Transcribe a public hearing recording every person who testified.
To transcribe a public hearing recording, paste the link to the posted video or drop the file below. Hours of testimony go in as one file of up to 10 hours, four hours returns in about 8 minutes, and the first 20 minutes are free. The chapters follow the hearing topic by topic, so you can reach the part you came for.
Why hearing recordings fit here
Long rounds of testimony, made readable.
Start from the posted video
Many agencies post hearings to YouTube once they close. Paste that link and the audio is fetched for you, with nothing to download or convert. A recording you received as a file, even a large one, goes through the upload page.
Testimony grouped by topic
A hearing on a rate change or a new rule can draw dozens of short statements. Chapters group the testimony as the hearing moved through its subjects, and the speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters.
The questions the hearing answered
The brief sets out what the hearing was about and what people argued. It also lists the questions the recording answers, and you can ask the transcript directly, for example whether anyone raised the effect on rural customers.
Four hours on the smallest pack
A 4-hour hearing is 240 minutes, inside the $6 pack of 500 minutes. The first 20 minutes come free, so you can check how well the room microphones carried the testifiers before paying for the rest. Whatever you do not use stays on the account for the next hearing, because credits never expire.
Following a hearing you could not attend
Four hours of video, or the part that concerns you.
✗ Watching the archive at 1x
The posted video is the only record for weeks, and it has no index beyond the agenda.
- Hours of video with no chapter marks
- Statements you heard about but cannot find
- Auto captions that drop names and numbers
- Comment deadlines closing before you finish
- No text to quote in a written response
- Each topic interleaved with procedure
✓ Testimony as searchable text
Paste the link and the hearing returns as text with timestamps, grouped by the topics it covered.
- Paste the video link, skip the download
- Chapters for each topic of testimony
- Names, figures and dates in the brief
- Quotes with the time they were said
- About 8 minutes for four hours
- TXT or DOCX for a written comment
Sample output
Testimony late in the evening, found by search.
This excerpt is illustrative and was written for this page; it does not come from a real hearing. Timestamps begin when the recording begins.
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
Public hearing recordings, answered.
How long does a 4-hour public hearing take?
About 8 minutes. Processing runs near 2 minutes per hour of audio, so a long evening hearing of six hours is usually done in about 12. If you paste a link, add the time it takes to fetch the video, which is usually short. You can leave the page and come back to the finished text.
How much does a 4-hour hearing cost to transcribe?
Four hours is 240 minutes, which fits the $6 pack of 500 minutes with 260 minutes to spare. First-time visitors get the first 20 minutes free. Anyone following a series of hearings can take the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes, roughly 33 hours.
The hearing is only on YouTube. Do I need to download it?
No, paste the YouTube link and the audio is pulled straight from it. For a file you hold yourself, uploads go up to 5 GB, or up to 2 GB before your first pack.
The hearing continued over two evenings. One file or two?
Two, one for each session as it was posted. Every file can run up to 10 hours, so a single evening never needs cutting. Each session comes back with its own clock.
Is this the official record of the hearing?
No. It is an AI transcript with timestamps for reading and working from, not a certified transcript, not a substitute for a court reporter, and not legal advice. The agency's own record stays the official one.
What can I export, and is my upload kept private?
Download TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON. A hearing you upload is transcribed on our own servers and never ends up in a training set.
Related
More long civic recordings.
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