Scribie

by Scribie

Hybrid AI + human transcription with file-based ordering.

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TL;DR

Best for researchers, podcasters, lawyers needing affordable human-reviewed transcripts. Pricing: from $0.10/min (machine) to $0.80/min (manual).

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from $0.10/min (machine) to $0.80/min (manual)
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Vendor, API

What it is

Scribie is a long-running hybrid transcription service offering machine-only and human-verified tiers with English-language focus. Pricing is per-minute, with separate rates for machine, human, certified, and rush turnaround. Best fit for podcasters and researchers; an API exists for programmatic upload and result retrieval. Best fit: researchers, podcasters, lawyers needing affordable human-reviewed transcripts. Caveats: turnaround for manual is hours-to-days; pricing assumes english audio. Pricing as listed: from $0.10/min (machine) to $0.80/min (manual). 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: Researchers, podcasters, lawyers needing affordable human-reviewed transcripts.
Watch out for: Turnaround for manual is hours-to-days; pricing assumes English audio.

Install / use

Upload via scribie.com or REST API

What people actually do with Scribie-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 diarizationYes
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Scribie vs Whipscribe

FeatureScribieWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$8–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · free instant preview
Speaker diarizationNot verifiedYes
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages99
PlatformsVendor, APIWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Scribie

Frequently asked about Scribie

How much does Scribie cost?

Scribie is a paid product — published pricing: from $0.10/min (machine) to $0.80/min (manual). Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

What platforms does Scribie support?

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

How do I get started with Scribie?

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

What are the limitations of Scribie?

Turnaround for manual is hours-to-days; pricing assumes English audio.

Who is Scribie best for?

Researchers, podcasters, lawyers needing affordable human-reviewed transcripts.

Is Scribie open source?

No. Scribie 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 Scribie?

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

What are the alternatives to Scribie?

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

Can I automate Scribie-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. $0.008 a minute — about $0.48 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 Scribie?

Scribie is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. We run the models on our own GPUs in a private cloud — audio is never forwarded to OpenAI or any third-party model — and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. Your first transcript in the web app is free at any length, no card.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Scribie?

$0.008 a minute — about $0.48 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $1.44, a thousand-hour archive is about $480 once. Your first transcript in the web app is free at any length, no card, so you can check accuracy on your own audio before paying anything.

Where is the Scribie 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 GPUs, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX 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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