SpeakNotes
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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.
Mobile voice-to-text note app.
Best for casual mobile users. Pricing: free / paid plans.
What it is
SpeakNotes is a common name for several mobile voice-to-text apps. Verify the specific publisher before relying on it.
Watch out for: Multiple publishers; verify the specific app.
Install / use
app stores — varies
What people actually do with SpeakNotes-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 | 20 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
SpeakNotes vs Whipscribe
| Feature | SpeakNotes | 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 | 20 | 99 |
| Platforms | iOS, Android | Web, API, MCP |
Alternatives to SpeakNotes
Frequently asked about SpeakNotes
Is SpeakNotes free?
Yes. SpeakNotes is free (free / paid plans).
Does SpeakNotes work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
SpeakNotes runs on iOS and Android. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond iOS and Android.
How do I get started with SpeakNotes?
There is nothing to install — SpeakNotes is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
How many languages does SpeakNotes support?
SpeakNotes lists 20 languages.
What are the limitations of SpeakNotes?
Multiple publishers; verify the specific app.
Who is SpeakNotes best for?
Casual mobile users.
Is SpeakNotes open source?
No. SpeakNotes is a proprietary product from Various publishers. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.
Can I use SpeakNotes in the browser?
No — SpeakNotes is a iOS and Android application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
Who makes SpeakNotes?
SpeakNotes is made by Various publishers.
What kind of tool is SpeakNotes?
In this directory SpeakNotes is filed under product as a product.
What are the alternatives to SpeakNotes?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/speaknotes-alternatives comparing SpeakNotes with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate SpeakNotes-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 SpeakNotes?
SpeakNotes 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 SpeakNotes?
$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 SpeakNotes 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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