Verbatim transcripts for journalism.
Quote people accurately, with speaker-attributed quotes and summaries. Mark off-the-record.
4,824 minutes of journalism recordings already transcribed here · packs from $4, any length · ~2 min per hour of audio · 99+ languages · private, never used for training
- 4,824 minof journalism recordings transcribed by users here, across 141 files
- ~2 minper hour of audio, measured on production
- 99+languages, auto-detected
At a glance
- Field
- Journalism
- Transcribed here
- 4,824 minutes across 141 journalism 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 journalism recordings?
- Quote people accurately, with speaker-attributed quotes and summaries. Mark off-the-record.
- 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 Journalism
What matters when transcribing journalism recordings?
Verbatim fidelity
Ums, overlaps, and "uh"s stay in. You can clean afterwards, but the source-of-truth output is faithful. Word-level timestamps let you hear any moment before you quote it.
Long recordings in one file
Word-level timestamps on every line, so every quote can be checked against the audio. Works on Zoom exports, phone recordings, and single-mic room captures.
Off-the-record tagging
Highlight any range and tag it off-the-record. Excluded from exports by default. Your editor sees clean copy; your notes keep everything.
99+ languages
Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Russian — 99+ languages. Transcribe in source language, optionally output an English translation alongside.
How it works
How do I transcribe a journalism 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 a journalism recording?
Interview — former inspector, on the record
Brief overview
On the record throughout, with one passage the source asks to keep back and a date they correct themselves on.
- The key quote about the 2019 report is at 22:10, clean and usable in full.
- The source asks for 48:30–51:00 to be off the record; the request is explicit and timestamped.
- They correct the date twice: first 'March', then 'no, February' at 39:15.
Questions this recording answers
- Which part is off the record?
- 48:30 to 51:00. They ask for it directly at 48:28 and confirm at 51:05.
- What date did they settle on?
- February. They say March first, then correct themselves at 39:15.
Chapters
- How they came to the role
- The 2019 report
- Correcting the date
- Off the record
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 journalism transcription?
Is Whipscribe verbatim or cleaned up?
Verbatim by default. Ums, uhs, false starts, and overlapping speech are preserved. You clean or redact afterwards; the source transcript stays faithful.
Can you handle multi-speaker interviews?
Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters; every line carries its timestamp, so you can check any quote against the audio.
How do I mark something off-the-record?
Tag a range as off-the-record in the editor — it stays visible to you but excluded from exports by default. Delete files + audio anytime.
Record once. Quote accurately.
Packs from $4 for 300 minutes, credits never expire; every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes.
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