Transcribe long sessions from a Zoom M4 MicTrak a whole workshop in one upload.
A 5-hour workshop recorded on a Zoom M4 MicTrak transcribes in about 10 minutes; its stereo 32-bit float WAV is near 6.9 GB at 48 kHz, so export a 16-bit or MP3 copy under 5 GB before uploading. The first 20 minutes are free, and the session uses 300 of the 500 minutes in a $6 pack.
From the table to text
Set on the table, the M4 records the room for hours. Its inputs can bring in a lavalier or a desk mic too.
What a take leaves
The M4 MicTrak records to microSD. With only the built-in X/Y mics in use, a take is usually one stereo WAV; with the two inputs in use as well, there can be more than one file per take, so look at the folder before you choose.
Bringing it under 5 GB
Stereo 32-bit float at 48 kHz is 384,000 bytes a second, so five hours comes to about 6.9 GB. Exported as 16-bit stereo it is about 3.5 GB, and as a 96 kbps MP3 about 216 MB; either one carries the speech.
Mix in the presenter
If the presenter wore a lavalier into one of the inputs, mix it with the X/Y room sound before export. The presenter stays clear, and the questions from the room come through the built-in mics in the same file.
Out of the session
Each session returns with a brief, chapters with timestamps for each module, the names, numbers and dates mentioned, and the decisions and questions raised. A team that runs these every week may prefer the $19/month Workspace.
Long sessions elsewhere
A recorder that sits through a whole workshop leaves a file nobody wants to scrub through.
✗ The detours people take
Hours of useful talk, no practical way in.
- OpenAI Whisper API uploads capped at 25 MB
- A 6.9 GB float file with nowhere to go
- Modules recorded but never written up
- Room questions lost under the presenter
- Action items remembered by whoever stayed
- Slides without the explanation
✓ One session, one record
Sized down once, transcribed in one run.
- 16-bit or MP3 copy under 5 GB
- Five hours back in about 10 minutes
- A chapter for each module
- Decisions and questions listed
- The opening 20 minutes cost nothing
- One day's workshop inside a $6 pack
Sample
A five-hour training workshop on a tabletop recorder, as it comes back.
This sample is illustrative, written for this page rather than drawn from a real workshop. Facilitator and participant are roles.
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 M4 MicTrak recordings, the common questions.
How long does a 5-hour M4 MicTrak session take?
About 10 minutes once it has uploaded. A 2-hour session takes around 4.
My float file is over 5 GB. What should I send?
A 16-bit WAV or an MP3 export of the same mix. Five hours of stereo at 16-bit is about 3.5 GB, which starts once a pack is on the account; an MP3 of a few hundred megabytes starts before one.
What does a month of workshops cost?
Four 5-hour sessions are 1,200 minutes, on the $12 pack of 2,000. One session fits the $6 pack, and a first visit includes the first 20 minutes free. Credits never expire.
Should I upload the inputs separately?
Only for one transcript per mic. A single mix of the X/Y mics and any lavalier gives one document in which the summary, key quotes and chapters name who spoke.
Is there an M4 MicTrak integration?
No. WhipScribe has no connection to the recorder or its apps. Export the mix and upload it, or paste a Google Drive share link to it.
Languages, exports and privacy?
99 languages, detected automatically, and a session that moves between languages is detected on its main one. The session exports to TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON. Internal training stays internal: recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.
Related
Tabletop recorders and long sessions
Export the session, send it once. No charge for its first 20 minutes.
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