Ogg files come out of browsers, Audacity, Linux desktops and a good many Android recorders, and they are startlingly small for what they hold. Upload one and the conversation returns as a genuine .docx you can edit anywhere. A free first transcript, all of it, at any length · afterwards $8 covers 1,000 minutes and they never run out.
How it works
These files upload in seconds, which is the nicest thing about them.
Upload the .ogg as it was saved. There is no need to re-export it to something more familiar first.
Lines carry timestamps and play back on a click. Signed in, an edit you make to a line is saved with the transcript.
Export DOCX, timestamps included or left out, and take TXT, SRT, VTT, JSON or Markdown from the same job if you need them.
About OGG
Ogg was built for speech at low bitrates, which suits transcription.
Browser-based recorders, Audacity exports, Linux desktop tools, several Android recorder apps and voice chat captures all produce Ogg files.
An .ogg holds either Vorbis or Opus audio. Upload it as it is; if an unusual file is refused you are told immediately, and re-exporting as MP3 or WAV takes a moment.
Opus speech at 24 to 48 kbps runs 10 to 20 MB an hour. Ten hours of conversation can sit under 200 MB, so the 5 GB ceiling is effectively out of reach.
Because Opus was designed around voice, a small Ogg often carries cleaner speech than an MP3 of the same size, and the transcript benefits.
| Ogg recording | One hour | Five hours | Ten hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opus voice, 24 kbps | ~11 MB | ~54 MB | ~108 MB |
| Opus, 48 kbps | ~22 MB | ~108 MB | ~216 MB |
| Vorbis, 128 kbps | ~58 MB | ~288 MB | ~576 MB |
At these sizes only the ten-hour cap applies, and almost everything fits the box on this page.
Who records this way
Usually somewhere nobody wanted to install software.
A web tool that records without a download hands you an Ogg. The Word file is what you circulate.
Community meetings recorded on Linux tooling become minutes for the people who missed them.
A research tool recording in the browser gives small files; quotes come out of the document.
Long conversations captured cheaply become something a volunteer can read and summarise.
Pricing
Credit is spent per minute of audio, so the small size of an Ogg saves upload time rather than money. Your opening transcript is free and readable throughout, up to 3 hours.
An hour-long community call is $0.48 on the $8 pack, or $0.29 on the $24 pack. A year of weekly calls is about 2,600 minutes, which one $24 pack covers twice over. See pricing.
FAQ
Yes. Drop it in as it was saved. If an unusual file is refused you will be told straight away rather than after a wait.
It could be either, and you rarely need to know. Browser and messaging recordings are usually Opus, while older Audacity exports tend to be Vorbis.
No. Speaker labels are visible in the transcript view on this page, beside each line. The DOCX carries the words, and JSON is the export that includes speaker information.
No. Opus at 24 kbps is built for speech and transcribes well. A noisy room or a distant microphone hurts far more than a low bitrate.
Up to ten hours. These files are so compact that the 5 GB size limit almost never comes into it.
Yes, a real Word file. It opens and edits in Word, Google Docs, Pages and LibreOffice like anything else you would write.
Yes. TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, JSON and Markdown all come from the same transcript, and taking a second format costs nothing.
Yes. Signed in, change or delete a line and save it; the export then reflects your correction.
Instant preview, no signup. Small files, fast uploads, ten hours each.