Multi-hour recordings, straight from Drive to the transcript.
Import all-day workshops, conference sessions and hearings from Library → Add content → Google Drive, and each file streams from Drive through WhipScribe's server to the transcriber.
247,995 minutes transcribed across 6,324 recordings · packs from $6, any length · ~2 min per hour of audio · 99+ languages · private, never used for training
- 247,995 mintranscribed across 6,324 recordings since April 2026, every field
- ~2 minper hour of audio, measured on production
- 99+languages, auto-detected
At a glance
- Field
- Long Drive recordings
- Transcribed here
- 247,995 minutes across 6,324 recordings site-wide since April 2026 (measured 12 Oct 2026); this field is not tracked separately yet
- Turnaround
- About 2 minutes per hour of audio; most files finish in under a minute
- Input
- Files and whole folders from your Google Drive (Library → Add content → Google Drive), a public Google Drive file link, or any audio or video file; 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 $6 for 500 minutes, credits never expire; the summary of any recording is free to read
- 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 long Google Drive recordings?
- Import all-day workshops, conference sessions and hearings from Library → Add content → Google Drive, and each file streams from Drive through WhipScribe's server to the transcriber.
- How much does it cost?
- The summary of any recording is free to read; a pack from $6 (500 minutes) opens the full transcript. Credit packs: $6 = 500 min · $8 = 1,000 min · $12 = 2,000 min · $24 = 5,000 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 stays in the recording's language. 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 Long Drive recordings
What matters when transcribing long Google Drive recordings?
Skip the slowest step
Downloading a multi-gigabyte recording from Drive and uploading it again is where long files stall, especially on venue or hotel Wi-Fi. The Drive import moves the file server to server; your laptop only picks it.
Know the limits before you pick
Each file can be up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file. The review step shows the total size of what you picked before anything starts; the length is worked out after import. For the most dependable result, split a recording that runs past eight hours into sessions first.
Chapters to find your place
A long recording opens on its overview: chapters with timestamps you can tap to play, key quotes, the names, numbers and dates that came up, and the questions the recording answers. Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters.
Noisy rooms and crosstalk, checkable
Workshop rooms, panel Q&A and hearing rooms bring room noise and people talking over each other. Every transcript line carries its timestamp, so a word you doubt can be checked against the audio in a click instead of scrubbing through hours.
How it works
How do I transcribe a long Google Drive recording?
Connect Google Drive
In the Library, Add content → Google Drive. Google asks you to allow read-only access to your Drive.
Pick files or folders
Tick single files or whole folders, subfolders included. Run it again later and the files already done are skipped.
Read, then send it back
Each file gets a transcript and the Intelligence brief. Save to Drive writes TXT and SRT into a new Drive folder.
Intelligence
What comes back from a long Google Drive recording?
Full-day facilitation workshop — morning and afternoon sessions
Brief overview
Participants practise running decision meetings, and the day ends with a shared checklist for preparing, chairing and following up.
- The morning sets out three meeting types at 0:12:30 and when each is the right one.
- The role-play from 2:05:00 shows where decisions drift: no named owner and no deadline.
- The checklist agreed at 5:10:00 becomes the group's standard for the next quarter.
Questions this recording answers
- What did the workshop produce?
- A shared checklist for preparing, chairing and following up decision meetings, agreed at 5:10:00.
- Why do decisions drift, according to the role-play?
- No named owner and no deadline, both shown from 2:05:00.
Chapters
- Opening and goals for the day
- Three kinds of meeting
- Role-play: chairing a decision
- The shared checklist
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 long Google Drive transcription?
How long can a recording from Google Drive be?
Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file, the same as an upload. For the most dependable result, split a recording that runs past eight hours into sessions before importing it.
Do I have to download the file from Drive first?
No. With Google Drive connected in the Library, the file streams from Drive through WhipScribe's server to the transcriber, and your Drive credentials never reach the browser. A single file shared as 'Anyone with the link' can also be pasted as a link.
How do I find one moment in a six-hour recording?
Start from the chapters on the overview and tap one to play from there, or ask the chat a question about the recording and follow the moment it points to. Every transcript line carries its timestamp.
Leave the big file in Drive. Read the day in minutes.
Packs from $6 for 500 minutes, credits never expire; the summary of any recording is free to read.