For authors, narrators and publishers working with recordings they have the rights to. Drop a chapter or a whole book up to 10 hours or 5 GB (files over 500 MB continue on the upload page) and get text with word-level timestamps. Packs from $4, credits never expire. · instant preview with no signup · packs from $4 for 500 minutes, credits never expire.
Your recordings only
Audiobooks bought or borrowed through a store or library app are DRM-protected and licensed for listening, not copying. They cannot be uploaded here and should not be. This page is for narration you recorded, commissioned or otherwise hold the rights to, such as the master files from your own studio sessions.
How it works
Work from your masters: the cleaner the file, the easier the text is to compare with the manuscript.
Use the WAV or MP3 masters from your recording sessions, one file per chapter or one long file for the whole book.
Files up to 500 MB go in on this page; larger masters continue on the upload page, up to 10 hours or 5 GB each. A longer book can be split into parts.
Export DOCX or TXT to read against the manuscript, or JSON with word-level timestamps to find exactly where a line sits in the audio.
Where the transcript goes
A narration transcript turns hours of listening into a document you can read, compare and search.
Read the transcript beside the book to spot skipped lines, repeated sentences and changed words before release, then find each one in the audio by its timestamp.
Note the timestamps of every line that needs a pickup, so the narrator re-records only those lines instead of whole chapters.
If the book was spoken first, as a memoir told aloud or a dictated draft, the transcript is the starting point for an edited print or ebook edition.
Export SRT or VTT for a narrated sample video, or search your library for the passage you want to quote in marketing.
Pricing
After the free transcript, $8 buys 1,000 minutes, $12 buys 2,000 minutes and $24 buys 5,000 minutes, which works out to about $0.29 to $0.48 per audio hour. No monthly subscription, and credits never expire. See pricing for details.
A 10-hour book is 600 minutes: $3.60 on the $12 pack or $2.88 on the $24 pack. The free summary at any length, so one chapter file can be checked before you buy. One $24 pack covers a series of five 8-hour books (2,400 minutes) with 2,600 minutes left over.
FAQ
No. Purchased or DRM-protected audiobooks from stores and library apps cannot be uploaded and should not be. Whipscribe is for recordings you made or hold the rights to.
Drop your master file into the upload box on this page, or on the upload page for files over 500 MB. You get the text with word-level timestamps, ready to export.
Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file. Most audiobooks fit in one file; a longer book can be uploaded in parts.
Packs from $4, credits never expire, which covers a chapter or a short book. Files longer than 3 hours need credits, from $4 for 500 minutes.
It is 600 minutes: $3.60 on the $12 pack or $2.88 on the $24 pack. Credits never expire.
Yes. Compare the transcript with the manuscript to find skipped, repeated or changed lines, then use the word-level timestamps to locate each one in the audio.
Yes. Transcripts include speaker labels, which helps with duet and full-cast recordings.
DOCX and TXT for reading, SRT and VTT for captions, and JSON with word-level timestamps.
Instant preview, no signup, no card. A free account keeps your transcripts in one searchable library.