Transcripts for research that respects privacy.
Research interviews, focus groups, seminars, lectures — transcribed on our own servers. 99+ languages, per-word timestamps, no third-party ML training on your data.
1,400 minutes of academia recordings already transcribed here · packs from $4, any length · ~2 min per hour of audio · 99+ languages · private, never used for training
- 1,400 minof academia recordings transcribed by users here, across 41 files
- ~2 minper hour of audio, measured on production
- 99+languages, auto-detected
At a glance
- Field
- Academia
- Transcribed here
- 1,400 minutes across 41 academia recordings, out of 404,452 minutes site-wide since April 2026 (measured 10 Nov 2026)
- Turnaround
- About 2 minutes per hour of audio; most files finish in under a minute
- Input
- Any audio or video file, YouTube, podcast or RSS link; up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file
- Output
- A brief with chapters, the names, numbers and dates that were said, and the questions it answers; word timestamps and AI chat. Export TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX or JSON
- Languages
- 99+, with automatic detection
- Privacy
- Private servers, no third-party AI, never used for training, delete any time
- Price
- Packs from $4 for 300 minutes, credits never expire; every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes
- Support
- contact@whipscribe.com or the chat on every page
Quick answers
The five questions people ask before the first upload.
- What does WhipScribe do for academia recordings?
- Research interviews, focus groups, seminars, lectures — transcribed on our own servers. 99+ languages, per-word timestamps, no third-party ML training on your data.
- How much does it cost?
- Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes; a pack from $4 (300 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export. Credit packs: $4 = 300 min · $18 = 3,000 min · $32 = 6,000 min; credits never expire and there is no seat fee. Workspace is $19 a month for unlimited transcription (300-hour fair-use mark; 100 GB of storage included, then $3 per extra 100 GB a month).
- How long does a transcript take?
- A one-hour recording is usually ready in about two minutes; most files finish in under a minute. Files up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file.
- Is it private?
- Yes. Transcribed on our own servers; audio is never sent to a third-party AI service. Never used to train, fine-tune or evaluate any model. Delete a recording and its transcript at any time; account deletion removes every record tied to the email.
- Which languages and files does it accept?
- 99+ languages, detected automatically; the transcript comes back in the recording's language. WhipScribe translates a finished transcript into any of 99 languages with the same timestamps, so SRT and VTT stay aligned. Input: any audio or video file (MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV, FLAC, OGG, WEBM, MOV, GSM and more), a YouTube, podcast, RSS, Google Drive, Twitch or Kick link, or a microphone recording. Export: TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, JSON.
Built for Academia
What matters when transcribing academia recordings?
Private-by-default processing
Transcribed on our own servers. 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.
Citeable timestamps
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.
Long multi-participant sessions
Focus groups, committee meetings, panel seminars — one timestamped transcript per session, so any moment is a click away.
99+ languages for fieldwork
Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, Swahili, Portuguese, Russian — 99+ languages. Transcribe in source language; optional English translation side-by-side for analysis.
How it works
How do I transcribe an academia recording?
Drop or paste
A file, a YouTube link, a podcast link or an RSS feed. Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file.
Read in a minute
Timestamps, a summary and AI chat over the transcript. Click any line to hear it.
Get the brief, not just the text
The Intelligence tab reads the recording back to you: a short brief, chapters, the names and numbers that were said, and the questions it answers. Export TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX or JSON whenever you want it elsewhere.
Intelligence
What comes back from an academia recording?
Participant 07 — semi-structured interview, fieldwork wave 2
Brief overview
A long account of informal care work, with the participant twice correcting the framing of the question.
- The participant rejects 'burden' as a description and offers 'obligation' instead — at 18:30 and again at 54:10.
- Three named institutions are described as unhelpful; one is later partially retracted.
- Consent for the pseudonymised quote about the hospital discharge is given explicitly at 1:09:55.
Questions this recording answers
- Did the participant consent to the discharge quote?
- Yes, explicitly at 1:09:55, on condition it stays pseudonymised.
- Where does she push back on the question wording?
- At 18:30 and 54:10 — both times replacing 'burden' with 'obligation'.
Chapters
- Consent and framing
- Rejecting 'burden'
- The discharge, in detail
- What she would tell a researcher
Names, numbers and dates
Example output, written to show the shape. Your own recording produces its own brief, in the language it was recorded in.
Questions
What else do people ask about academia transcription?
Is Whipscribe IRB-friendly?
It depends on your protocol. Private transcription, no third-party sharing, no model training on uploads. If your IRB requires a BAA or specific data-processing agreement, email contact@whipscribe.com before uploading.
Can I cite a specific timestamp?
Yes. Every transcript ships with per-word timestamps across TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, and JSON exports.
Does it handle 3-hour lectures or long focus groups?
Yes — up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file (free preview at any length; a pack from $4 opens the full transcript and exports). One upload, one job.
Skim the recording. Keep the privacy.
Packs from $4 for 300 minutes, credits never expire; every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes.
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