Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps
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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.
Apps and tools for the deaf community from Sorenson Communications.
Best for deaf US users already in the Sorenson VRS (video relay service) ecosystem. Pricing: free for verified deaf users.
What it is
Sorenson is the largest US video relay service provider for the deaf community. Its apps and Buzz Cards complement VRS with live captioning and chat features.
Watch out for: Sorenson primarily provides VRS, not pure transcription.
Install / use
sorenson.com — free / member access
What people actually do with Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps-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 | No |
| Languages supported | 2 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps | 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 | 2 | 99 |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Web | Web, API, MCP |
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Frequently asked about Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps
Is Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps free?
Yes. Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps is free (free for verified deaf users).
Does Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps runs on iOS, Android and Web.
How do I get started with Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps?
There is nothing to install — Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
How many languages does Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps support?
Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps lists 2 languages.
What are the limitations of Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps?
Sorenson primarily provides VRS, not pure transcription.
Who is Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps best for?
Deaf US users already in the Sorenson VRS (video relay service) ecosystem.
Is Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps open source?
No. Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps is a proprietary product from Sorenson Communications. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.
Who makes Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps?
Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps is made by Sorenson Communications.
What kind of tool is Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps?
In this directory Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps is filed under product as a product.
What are the alternatives to Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/sorenson-buzz-alternatives comparing Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps-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 Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps?
Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps 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 Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps?
$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 Sorenson Buzz Cards / Apps 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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