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How to choose a transcription service

How to choose a transcription service: the steps that take the recording and turn it into text, with the export that comes back. Free $0, 3 files a day.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short

For how to choose a transcription service, one upload is enough, and the text of it comes back to your account. The free plan is $0 with 3 files a day, and one file may be 30 minutes.

How it works

How to choose a transcription service, step by step

  1. 1

    Take the file

    The recording of the meeting is on the disk of the computer, and the address of the page of the platform is not needed.

  2. 2

    Send the file to the engine

    The file is dropped on the widget above, the language is set, and the split by speaker is switched on when more than one person talks.

  3. 3

    Read the text, fix a name

    The text comes back one segment per line, with the start and the end time of every piece, and a wrong name is fixed in the editor.

  4. 4

    Read the text line by line

    The text of every segment is a line of its own, and the line is what is searched, quoted and copied into the minutes of the meeting.

  5. 5

    Find a word in the text

    The text is a document and not a sound file, so a word, a quote or a decision is found in it again with the time of the line next to it.

The result

What comes back from the engine

  • TXT

    One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.

  • TXT, CSV

    The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.

  • SRT, VTT

    SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.

  • Markdown, DOCX

    The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.

The facts

What the service takes, and what it gives

What the service takes as an input, and what it says about it
WhatWhat the platform says
Length of one fileup to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
Free plan$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
The case

What the recording does not give you

Nobody reads a recording twice, but the text of it is read again every week. Getting the file is the part that depends on the platform; the text depends on nothing but the engine. The engine takes the recording, reads it once, and hands back a text that can be searched.

Tips

  • The export keeps the time of every line, so a quote of the text carries the minute with it.

  • A file 30 minutes is cut into parts, the same way a file 30 minutes is.

  • The paid plan is $20 a month when you pay every month, and $10 a month when you pay yearly.

  • The free plan needs no card, and it gives 3 files a day.

  • The minutes are written from the text and not from the memory of the meeting.

FAQ

Questions about how to choose a transcription service

Do I need an account to choose a transcription service?

One file may be up to 30 minutes, and the limit of one file is the same on every plan.

What is in the file after I choose a transcription service?

TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT or CSV is the export, and DOCX comes with Pro when the text has to be reviewed as a document.

Is there a faster way to choose a transcription service?

The split by speaker is switched on when more than one person talks, and the names are written in the editor.

Can I search the text after I choose a transcription service?

The language of the recording is set in the widget, and a wrong setting shows up in the names later.

What are the steps to choose a transcription service?

The file of the recording is the whole input: no link, no account and no conversion of the platform.

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Sources

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Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute

Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps