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Dictaphone
✓ verifiedFree
Minimal web tool that transcribes uploaded audio files up to 10MB using OpenAI Whisper; a Pro tier is waitlisted.
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Scribebuddy
✓ verifiedFreemium
Free-forward AI transcription and subtitling tool for audio, video, and podcasts in over 100 languages.
5.5K visits/mo
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VideoToWords
✓ verifiedFreemium
Speech-to-text transcription for video and audio, aimed at students, journalists, and researchers needing fast written records.
56K visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
Limited-time offer: $16.99
Unlimited/Month: $19/month (unlimited transcriptions, 10-hour uploads)
Unlimited/Year: $16.58/month billed at $199/year (unlimited transcriptions, 10-hour uploads)
Free trial available
Core features
- ✦Audio-to-text via OpenAI Whisper
- ✦Supports mp3, wav, m4a, ogg and flac
- ✦Drag-and-drop upload up to 10MB
- ✦Waitlisted Pro tier
- ✦AI transcription of audio, video, and live speech
- ✦Translation into 100+ languages and dialects
- ✦Automatic subtitle file creation
- ✦AI-generated summaries of transcribed content
- ✦Speaker recognition and timestamps for podcasts
- ✦Cross-platform support including Mac, Windows, and mobile
- ✦Transcribes video/audio files in 98+ languages
- ✦Supports common formats like MP3, WAV, MP4, and M4A
- ✦Provides AI-generated summaries of transcribed content
- ✦Offers an online text editor for reviewing and correcting transcripts
- ✦Exports transcripts as TXT, DOCX, or SRT
Use cases
- →Transcribing recorded notes or memos
- →Converting short audio clips to text
- →Transcribing podcast episodes for accessibility and SEO
- →Converting business meeting recordings into text records
- →Generating subtitles for video content
- →Transcribing lecture recordings or voice memos for students
- →Journalists transcribing interviews for timely reporting
- →Students converting lecture recordings into study notes
- →Podcasters generating transcripts for accessibility
- →Researchers transcribing interviews for citation and analysis
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