AI-Media iCap

by AI-Media

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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Cloud caption delivery network for live broadcast, the transport layer behind LEXI.

Web  ·  enterprise · contact sales

TL;DR

Best for broadcast engineers connecting any caption source to any caption encoder over the internet. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.

Category
Products
Pricing
enterprise · contact sales
Platforms
Web

What it is

iCap is AI-Media's IP delivery network for live captions. Human stenocaptioners, automatic ASR or third-party services can publish into iCap, and any registered encoder (Alta, Falcon, EEG HD492 legacy) can subscribe. Originally an EEG product; now the spine of the AI-Media stack.

Best for: Broadcast engineers connecting any caption source to any caption encoder over the internet.
Watch out for: Vendor-specific routing; encoders must speak the iCap protocol or use an Alta/Falcon bridge.

Install / use

ai-media.tv/icap

What people actually do with AI-Media iCap-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveYouTubeAmazon S3n8nZapierMake.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

AI-Media iCap vs Whipscribe

FeatureAI-Media iCapWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to AI-Media iCap

Frequently asked about AI-Media iCap

How much does AI-Media iCap cost?

AI-Media iCap does not publish a self-serve price — it is quoted by the vendor on contact. Expect an enterprise-style agreement rather than a card-and-go signup.

Does AI-Media iCap work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

AI-Media iCap runs in the browser, so it works on any desktop OS with a modern browser, and on phones and tablets.

How do I get started with AI-Media iCap?

There is nothing to install — AI-Media iCap is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

What are the limitations of AI-Media iCap?

Vendor-specific routing; encoders must speak the iCap protocol or use an Alta/Falcon bridge.

Who is AI-Media iCap best for?

Broadcast engineers connecting any caption source to any caption encoder over the internet.

Is AI-Media iCap open source?

No. AI-Media iCap is a proprietary product. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Is there a AI-Media iCap desktop app?

No — AI-Media iCap is browser-only. There is nothing to install and nothing runs on your machine.

What kind of tool is AI-Media iCap?

In this directory AI-Media iCap is filed under broadcast as a product.

What are the alternatives to AI-Media iCap?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/ai-media-icap-alternatives comparing AI-Media iCap with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate AI-Media iCap-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from AI-Media iCap?

AI-Media iCap is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of AI-Media iCap?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the AI-Media iCap category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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