Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription
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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.
Spotify's web DAW with podcast transcription baked into the storyboard editor.
Best for podcasters who want to record, transcribe, edit-by-text, and publish from a browser. Pricing: Storyteller subscription $14.99/mo.
What it is
Soundtrap for Storytellers transcribes a podcast inside the DAW and lets editors cut audio by deleting words. Owned by Spotify since 2017; pairs naturally with their podcast distribution stack.
Watch out for: Music-side features stronger than dialogue-cleanup tooling; transcript edits don't propagate to all output formats.
Install / use
Go to Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription soundtrap.comWhat people actually do with Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription-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 | 11 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription | 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 | 11 | 99 |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web, API, MCP |
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Frequently asked about Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription
How much does Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription cost?
Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription is a paid product — published pricing: Storyteller subscription $14.99/mo. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.
Does Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription runs on Web, iOS and Android.
How do I get started with Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription?
There is nothing to install — Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
How many languages does Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription support?
Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription lists 11 languages.
What are the limitations of Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription?
Music-side features stronger than dialogue-cleanup tooling; transcript edits don't propagate to all output formats.
Who is Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription best for?
Podcasters who want to record, transcribe, edit-by-text, and publish from a browser.
Is Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription open source?
No. Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription 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 Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription?
In this directory Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription is filed under daw, audio post as a product.
What are the alternatives to Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/soundtrap-transcription-alternatives comparing Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription-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 Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription?
Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription 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 Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription?
$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 Soundtrap (Spotify) — transcription 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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