ScriptMe

by ScriptMe

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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.

AI transcription + caption studio with translation in 90+ languages.

Web  ·  paid

TL;DR

Best for subtitlers and translators who want a clean web editor with frame-accurate timing. Pricing: paid.

Category
Products
Pricing
paid
Platforms
Web

What it is

ScriptMe is a focused subtitle and translation web app — transcript, frame-accurate caption editor, translation, and burned-in or SRT export.

Best for: Subtitlers and translators who want a clean web editor with frame-accurate timing.
Watch out for: Less ecosystem reach than Happyscribe / Rev.

Install / use

Go to ScriptMe scriptme.io

What people actually do with ScriptMe-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 DriveYouTubeAmazon S3n8nZapierMake.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported90
HIPAA eligibleNo

ScriptMe vs Whipscribe

FeatureScriptMeWhipscribe
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
Languages9099
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to ScriptMe

Frequently asked about ScriptMe

How much does ScriptMe cost?

ScriptMe is a paid product. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

Does ScriptMe work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

ScriptMe 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 ScriptMe?

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

How many languages does ScriptMe support?

ScriptMe lists 90 languages. That is the Whisper-family multilingual set, so quality varies by language — English and the large European languages are strongest.

What are the limitations of ScriptMe?

Less ecosystem reach than Happyscribe / Rev.

Who is ScriptMe best for?

Subtitlers and translators who want a clean web editor with frame-accurate timing.

Is ScriptMe open source?

No. ScriptMe 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 ScriptMe desktop app?

No — ScriptMe is browser-only. There is nothing to install and nothing runs on your machine.

What kind of tool is ScriptMe?

In this directory ScriptMe is filed under captions, translation as a product.

What are the alternatives to ScriptMe?

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

Can I automate ScriptMe-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 ScriptMe?

ScriptMe 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 ScriptMe?

$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 ScriptMe 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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