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Transcript.so
What it is
Transcript.so is a web service that converts audio and video uploads into searchable text. It detects languages automatically, supports more than 90 languages, labels speakers, and lets users click transcript sentences to replay the matching moment. Saved transcripts can be searched by topic, and exports include TXT, DOCX, PDF, CSV, SRT, and VTT, with multiple formats available together. Accepted files include common audio and video formats such as MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, WMA, AIFF, MP4, MOV, WEBM, MKV, MPEG, and AVI. The service says Whisper handles most files, while a diarization engine is selected for multi-speaker or long recordings. The Free plan allows three daily transcriptions for files up to 30 minutes or 50MB. Unlimited costs $10 monthly billed yearly ($120) and adds unlimited transcriptions, speaker identification, summaries, cleanup, translation, priority processing, and 100MB files. Accuracy can decline with names, jargon, crosstalk, accents, or noise.
For and against
For
- Automatic language detection across 90+ languages
- Click-to-replay transcript editing
- Searchable transcript library
- Exports subtitles and document formats
- Files remain private and encrypted
Against
- No free trial
- Accuracy can slip with noise or crosstalk
- Free plan limits daily transcriptions
- Unlimited requires annual billing
The verdict
Transcript.so combines transcription, replay, search, speaker labeling, and broad export support in one web workspace. Readers should weigh the Free plan’s daily and file limits against the annual billing for Unlimited.
Who it suits
It fits podcasters, journalists, students, researchers, product teams, lawyers, doctors, editors, and course creators needing searchable transcripts. The free plan suits occasional short files, while Unlimited supports heavier use.
Plans and prices
Free
3 transcriptions per day · files up to 30 minutes / 50MB · timestamps and speaker labels · TXT, PDF, DOCX, CSV, SRT, VTT export
Read 3 Oct 2026 · transcript.so
Unlimited
Unlimited transcriptions · speaker identification on every file · summaries, cleanup, translation · priority processing
Read 3 Oct 2026 · transcript.so
On the record
- Accuracy
- The maker says accuracy can slip on names, jargon, crosstalk, strong accents, or noisy recordings and makes no 100% accuracy promise.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- AI processing
- The site says Whisper handles most files and an automatically selected diarization engine handles multi-speaker or long audio.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- Audio and video
- It accepts audio and video uploads, including MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, WMA, AIFF, MP4, MOV, WEBM, MKV, MPEG, and AVI.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- Data use
- The privacy policy says files and transcripts are not used to train machine-learning models and personal data is not sold.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- Editor and archive
- Users can click a transcript sentence to replay that moment and search their saved transcripts for a topic.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Transcripts can be exported as TXT, DOCX, PDF, CSV, SRT, or VTT, including several formats in one download.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker lists podcasters, journalists, students, researchers, product teams, lawyers, doctors, video editors, and course creators as users.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The service supports over 90 languages and detects the language automatically.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- Payments
- The privacy policy says Paddle processes payments and subscriptions as merchant of record and handles payment details directly.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says uploaded files and transcripts remain in the account until deleted, and are removed from the maker's systems when deleted.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- Product
- Transcript.so turns audio and video into searchable text with automatic language detection, speaker labels, click-to-replay text, and subtitle exports.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says files are stored encrypted, kept private to the account, and are processed by automated systems without human listening.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
- Support and team
- The maker describes Transcript.so as built by a small independent team that answers its own support email and ships improvements weekly.transcript.so · read 3 Oct 2026
