Transcribe a Somali community meeting and send the record to everyone who missed it.
A 2.5-hour community meeting held in Somali in the United States comes back as text in about 5 minutes, with Somali detected automatically and English from visiting officials or staff handled in the same transcript. The first 20 minutes are free, and three 2.5-hour meetings, 450 minutes, fit the $6 pack of 500 minutes.
For whoever keeps the recording
The meeting ran long, half of it in Somali and some of it in English. The record should hold both.
A first draft, then one review
Somali output is a fast first draft: plan one review pass by a fluent member before it is shared. Correcting a draft takes a fraction of the time it takes to type two and a half hours from the audio.
Both languages in one text
When a city staff member, a teacher or a landlord's representative speaks English, those passages stay in the same transcript. The recording is detected on its main language, Somali when the community does most of the talking.
The points people will ask about
Dates, amounts, deadlines and phone numbers mentioned in the room are listed with timestamps, so the follow-up message to families starts from what was actually said.
From a phone or a laptop
A phone on the front table, a laptop recording or a Zoom file for members who joined online all work. Video over 500 MB continues on the upload page.
Why meetings repeat themselves
Without a record, the next meeting begins with the same questions as the last.
✗ Memory and a few notes
One volunteer writes what they can, the guest's English answers are half-remembered, and families who were at work hear a different version from each neighbour.
- Deadlines heard but not written down
- English-only tools that drop the Somali
- Volunteers replaying hours of audio
- Members on shift left out
- Different versions passed around
- The same questions at every meeting
✓ A reviewed transcript
Upload the same evening, correct the draft in one pass, share it in the group chat with the short brief on top.
- The meeting as Somali text
- English passages kept in place
- Chapters at each agenda item
- Speakers named in the summary
- Dates and figures listed
- A year of monthly meetings on $12
Sample output
A tenant meeting held in Somali, with a housing office visitor answering in English.
Illustrative lines written for this page; no real group, official or resident is quoted. In English: peace and good evening, thank you for coming tonight; the first matter is house rents and the new leases; who has a question about the forms; the next meeting will be next month; and a visitor in English about bringing a copy of the lease.
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
Somali community meetings, answered.
Do I need to choose Somali before uploading?
No. The language is detected automatically, and a meeting that mixes Somali with English is detected on its main language. English passages, like a guest's presentation, stay in the same transcript.
Some members joined online. Can we use the Zoom file?
Yes. Upload the Zoom MP4 or its audio file; if the room was also recorded on a phone, use whichever copy sounds clearer. Recording a call needs the consent the law where you are requires, so announce it at the start of the meeting.
How long does it take?
About 2 minutes per audio hour: a 2.5-hour meeting in roughly 5 minutes, a 4-hour forum in about 8. A recording over 10 hours goes up as two files.
What would a full year of meetings cost?
Twelve monthly 2.5-hour meetings come to 1,800 minutes and fit the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes with 200 left. Three meetings, 450 minutes, fit the $6 pack of 500 minutes. First-time uploads get 20 minutes free, and credits sit on the account until used.
Can the transcript be the official minutes?
Use it as a working record. It is an AI transcript, not a certified or official document and not legal advice; the minutes your group approves remain the record.
Who can see the recording?
Only you, and whoever you share the transcript with. Meetings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, which matters when families talk about rent, school or health. The files come as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON.
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