Reference points are public, widely published rates as of mid-2026: professional human transcription
commonly runs $1.00–$2.50 per audio minute; typing it yourself takes roughly 4× real time for a
practiced typist; API-class AI transcription is published around $0.006 per minute (OpenAI Whisper API);
Whipscribe sells one-time credit packs — $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000, $24 for 5,000, credits never expire — with
pricing published here; your summary is free.
Rates change — treat this as arithmetic over public numbers, not a quote.