Can I anonymise participants before exporting?
Yes. Rename the speakers in the editor and correct any name that appears in the text, then export. The download reflects the edited transcript, not the original recording.
Academic transcription for research interviews
Thesis interviews, focus groups and fieldwork recordings — transcribed with speakers separated and timings kept, ready for coding.
- Speaker-separated, timestamped verbatim text
- TXT and DOCX for NVivo, MAXQDA and Atlas.ti
- Your audio is never used to train models
Transcription is the first step of the analysis
Coding starts from text, and the text has to be faithful: who spoke, in what order, at what point in the recording. Each turn is tagged and timed, so a quote in your chapter traces back to the minute it came from. Anonymise names in the editor before you export, and the exported file carries the change.
How it works
Three steps to your first transcript
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Drop in your file
Audio or video of any length; the free plan transcribes the first 15 minutes of each file. MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV, MOV and a dozen more.
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Pick the language
Leave the language on automatic or set it for better accuracy. Turn on speaker recognition if you need to know who said what.
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Read, edit, export
The transcript opens with clickable timestamps — read it and fix a name straight away. A free account keeps it and exports it as TXT; DOCX, PDF, SRT and VTT come with the unlimited plan.
FAQ
Questions before you upload
Try it on this pageWhat happens to the recordings I upload?
They are stored for your account alone and are never used to train models, ours or anyone else’s. Delete the file and the audio goes with it.
Does it cope with focus groups?
Yes, with the usual caveat: the more people around one microphone, the harder they are to tell apart. A handful of distinct voices is handled well, and you can merge or rename speakers afterwards.
Price, limits and formats
| YouTube and other links | Paste a YouTube link: the audio itself is transcribed, so videos without captions work, up to 10 hours per video. Links from TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, SoundCloud, Google Drive work too. |
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| One file, no subscription | $5 unlocks the whole file, whatever its length up to 10 hours. One payment, nothing renews. |
| Try before paying | No account: the first 5 minutes of each file, 1 file a day. Free account: the first 15 minutes of each file, 3 files a day, 90 minutes a month. |
| Unlimited plan | $15 a month or $90 a year: files up to 10 hours and 5 GB, 50 files at once. (campaign price until October 31) |
| Export formats | Unlimited plan and any unlocked file: TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX and PDF. Free plan: TXT. |
Start with one file
No account, no card. See the transcript before you decide anything.