How long can a meeting be?
Up to 10 hours per file or link. Longer sessions can be split into two files.
Transcribe city council and public meetings
Paste the link to a council, school board or committee recording, or upload the file, and get a searchable transcript of the whole session with timestamps.
- Sessions up to 10 hours in one transcript
- Works with YouTube livestream recordings
- Timestamps to cite the exact moment
- Separate the speakers on an unlocked file
- $5 per meeting, no subscription
Long sessions, searchable text
Public meetings run long. Council sessions, budget hearings and parliamentary sittings often last two to four hours and are published as livestream recordings. Reporters, residents and staff need to find what was said about one item without watching the whole session again. WhoScribe accepts a link or a file of up to 10 hours and returns one transcript with a timestamp on every line; clicking a line plays the audio at that moment. On an unlocked file you can separate the speakers and rename them once for the whole transcript. Ask the chat which decisions were taken on an item, or export DOCX or PDF as a starting point for minutes. A livestream can be transcribed once it has ended.
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 pageCan I transcribe a meeting while it is live?
No. Paste the link after the stream has ended and the recording is published.
Can it tell the speakers apart?
Yes, on an unlocked file or on Pro: use Separate speakers on the transcript, then rename each speaker once.
How much does it cost?
One payment of $5 unlocks one whole meeting, whatever its length. Pro is $20 a month for unlimited files.
Will names and local terms be correct?
Names of people and places can be misspelled in any automatic transcript. You can edit the text directly before exporting.
Can I try it first?
Yes. The recording is transcribed before you pay. The first 5 minutes are readable with no account and the first 15 minutes with a free account.
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 | $14 a month or $84 a year: files up to 10 hours and 10 GB, 50 files at once. (campaign price until December 1) |
| 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.
