Transcribe union negotiation recordings one bargaining day per file.
A union bargaining session in the US can run 4 to 8 hours, and WhipScribe transcribes an 8-hour recording in about 16 minutes, with the first 20 minutes free. One 8-hour session is 480 minutes, inside the $6 pack of 500 minutes, and a round of ten 6-hour sessions fits the $24 pack of 5,000.
Across the table, on the record
Who proposed what, on which day, in whose words: a transcript of the session answers it.
A whole bargaining day in one file
A session that opens at nine and breaks at five, with caucuses in between, is one recording of about 8 hours. One file here can run up to 10 hours, so the day keeps a single timeline and a caucus break shows up as a gap, not a new file.
Recorded by agreement
Bargaining sessions are recorded when both teams agree to it, usually on a recorder in the middle of the table or through the video call. WhipScribe only sees the recording afterwards; it has no bot, joins nothing and records nothing.
Proposals and counters, with times
The brief lists the numbers and dates said aloud: wage steps, effective dates, the article under discussion. The chapters follow the agenda, so the forty minutes on health premiums are one click away. upload page
A round of bargaining, costed
Four 6-hour sessions total 1,440 minutes and fit the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes. A longer round of ten such sessions is 3,600 minutes, which belongs on the $24 pack at $0.29 an audio hour. Credits never expire, so the next contract can use what is left.
Why bargaining notes end up disputed
Two note-takers at the same table can write down two different offers.
✗ Bargaining notes by hand
Each side keeps its own notes, and the gaps surface when the tentative agreement is drafted.
- Notes that differ on what was offered
- Eight hours of audio nobody replays
- Apps that quit after the first hour
- Splitting a day into many short clips
- Nothing timestamped to settle a disagreement
- Days of typing before a bargaining update
✓ Each session as searchable text
The recording returns as one transcript with a brief, chapters and every figure said.
- An 8-hour bargaining day in about 16 minutes
- Chapters by article and topic
- Spokespersons named in the summary
- Figures and dates pulled out with times
- DOCX for the bargaining file
- A full round on one pack
Sample
A bargaining session, mid-afternoon.
An illustrative sample written for this page; it is not drawn from any real union, employer or contract. Times are from the start of the recording.
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
Bargaining session recordings, answered.
How long does an 8-hour bargaining session take to transcribe?
Roughly 16 minutes once uploaded, since the work runs at about 2 minutes per audio hour. A 4-hour session takes about 8.
What does a full round of negotiations cost?
One 8-hour session is 480 minutes, inside the $6 pack of 500 minutes. Four 6-hour sessions come to 1,440 minutes on the $12 pack of 2,000, and ten of them come to 3,600 minutes on the $24 pack of 5,000. Your first 20 minutes on WhipScribe are free.
Our bargaining day ran past 10 hours. What then?
Stop the recorder at a caucus or a meal break and start a second file, or split the recording at a break. One file holds up to 10 hours or 5 GB, and 2 GB before the first pack.
Is the transcript an official record of bargaining?
No. It is a working transcript with timestamps for the bargaining team, and the parties decide what counts as the record. Recording itself should be agreed between the teams first.
Some members spoke in Spanish. Is that handled?
Yes. The language is detected automatically from 99, and a session that moves between English and Spanish is detected on its main language with the switches handled.
Which formats come back, and does the recording stay private?
Export the transcript as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON. Bargaining recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training, and a file can be deleted with its transcript at any time.
Related
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Upload the bargaining session. Every offer and counter, timestamped.
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