Transcribe a Zoom H6 recording without paying for every track.
A Zoom H6 session of three hours comes back as text in about 6 minutes, and the first 20 minutes are free on your first recording. The H6 writes WAV or MP3 to its SD card, often one file per input, so mix the tracks into one file first and the whole show costs 180 minutes from a $6 pack of 500.
From the SD card to a searchable show
Six inputs on the recorder, one file on the upload.
Where the H6 puts the take
Each recording lands on the SD card in a folder for that take, with WAV or MP3 files inside, depending on the format chosen on the recorder. Take the card out and use a card reader, or connect the H6 to a computer by USB and copy the folder across. Multi-gigabyte WAV folders are easiest to send from the upload page.
Mix before you upload
In multitrack mode every input is saved as a separate WAV, so a four-guest panel can arrive as five or six files. Each file uploaded on its own is transcribed and billed for its full length. Bounce the tracks to one stereo or mono file in Audacity or your editor and the session is charged once.
How big an H6 WAV gets
A 24-bit, 48 kHz stereo WAV grows by about 1 GB per hour, so a three-hour mix is close to 3.1 GB. That is over the 2 GB that uploads before a first pack, and it starts as soon as a pack is on the account. Saved as a 128 kbps MP3, the same mix is about 175 MB.
What the show turns into
The transcript arrives with a brief of the thesis and takeaways, chapters with timestamps, every name, number and date mentioned, and the questions the episode answers. Hosts and guests are identified and named in the summary, the key quotes and the chapters, which is where show notes start.
Why H6 sessions go wrong elsewhere
Six tracks is a recording setup, not a transcription plan.
✗ Uploading the raw folder
Send every track to a per-minute service and the same three hours are billed five or six times over.
- Each input charged as its own recording
- A 3 GB WAV refused at a 25 MB limit
- Monthly plans for a show that airs twice a month
- A track with one voice and long silences
- Hand-typing four hours per recorded hour
- No chapters to find the sponsor read
✓ One mixed file from the H6
You send the mix once and get one transcript with one clock that matches your edit timeline.
- 180 minutes for a three-hour episode
- About 6 minutes to process
- Up to 5 GB or 10 hours in one file
- Guests named in summary and quotes
- Chapters with timestamps for the edit
- Credits that stay on the account
Sample
A long panel recorded on an H6, as text.
This sample is illustrative, written for this page rather than taken from any recording. It shows how a mixed multitrack session reads 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
Zoom H6 recordings, the practical questions.
How long does a three-hour H6 recording take to transcribe?
Processing runs at about 2 minutes per hour of audio, so three hours is usually ready in about 6 minutes once the upload finishes. With a large WAV the upload is often the slower part, which is one more reason to send a single mixed file.
What does a three-hour H6 podcast cost?
Mixed into one file it is 180 minutes, which sits on the $6 pack of 500 minutes with 320 left. Uploaded as four separate tracks it becomes 720 minutes, which needs the $12 pack of 2,000. Your first recording gets the first 20 minutes free either way.
Is a long H6 WAV too big to upload?
One file can be up to 5 GB or 10 hours, whichever comes first. Before your first pack the upload limit is 2 GB, so a long 24-bit WAV mix may wait for a pack, while an MP3 export of the same session will not.
Should I upload each H6 track separately?
Usually not. Each track is a separate recording to us, so you pay for its full length, and a track that holds one voice with long gaps gives a thinner summary. A single mix keeps every voice in the conversation and the cost at the session's real length.
Which languages can the session be in?
Any of 99 languages, detected without a setting. A panel that moves between English and Tagalog in one recording is handled, and the main language decides the detection.
What can I export, and where does the audio go?
TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON, all from one run, so captions and show notes come from the same pass. Each H6 session is transcribed on our own servers, and recordings are never used for training.
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