AudioNote

by Luminant Software

Don’t want to install AudioNote? Drop the file here.

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.

Linked-notes-and-audio app for iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac.

iOS, Android, Windows, macOS  ·  from $9.99 one-time / subscription

TL;DR

Best for students, journalists, and researchers wanting timestamped notes synced to audio recordings. Pricing: from $9.99 one-time / subscription.

Category
Products
Pricing
from $9.99 one-time / subscription
Platforms
iOS, Android, Windows, macOS

What it is

AudioNote pioneered the linked-notes-and-audio pattern — tap a note to jump to that moment in the recording. Cross-platform and reasonably priced.

Best for: Students, journalists, and researchers wanting timestamped notes synced to audio recordings.
Watch out for: AI transcription is limited compared to dedicated transcription apps.

Install / use

audionote.com — paid plans

What people actually do with AudioNote-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 DriveMake.comZapiern8nZoomSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported10
HIPAA eligibleNo

AudioNote vs Whipscribe

FeatureAudioNoteWhipscribe
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
Languages1099
PlatformsiOS, Android, Windows, macOSWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to AudioNote

Frequently asked about AudioNote

How much does AudioNote cost?

AudioNote is a paid product — published pricing: from $9.99 one-time / subscription. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

Does AudioNote work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

AudioNote runs on iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.

How do I get started with AudioNote?

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

How many languages does AudioNote support?

AudioNote lists 10 languages.

What are the limitations of AudioNote?

AI transcription is limited compared to dedicated transcription apps.

Who is AudioNote best for?

Students, journalists, and researchers wanting timestamped notes synced to audio recordings.

Is AudioNote open source?

No. AudioNote is a proprietary product from Luminant Software. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Can I use AudioNote in the browser?

No — AudioNote is a iOS, Android, Windows and macOS application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.

Who makes AudioNote?

AudioNote is made by Luminant Software.

What kind of tool is AudioNote?

In this directory AudioNote is filed under product as a product.

What are the alternatives to AudioNote?

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

Can I automate AudioNote-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 AudioNote?

AudioNote 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 AudioNote?

$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 AudioNote 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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