Scribepad
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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.
Free browser dictation pad with Markdown shortcuts.
Best for writers who dictate into Markdown drafts directly in the browser. Pricing: free.
What it is
Scribepad is a minimal Markdown dictation pad — speak, see the markdown render live, copy out when done.
Watch out for: Web Speech API; browser routes audio to recognizer.
Install / use
Go to Scribepad scribepad.ioWhat people actually do with Scribepad-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.
Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | Yes |
| Languages supported | 30 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Scribepad vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Scribepad | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | Not verified | $6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free |
| Speaker identification | Not verified | Named in the summary, key quotes and chapters |
| Word timestamps | Not verified | Yes |
| Streaming | Not verified | No |
| Languages | 30 | 99 |
| Platforms | Web | Web, API, MCP |
Alternatives to Scribepad
Frequently asked about Scribepad
Is Scribepad free?
Yes. Scribepad is free.
Does Scribepad work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
Scribepad 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 Scribepad?
There is nothing to install — Scribepad is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
How many languages does Scribepad support?
Scribepad lists 30 languages.
What are the limitations of Scribepad?
Web Speech API; browser routes audio to recognizer.
Who is Scribepad best for?
Writers who dictate into Markdown drafts directly in the browser.
Is Scribepad open source?
No. Scribepad 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 Scribepad desktop app?
No — Scribepad is browser-only. There is nothing to install and nothing runs on your machine.
What kind of tool is Scribepad?
In this directory Scribepad is filed under web app, dictation as a product.
What are the alternatives to Scribepad?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/scribepad-web-alternatives comparing Scribepad with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate Scribepad-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 Scribepad?
Scribepad 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 Scribepad?
$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 Scribepad 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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One file up to 10 hours, as an upload or a link: see transcribing a long MP3 or M4A, a podcast episode as text from its link and the SRT file generator.
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