Transcribe long meetings and lectures from a Tascam DR-05XP the recorder on the table, the minutes on the page.
A 3-hour meeting recorded on a Tascam DR-05XP becomes text in about 6 minutes once you upload its WAV or MP3, and one file can reach 10 hours or 5 GB. The first 20 minutes are free on a first visit, a single meeting uses 180 minutes of the $6 pack of 500, and twelve monthly meetings of that length fit the $24 pack of 5,000.
From the recorder on the table
A small recorder in the middle of the room hears everyone. The upload should be just as simple.
Getting the file off
The DR-05XP records to a memory card. Plug it into a computer by USB and it usually shows up as a drive, or read the card directly, then drag the newest file into the box above. If the recorder sits with a secretary or clerk, they can put the file in Google Drive and send you the share link to paste.
WAV or MP3 for a long meeting
Check the recorder's format setting before the meeting. At 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo WAV takes about 635 MB an hour, so three hours is near 1.9 GB and uploads before any pack; at 48 kHz it tips just over 2 GB. MP3 at 128 kbps keeps the same meeting to about 173 MB with the same words.
When one take becomes two files
Handheld recorders often start a new file when a take reaches a size limit; the manual gives the exact point for your settings. If a long meeting arrived in two parts, join them in an audio editor so the chapters run on one clock, or upload each part and read them in order.
From discussion to minutes
Each meeting comes back with a brief of what was decided and why, chapters with timestamps for every agenda item, and the names, amounts and dates that were said. Members are named in the summary, key quotes and chapters, and the chat answers questions such as when the budget vote happened.
Long meeting audio elsewhere
The recorder caught three hours without a hitch. Typing them up is where the evening goes.
✗ What usually happens
The meeting is recorded; the minutes are still blank.
- OpenAI's Whisper API turning away anything past 25 MB
- A three-hour WAV rejected as too large
- Minutes rebuilt by listening at double speed
- Votes and amounts checked against memory
- Two split files read as two meetings
- Last month's decision lost in a folder
✓ Here
The recorder's file becomes minutes you can search.
- WAV or MP3 accepted up to 5 GB
- A three-hour agenda back in about 6 minutes
- Agenda items as timed chapters
- Amounts and dates listed for checking
- Twenty opening minutes free on a first visit
- A year of meetings on a $24 pack
Sample
A committee meeting, as the transcript reads it back.
Illustrative only: written for this page, not taken from any real meeting. The timestamps show a three-hour session.
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
- Unlimited AI chat per 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
- Priority queue
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Tascam DR-05XP recordings, the common questions.
How long does a 3-hour DR-05XP meeting take to transcribe?
Around 6 minutes. The work runs at about 2 minutes per hour of audio, so a 90-minute lecture on the same recorder takes about 3.
What does a year of monthly 3-hour meetings cost?
Twelve meetings of three hours are 2,160 minutes, more than the $12 pack holds, so they go on the $24 pack of 5,000 with 2,840 minutes to spare. One meeting alone fits the $6 pack of 500, and a first visit gets the opening 20 minutes free.
Is the recorder good for lectures too?
Yes, the same file path works for a lecture. Sit near the front or point the recorder at the lecturer; questions from the back row are fainter, but usually still transcribed.
How large can one DR-05XP file be?
A file may be up to 10 hours or 5 GB, and up to 2 GB before your first pack. A WAV over 2 GB starts once a pack is on the account, or you can switch the recorder to MP3 for long meetings.
What if the committee meets in another language?
99 languages are detected automatically, so nothing needs setting. A meeting held mostly in one language with phrases in another is detected on the main language.
Which formats come back, and is the meeting private?
Download TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON. Meetings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training, and the recorder has no link to us; you upload the file when you choose.
Related
Other recorders and long meetings
Put the DR-05XP file in, and the minutes start writing themselves. Start with 20 minutes at no cost.
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