Transcribe long streams run with StreamElements the recording, not the overlay.
StreamElements handles overlays, alerts and the chatbot, so a long stream transcribes from your OBS recording uploaded here or from the Twitch, Kick or YouTube VOD link, and 7 hours come back in about 14 minutes. The first 20 minutes are free, and that 420-minute stream fits the $6 pack of 500 minutes.
Where the words actually are
Your overlays live in StreamElements; your voice lives in the recording.
Two places to look
StreamElements is the toolkit around the stream, not the recorder. The words you said are in the recording OBS wrote to disk, if recording was on, and in the VOD your platform kept. For Twitch, Kick or a YouTube live replay, paste the link: nothing to download, nothing to upload.
Uploading the OBS file
OBS saves where its output settings point, often as MKV or MP4. The box here takes 500 MB; a 7-hour recording is usually far larger and goes through upload page, which accepts up to 10 hours or 5 GB. If the recording passes 5 GB, convert it to audio first.
Subathons and marathons
A stream longer than 6 hours starts once a pack is on the account, and one file stops at 10 hours. A 30-hour subathon is therefore split into parts, which together use 1,800 minutes, inside the $12 pack of 2,000. A single 7-hour stream stays within the $6 pack.
Alerts in the audio
Alert jingles, music and game sound effects are not transcribed. A donation message read out by text-to-speech is speech, so it may show up in the text; you can trim it out afterwards. Everything you said between alerts, from the schedule to answers for chat, is kept with its timestamp, so a clip editor can jump straight to the right minute instead of scrubbing a timeline.
Long streams, no record
Seven hours of talk sit behind the overlays, and none of it is written down.
✗ VOD only
A whole day of streaming, impossible to search.
- Clip editors guessing where moments are
- Rules for the giveaway buried in hour five
- OpenAI's Whisper API rejects files bigger than 25 MB
- A VOD that expires on the platform
- Captions skipped because they take too long
- Mods asked to repeat what you said
✓ Stream transcribed
The full VOD as text with times.
- About 14 minutes for 7 hours
- Chapters at each segment
- Giveaway dates listed
- SRT for clip captions
- A searchable copy that stays
- Chat to find any moment
Sample
A long stream with alerts, as it comes back.
Written for this page as an illustration; not from a real stream. Timestamps follow a 7-hour stream.
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
StreamElements streams, the common questions.
Does StreamElements save a recording I can upload?
The recording usually comes from OBS on your computer or the VOD on your platform, not from StreamElements. Use whichever you have: paste a Twitch, Kick or YouTube link, or upload the OBS file.
How long does a 7-hour stream take?
About 14 minutes, at roughly 2 minutes per audio hour. On /proof/long-files 9.31 hours finished in 1,033 seconds.
What does it cost?
Your first visit includes 20 free minutes, and the rest of a long stream is previewed. A pack from $6 transcribes the rest; a 7-hour stream, 420 minutes, fits the $6 pack of 500. Credits never expire.
Why does my long VOD wait for a pack?
Streams over 6 hours start once a pack is on the account, and before the first pack an upload can be up to 2 GB. Each file still runs up to 10 hours or 5 GB.
Are speakers kept apart when a guest joins?
Speakers are named in the summary, key quotes and chapters, so a guest segment shows up there. The transcript itself reads as continuous text.
Is there a StreamElements plugin?
No plugin, integration or bot. WhipScribe works on the recording afterwards, on our own servers, and never uses it for training. Nothing touches your overlays, alerts or chatbot settings.
Related
Recording and VOD pages
Paste the VOD or upload the recording. Twenty free minutes on your first visit.
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