Amberscript

by Amberscript

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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.

Dutch AI + human transcription and subtitling platform with EU data residency.

Vendor, API  ·  from EUR 8/hr

TL;DR

Best for eU broadcasters, universities, and government wanting GDPR-aligned transcription + subtitles. Pricing: from EUR 8/hr (machine) up to manual + certified tiers.

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Products
Pricing
from EUR 8/hr (machine) up to manual + certified tiers
Platforms
Vendor, API

What it is

Amberscript is a Dutch transcription and subtitling SaaS with both machine and human tiers. Strong EU positioning (GDPR data residency, German broadcaster customers, accessibility programs). Supports 39+ languages and exports SRT/VTT/EBU-STL. API and SAML SSO available on higher tiers. Best fit: eu broadcasters, universities, and government wanting gdpr-aligned transcription + subtitles. Caveats: per-hour pricing; certified/manual turnarounds are days. Pricing as listed: from EUR 8/hr (machine) up to manual + certified tiers. Feature flags from vendor docs: speaker diarization, word-level timestamps. Directory tags: voice-intel, transcription-service. Last vendor-page check: 2026-05-12.

Best for: EU broadcasters, universities, and government wanting GDPR-aligned transcription + subtitles.
Watch out for: Per-hour pricing; certified/manual turnarounds are days.

Install / use

amberscript.com app + API

What people actually do with Amberscript-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.

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Features

Speaker diarizationYes
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported39
HIPAA eligibleNo

Amberscript vs Whipscribe

FeatureAmberscriptWhipscribe
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
Languages3999
PlatformsVendor, APIWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Amberscript

Frequently asked about Amberscript

How much does Amberscript cost?

Amberscript is a paid product — published pricing: from EUR 8/hr (machine) up to manual + certified tiers. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

What platforms does Amberscript support?

Amberscript is an API — you call it from whatever you build, on any platform with an HTTP client.

How do I get started with Amberscript?

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

How many languages does Amberscript support?

Amberscript lists 39 languages.

What are the limitations of Amberscript?

Per-hour pricing; certified/manual turnarounds are days.

Who is Amberscript best for?

EU broadcasters, universities, and government wanting GDPR-aligned transcription + subtitles.

Is Amberscript open source?

No. Amberscript 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.

What kind of tool is Amberscript?

In this directory Amberscript is filed under voice intel, transcription service as a product.

What are the alternatives to Amberscript?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/amberscript-alternatives comparing Amberscript with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Amberscript-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 Amberscript?

Amberscript 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 Amberscript?

$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 Amberscript 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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