Transcribe an isiZulu talk radio show.
A three-hour isiZulu talk radio show, with presenters, phone-in callers and guests, transcribes in about 6 minutes once the logger file is uploaded. isiZulu is detected from the audio, music and adverts are not transcribed, and the first 20 minutes are free before a pack from $6.
Built for a full broadcast
A whole show in text, from the first greeting to the last caller.
The show, ready by the next one
At about 2 minutes per hour of audio, a three-hour morning show is text in roughly 6 minutes. A producer can pull quotes for social posts before the afternoon presenter is on air.
Speech in, songs out
isiZulu is picked up from the audio itself. Music beds, songs, jingles and sound effects are not transcribed; the presenter's talk, the callers and the interviews are.
Segments you can jump to
News review, the guest interview, the open line: chapters with timestamps follow the shape of the show. Full logger files go through upload page, and the clock in the text matches the recording.
What the callers said
The brief lists the topics, the numbers and the places mentioned, plus the questions the show answered. Ask the chat which caller raised taxi fares and it returns the minute.
Why broadcast archives stay silent
Stations keep every hour on the logger, and almost none of it can be searched.
✗ Hours on a logger
The audio exists, but finding one interview means scrubbing through a day of broadcast.
- A three-hour show to find one quote
- No search across past broadcasts
- Software that only expects English
- Music transcribed as nonsense
- Upload limits far below a show's length
- Per-month plans for an occasional archive job
✓ A show you can search
Each broadcast becomes a text with times, topics and quotes.
- Roughly 6 minutes per three-hour show
- isiZulu detected automatically
- Songs and adverts kept out of the text
- Chapters per segment of the show
- Callers' points listed in the brief
- A week of shows on one $12 pack
Sample
A few minutes of talk radio, as text.
This excerpt is illustrative and written for this page, not taken from a real station or programme. In English: a morning greeting, a topic for the hour, a caller, and a break for the news.
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
isiZulu radio recordings, answered.
How fast does a three-hour show come back?
In about 6 minutes, and a four-hour weekend show in about 8. On the public proof page, a 2.48-hour recording finished in 200 seconds. You can leave while it works; the text waits in your Library.
What would five weekday shows cost?
Five weekday shows of three hours each are 15 hours, or 900 minutes, which the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes covers with 1,100 minutes left. A single three-hour show uses 180 of the $6 pack's 500 minutes. A month of weekday shows, about 66 hours, belongs on the $24 pack. The dollar figures here are USD.
How big is a three-hour logger file?
It depends on the format, and the arithmetic is simple. Uncompressed CD-quality WAV runs at 1,411 kbps, about 635 MB an hour, so three hours is close to 1.9 GB; an MP3 at 128 kbps is about 58 MB an hour. One file can reach 10 hours or 5 GB, and before your first pack the cap is 2 GB. If the upload refuses the file, convert it to MP3 first.
Do I need to cut out the music and adverts first?
No. Music, sound effects and jingles are not transcribed, so there is nothing to trim. Upload the whole show as one file, since anything under 10 hours fits.
Is isiZulu chosen automatically, and what about English guests?
Yes, isiZulu is detected from the audio. A show presented in isiZulu with an English-speaking guest is transcribed on its main language and the switches are handled. Proper names of guests and places are worth one quick read before you publish a quote.
Which exports are there, and is the audio kept private?
TXT and DOCX for the archive, SRT and VTT for clips on social video, JSON for a station's own tools. Station audio is transcribed on our own servers and is never used for training. If the show is published as a podcast feed, paste the RSS link instead of uploading.
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