Drop your audio. Transcript in seconds. 30 free min, then $2 = 200 min
CastingWords
Long-running human transcription service with multi-quality tiers.
Long-running human transcription service with multi-quality tiers.
Best for buyers comfortable with tiered accuracy quality at correspondingly tiered pricing. Pricing: from $1/min.
What it is
CastingWords is one of the original microtask transcription marketplaces. Multi-tier pricing matched to multi-tier accuracy.
Watch out for: Lowest tier accuracy is rough; higher tiers cost more.
Install / use
castingwords.com — per-minute ratesFeatures
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 5 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
CastingWords vs Whipscribe
| Feature | CastingWords | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | service | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | from $1/min | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | — | Yes |
| Word timestamps | — | Yes |
| Streaming | — | No |
| Languages | 5 | 99 |
| Platforms | Web | Web, API, MCP |
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