Upload a recorded interview and get text with speaker labels and word-level timestamps, so every quote you pull can be checked against the second it was said. Files over 500 MB continue on the upload page. First transcript free at any length · instant preview, no signup · packs from $8 for 1,000 minutes, credits never expire.
How it works
Nothing to install. Upload in the browser from your laptop or phone.
Phone recordings, recorder files and call captures: MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV, WebM, FLAC, OGG and MOV. The box above takes up to 500 MB; larger files continue on the upload page, up to 10 hours or 5 GB.
Your questions and your subject's answers arrive as labelled speaker turns, with a timestamp on every word, so a long interview reads like a conversation rather than a wall of text.
Copy the line you want, note its timestamp and play that moment in the original before it goes into the story. Export DOCX for your editor or TXT for your notes.
On deadline
Automatic transcripts can mishear names, numbers and jargon. Word-level timestamps take you straight to the moment, so you confirm the wording against the tape instead of trusting the text.
Transcripts stay in a searchable library. When a follow-up story needs what a source said last month, search a name or phrase instead of scrubbing through audio.
DOCX for editors and fact-checkers, TXT for a notes app, JSON or MD if your desk runs its own tools, and SRT or VTT when the interview becomes video.
Files run up to 10 hours or 5 GB each, so a full-day hearing goes up as one file.
Before you record
General guidance, not legal advice. Your newsroom's standards and a lawyer for your jurisdiction come first.
Rules on recording a conversation differ between countries and sometimes between states. Some places require only one party to agree; others require everyone. Saying on the recording that you are recording, and getting a clear yes, removes most doubt.
If a recording could identify someone you promised to protect, decide before uploading whether that file should leave your own devices at all, and follow your organisation's policy on where such material is kept.
Mark the passages agreed as off the record or on background before anyone pulls quotes, so nobody lifts a line that was never meant for publication.
The transcript is a working copy. Keep the source audio, so a disputed quote is settled by the recording rather than the text.
Pricing
Your first transcript is free and readable in full at any length; longer files need credits. Anyone can preview instantly with no signup. After that, one-time packs cost $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes or $24 for 5,000 minutes, about $0.29 to $0.48 per audio hour. Credits never expire and there is no subscription.
A 45-minute interview uses 45 minutes of credit: $0.36 on the $8 pack. Twenty interviews that length come to 900 minutes, which fits inside one $8 pack of 1,000 minutes. A month with 20 hours of tape is 1,200 minutes, about $5.76 at the $24 pack's rate.
Full details on the pricing page.
FAQ
Upload the recording to the box on this page. You get a transcript with speaker labels and word-level timestamps. Anyone can preview instantly with no signup, and $0.99 opens your first transcript in full at any length.
Use it to find quotes, then check each one against the audio before publishing. Word-level timestamps take you to the exact moment, which matters most for names, numbers and anything contentious.
Yes. Each voice gets a speaker label, so your questions and their answers read as separate turns.
MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV, WebM, FLAC, OGG and MOV, 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.
DOCX is the usual choice for editors and fact-checkers. TXT, SRT, VTT, JSON and MD are available on every transcript too.
The first transcript is free at any length. After that, one-time packs cost $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes or $24 for 5,000 minutes, about $0.29 to $0.48 per audio hour, and credits never expire.
It depends on where you and the other person are: some places require one party's consent and others require everyone's. This is not legal advice; check your newsroom's policy and the law that applies to you.
Instant preview, no signup, no card. A free account keeps your transcripts in one searchable library.