 hours or 5 GB.
Where is the audio processed?
Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training. You can delete the file and its transcript after downloading, which leaves the NAS copy as the master.
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