Drop a long hearing, deposition or tribunal recording (files over 500 MB continue on the upload page) and get a searchable working transcript with speaker labels and word-level timestamps, up to 10 hours per file. Packs from $4, credits never expire. · instant preview with no signup · packs from $4 for 500 minutes, credits never expire.
Know what this is
Whipscribe produces an automatic transcript to help you read, search and prepare. It is not a certified transcript, and it should not be filed with a court or relied on as the official record. When you need a certified transcript, use a human service: see human transcription services and legal transcription services.
How it works
Built for recordings measured in hours, not minutes.
Use audio or video you are permitted to have: a recording released by the court or tribunal, your own deposition recording, or a published agency hearing video.
Files up to 500 MB go in on this page; a full day's recording up to 5 GB continues on the upload page. Split a multi-day hearing into one file per day or session.
Search a witness name, an exhibit number or a phrase, jump to each match in the audio, and export DOCX for your notes or JSON with timestamps.
Where the transcript goes
Listening to a six-hour hearing takes six hours. Reading and searching it does not.
Read a long hearing in a fraction of the listening time, pull the passages that matter, and keep the timestamp beside each one so you can play it back.
Find where a witness addressed a topic, compare answers across sessions, and draft your own summaries from the text rather than from memory.
Employment, immigration, planning and licensing hearings often run for hours. A transcript makes the recording something you can search and annotate.
Legal work turns on exact words. Word-level timestamps take you straight to the recording so you can confirm a passage before you quote it.
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 6-hour hearing is 360 minutes: $2.88 on the $8 pack or about $1.73 on the $24 pack. A week of 6-hour hearing days is 1,800 minutes, which fits in one $12 pack of 2,000 minutes. Anything that must be filed needs a human service, priced separately.
FAQ
Yes, if you have the recording and are permitted to use it. Drop the file into the upload box on this page to get a working transcript with speaker labels and timestamps. Packs from $4, credits never expire.
No. It is an automatic transcript for review and preparation. For a certified transcript, use a human service; see human transcription services and legal transcription services.
Yes. Upload the deposition audio or video to search the testimony and prepare. If a transcript will be used as evidence, order one from a human service.
Speakers are labelled by voice, not by role or name. Match the labels to people as you read, and check passages where people speak over each other.
Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file. The box on this page takes files up to 500 MB; larger files continue on the upload page.
A 6-hour hearing is 360 minutes: $2.88 on the $8 pack or about $1.73 on the $24 pack. Packs from $4, credits never expire, and credits never expire.
It depends on the court or tribunal. Some release audio on request and some do not allow recording at all, so check the rules of the body that held the hearing.
DOCX and TXT for notes, JSON with word-level timestamps, and SRT or VTT if you are reviewing a video.
Instant preview, no signup, no card. A free account keeps your transcripts in one searchable library.