Transcribe a 10-hour recording at the ceiling.
Ten hours is the most a single file can hold here, so a 10-hour recording goes up as one upload and usually takes about 20 minutes. The 600 minutes are more than the $6 pack holds, so it runs on the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes, and a recording longer than 10 hours goes in as two files.
The limit, stated plainly
Ten hours or 5 GB per file, whichever comes first.
Exactly where the line is
A file can run up to 10 hours or 5 GB. Ten hours of MP3 is roughly 580 to 870 MB, so duration is the limit you meet first. A ten-hour WAV would be about 6 GB and needs saving as MP3 or M4A before it fits.
About twenty minutes
At roughly 2 minutes per audio hour, ten hours takes about 20 minutes. Our published run transcribed 9.31 hours in 1,033 seconds, the closest public measurement to this length. Ten-hour files are usually livestreams, all-night recordings, or a multi-session event recorded in one take.
Which pack covers it
Ten hours is 600 minutes, past the 500 in the $6 pack. The $12 pack holds 2,000 minutes, so after this file you keep 1,400, which is more than two further ten-hour recordings.
Longer than ten hours
Split it into two files at a natural break, such as overnight or between days. Each comes back as its own transcript with its own brief and chapters, and both sit in your Library side by side.
Elsewhere
Ten hours is past almost every other limit.
✗ Ten one-hour pieces
Where the cap is an hour or two, a ten-hour file becomes a project.
- Five to ten parts to cut and upload
- No way to search the whole recording
- Seams where words go missing
- Monthly hour allowances used up in one go
- Timestamps offset in every part
- No overview of what happened when
✓ One file up to the ceiling
Ten hours in, one transcript and one brief out. A recording just under the limit uploads and transcribes exactly like a short one.
- One upload for 10 hours
- About 20 minutes
- $12 pack, 1,400 minutes left
- First 20 minutes free
- Chapters across the full length
- Two files only if it runs over 10 hours
Sample
Hour one and hour ten in one file.
Written for this page as an illustration, not drawn from a real recording. It follows a ten-hour livestream where the clock reaches 09:50:00 in a single transcript.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $6 (500 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$6/500 min
8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 500 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$12/2,000 min
33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 2,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Ten-hour recordings, the questions.
What is the longest recording I can transcribe in one file?
10 hours or 5 GB, whichever you reach first. A 10-hour file is one upload and one transcript. Anything longer is transcribed as two files.
How long does a 10-hour recording take?
About 20 minutes, at roughly 2 minutes per audio hour. Treat that as an average; a difficult recording can take somewhat longer, and you can leave the page while it runs.
How much does it cost to transcribe 10 hours?
600 minutes. That is more than the $6 pack's 500, so the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes is the one to buy, and 1,400 minutes remain afterwards. The first 20 minutes are free before you pay.
Do I need a pack before I upload a 10-hour file?
Only if the file is over 2 GB, since larger uploads start once a pack is on the account. Ten hours of MP3 or M4A is usually under 1 GB. A Twitch, Kick or YouTube Live recording over 6 hours also starts once a pack is on the account.
How should I split a recording longer than 10 hours?
Cut it at a natural pause into two files of under 10 hours each, then upload both. Each gets its own transcript, brief and chapters. If the recording is a single 14-hour stream, for example, two files of seven hours each are simpler than one of ten and one of four.
Which languages and exports, and what about privacy?
Languages: 99, detected automatically. Exports: TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON. For a recording this long, which often captures more than anyone planned, the relevant fact is that recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.
Related
Related pages.
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