Writeout AI
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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.
Pay-per-minute Whisper API wrapper running in the browser.
Best for whisper transcription with a polished browser editor and minimal upfront cost. Pricing: per-minute usage.
What it is
Writeout AI is a thin browser front-end over the OpenAI Whisper API. Open source on GitHub, hosted version on writeout.ai, $0.10/min.
Watch out for: Uses OpenAI Whisper API on the backend — audio is sent to OpenAI.
Install / use
Go to Writeout AI writeout.aiWhat people actually do with Writeout AI-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 | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | 99 |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Writeout AI vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Writeout AI | 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 | 99 | 99 |
| Platforms | Web | Web, API, MCP |
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Frequently asked about Writeout AI
How much does Writeout AI cost?
Writeout AI is a paid product — published pricing: per-minute usage. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.
Does Writeout AI work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
Writeout AI 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 Writeout AI?
There is nothing to install — Writeout AI is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
How many languages does Writeout AI support?
Writeout AI lists 99 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 Writeout AI?
Uses OpenAI Whisper API on the backend — audio is sent to OpenAI.
Who is Writeout AI best for?
Whisper transcription with a polished browser editor and minimal upfront cost.
Is Writeout AI open source?
No. Writeout AI 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 Writeout AI desktop app?
No — Writeout AI is browser-only. There is nothing to install and nothing runs on your machine.
Where is the Writeout AI source code?
On GitHub at github.com/alyssaxuu/writeout.
What kind of tool is Writeout AI?
In this directory Writeout AI is filed under web app, transcription as a product.
What are the alternatives to Writeout AI?
There is a side-by-side page at /tools/writeout-ai-web-alternatives comparing Writeout AI with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.
Can I automate Writeout AI-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 Writeout AI?
Writeout AI 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 Writeout AI?
$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 Writeout AI 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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