Phonak Roger

by Phonak (Sonova)

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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.

Wireless mic system for hearing aids — pairs with Roger receivers in noisy rooms.

Hardware  ·  From $799 per mic + audiologist fitting

TL;DR

Best for hearing-aid users in classrooms, meetings, or restaurants where SNR matters. Pricing: From $799 per mic + audiologist fitting.

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Products
Pricing
From $799 per mic + audiologist fitting
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Hardware

What it is

Roger is the wireless remote-microphone system favored by audiologists. The 2024 Roger On v2 spec adds multi-talker handling. Pair with phone-side ASR (Live Transcribe, Otter) for transcript output.

Best for: Hearing-aid users in classrooms, meetings, or restaurants where SNR matters.
Watch out for: Audio amplification only — no captioning or transcription output.

Install / use

phonak.com/roger — sold through audiologists

What people actually do with Phonak Roger-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 supported1
HIPAA eligibleNo

Phonak Roger vs Whipscribe

FeaturePhonak RogerWhipscribe
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
Languages199
PlatformsHardwareWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Phonak Roger

Frequently asked about Phonak Roger

How much does Phonak Roger cost?

Phonak Roger is a paid product — published pricing: From $799 per mic + audiologist fitting. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

What do I need to run Phonak Roger?

Phonak Roger is hardware — a physical device rather than software you install.

How do I get started with Phonak Roger?

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

How many languages does Phonak Roger support?

Phonak Roger lists 1 languages.

What are the limitations of Phonak Roger?

Audio amplification only — no captioning or transcription output.

Who is Phonak Roger best for?

Hearing-aid users in classrooms, meetings, or restaurants where SNR matters.

Is Phonak Roger open source?

No. Phonak Roger is a proprietary product from Phonak (Sonova). If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Who makes Phonak Roger?

Phonak Roger is made by Phonak (Sonova).

What kind of tool is Phonak Roger?

In this directory Phonak Roger is filed under hearable, accessibility as a product.

What are the alternatives to Phonak Roger?

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

Can I automate Phonak Roger-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 Phonak Roger?

Phonak Roger 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 Phonak Roger?

$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 Phonak Roger 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.

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