Transcribe a Tascam DR-07X recording the whole day in one file.
A five-hour workshop recorded on a Tascam DR-07X is text in about 10 minutes, with the first 20 minutes free on your first recording. The recorder saves WAV or MP3 to microSD; record long days in MP3 and the file stays small, while five hours uses 300 minutes of a $6 pack of 500.
A long day, captured on a table
The mic position matters more than the file format.
Set the mics for the room
The DR-07X's mics can be angled close together for one speaker at the front, or spread wider to take in a table. For a roundtable, place the recorder in the middle and point the mics across the table rather than at one person. Voices at even levels transcribe better than one loud and one distant.
Format for a five-hour day
A 16-bit, 44.1 kHz stereo WAV fills about 635 MB an hour, so five hours is close to 3.2 GB: over the 2 GB line before a first pack, though it starts once a pack is on. In MP3 at 128 kbps the same day is about 290 MB, which uploads straight away and is plenty for speech.
From microSD to this page
The DR-07X writes to a microSD card. A USB cable to a computer shows it as a drive, or a card reader does the same; drag the file across and drop it in the upload box. A file of several gigabytes travels more smoothly through the upload page.
A day sorted into chapters
A five-hour recording comes back divided into chapters with timestamps, usually one for each session of the day, with the thesis and takeaways in the brief and the dates, numbers and owners said aloud pulled out. Participants are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters.
Why long days stay as audio
Nobody replays five hours to write the minutes.
✗ The usual afternoon of rework
A full-day recording without text means someone listens again, or the notes are written from memory.
- Five hours replayed for the action list
- Upload tools capped well below an hour
- Cutting the day into small pieces
- Separate transcripts with clocks restarting
- A subscription bought for one retreat
- Breakout discussions summarised by guesswork
✓ The DR-07X day, uploaded once
One file goes up and one transcript comes back with a clock from the first word.
- 300 minutes on the $6 pack
- About 10 minutes of processing
- Chapters for each session
- Owners and dates listed
- Participants named in quotes
- DOCX ready for the minutes
Sample
A workshop day recorded on a table.
This sample is illustrative, composed for this page from no real event. It shows a facilitated session from one recorder placed in the middle of the room, with timestamps 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
- 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-07X recordings, common questions.
How long does a five-hour DR-07X recording take?
About 10 minutes of processing, at about 2 minutes per hour of audio. Six hours is about 12 minutes, and the transcript waits in your Library if you close the page.
What does a five-hour DR-07X recording cost?
Five hours is 300 minutes, which the $6 pack of 500 covers with 200 left. A whole-day session of eight hours is 480 minutes and still fits that pack. For a first-time visitor, the first 20 minutes come free.
Can one DR-07X file be too big?
One file can hold up to 10 hours or 5 GB, whichever comes first. A five-hour WAV of about 3.2 GB uploads once a pack is on the account, since uploads before the first pack go up to 2 GB.
Should I split the day into separate files?
No need under 10 hours. One file keeps a single timeline, so the chapters run across the whole day and a quote from the afternoon still carries its real time. A recording longer than 10 hours goes in as two files.
Which languages can the day be in?
Any of 99, detected automatically, so a workshop in Swedish, Afrikaans or Zulu needs no setting. Speech that switches between English and Tagalog in one recording is handled.
What do I download, and where is the recording processed?
One run gives TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON. The whole day is transcribed on our own servers, and recordings are never used for training.
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