Transcribe Sony ICD-UX560 lecture recordings a whole class, back before the next one starts.
A 90-minute lecture recorded on a Sony ICD-UX560 comes back as text in about 3 minutes, and as a 192 kbps MP3 it weighs roughly 130 MB, small enough for the box on this page. The first 20 minutes are free on a first visit; a course of one 90-minute lecture a week for 13 weeks is 1,170 minutes, which fits the $12 pack of 2,000.
From the front row
The ICD-UX560 is thin enough to leave on the desk all lecture. What it records is a file we can read as it is.
Off the recorder in a minute
The UX560 has a USB plug that slides out of its body, so it usually goes straight into a laptop and shows up as a drive. Recordings sit in folders sorted by date; the folder names differ by firmware, so look for the file with the right time stamp. Copy it across, then drop it here.
MP3 or LPCM, both upload
In MP3 mode a 90-minute lecture is about 130 MB and fits this page's 500 MB box. LPCM (WAV) sounds no better for speech yet runs near 950 MB for the same class, so it continues on the upload page, still up to 10 hours or 5 GB a file.
A semester, worked out
One 90-minute lecture a week for 13 weeks is 1,170 minutes, inside the $12 pack of 2,000 with 830 to spare for a second course's catch-up weeks. Two lectures a week all term, 2,340 minutes, moves to the $24 pack of 5,000.
Notes you can revise from
Each lecture returns with a brief of the argument, chapters with timestamps for each topic, and the names, dates, formulas read aloud and figures mentioned. The chat answers "where did she define elasticity?" with the minute. Questions from the room appear in the text too, and the lecturer is named in the summary when introduced.
Lectures on a recorder
Recording the class was easy. Finding the twenty minutes you need before the exam is not.
✗ Replaying it
Ninety minutes of audio, scrubbed by ear.
- Hunting for one definition in a long MP3
- Notes that stop when your hand cramps
- Files named by date, not by topic
- LPCM files too heavy for most tools
- Revision week spent re-listening
- Missed lectures filled in second-hand
✓ Reading it
Every lecture becomes text with a map.
- Around 3 minutes per 90-minute class
- Topic chapters with timestamps
- Formulas, dates and names listed
- A chat to ask where a point came up
- DOCX to annotate, TXT to search
- A full course on one $12 pack
Sample
Part of a 90-minute economics lecture, as text.
Illustrative only: written for this page, not taken from a real class. Timestamps fall across a 90-minute lecture.
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
Sony ICD-UX560 lectures: questions students ask.
How long does a 90-minute ICD-UX560 lecture take?
About 3 minutes. The work runs at roughly 2 minutes per hour of audio, so a 50-minute class is back in under 2 minutes and a three-hour seminar in about 6.
Should I record in MP3 or LPCM?
MP3 is the practical choice for lectures: the files are a fraction of the size and the speech is just as clear for a transcript. Keep LPCM for music or for audio you plan to edit. If an LPCM file is over 500 MB, upload it through the main upload page instead of this box.
What does a whole semester cost?
One weekly 90-minute lecture for 13 weeks is 1,170 minutes, which the $12 pack of 2,000 covers. Two lectures a week, 2,340 minutes, needs the $24 pack of 5,000. Packs are one-time purchases, and minutes left over carry into next term because credits never expire.
The lecturer was far away. Will it still work?
Usually, if you sit in the first few rows and the room is quiet. The recorder's scene or sensitivity settings can help in a large hall; the exact menu names are in Sony's manual for your unit. Questions from the back of the room may come through fainter than the lecturer.
Do I need permission to record a lecture?
Many universities have a policy on recording classes, and some lecturers ask to be told first. Check your course rules before you press record; we transcribe the file you upload and nothing more.
Which exports come back, and is my recording private?
TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training, and the recorder itself never connects to WhipScribe.
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