Research interviews, focus groups, seminars, lectures — transcribed on private Whisper. 100+ languages, per-word timestamps, no third-party ML training on your data. Education discounts available.
Built for research
Accuracy, timestamps you can cite, and a data-handling posture you can defend to an IRB.
Open-source Whisper on private infrastructure. Audio and transcripts never sent to OpenAI, Google, or any third-party transcription service. We do not train models on your uploads. Delete files at any time.
Per-word and per-segment times ship in every export. Cite by timestamp in your paper, and a reader can jump back to the exact second of the recording.
Focus groups, committee meetings, panel seminars — per-turn speaker labels. Rename once; the transcript updates everywhere.
Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, Swahili, Portuguese, Russian — 100+ via Whisper. Transcribe in source language; optional English translation side-by-side for analysis.
Server-side chunking handles 3-hour lectures, 2-hour focus groups, or multi-session workshops in one upload and one job.
Verified faculty and .edu-email users qualify for an education discount on pay-as-you-go rates and department/lab plans. Write to contact@neugence.ai for a quote.
Side-by-side
Descript is a popular academic-adjacent pick. Here is the vertical-relevant cut.
| Consideration | Whipscribe | Descript |
|---|---|---|
| Primary product | Transcript file · paste anywhere | Edit audio/video by editing the transcript per descript.com/transcription (checked 2026-04-23) |
| Diarization | Per-turn speaker labels | Automatic speaker labels per descript.com/transcription (checked 2026-04-23) |
| Word-level timestamps | SRT · VTT · JSON | Per-word timestamps per help.descript.com (checked 2026-04-23) |
| Entry pricing | $1/hour PAYG · education discount on request | Creator $12/month per descript.com/pricing (checked 2026-04-23) |
| If you only want a transcript | Built for this — lighter, cheaper | Pay for an editing surface you may not open |
Evidence rows live in transcripto_legal/content_audit/_tools_claims_evidence.jsonl. Full breakdown on the Descript alternative page.
Questions we hear most
It depends on your protocol. Private Whisper, no third-party sharing, no model training on uploads. If your IRB requires a BAA or specific data-processing agreement, email contact@neugence.ai before uploading.
Yes. Every transcript ships with per-word timestamps across TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, and JSON exports.
Yes — chunked ingestion server-side, no hard length cap. One upload, one job.
100+ via Whisper. Source-language transcript plus optional English translation for analysis.
Yes — for verified faculty and .edu-email users. Email contact@neugence.ai with department and expected volume for a quote.
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