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TurboTranscript
✓ verifiedFree trial
Audio/video transcription tool offering multilingual transcription, translation, subtitles, and toxicity flagging in 130+ languages.
19K 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
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ScriptMe
✓ verifiedPaid
Fast AI transcription and subtitling platform with broadcast-format exports for media and production teams.
172K visits/mo8.0K saves
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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
Pricing
No public pricing
Free trial available
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
Pay as you Go: $29/hour of audio or video uploaded
ScriptMe PRO: $45/month (3 hours/month included)
ScriptMe PRO: $450/year (3 hours/month included, 2 months free)
Free trial available
Limited-time offer: $16.99
Core features
- ✦Transcribes audio/video files or YouTube URLs in 130+ languages
- ✦Automatic detection of multiple languages within a single recording
- ✦Speaker-wise segmented transcripts for multi-person recordings
- ✦Translation of transcripts between supported languages
- ✦SRT/VTT subtitle generation and PDF export
- ✦Real-time toxicity/inappropriate-content detection
- ✦Custom plans with multi-user collaboration and white-label options
- ✦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
- ✦Faster-than-realtime AI transcription in multiple languages
- ✦Subtitle editor with custom fonts, color, and timing
- ✦Export to Avid, Adobe Premiere, Resolve, SRT, VTT, and STL formats
- ✦Automatic translation of transcripts
- ✦Team sharing and collaborative editing
- ✦Burned-in subtitle video export
- ✦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
Use cases
- →Podcasters or webinar hosts needing quick transcripts and subtitles
- →Businesses translating video content into multiple languages
- →Researchers transcribing multi-speaker interviews
- →Teams needing content moderation flags on recorded media
- →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
- →Post-production teams logging hours of raw footage quickly
- →Broadcasters subtitling TV shows and movies for multiple markets
- →Researchers transcribing large volumes of interview recordings
- →Podcasters and content creators generating YouTube subtitles
- →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
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