Happy Scribe suits people who need transcripts, subtitles, or translations for meetings and recordings.
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Best Podcast Transcription Software 2026
Podcast transcription software turns recorded conversations into text you can review, edit, search, or prepare as captions. Compare transcription languages and speaker labels to see how each option represents a recording, then weigh the transcript editor and caption export against the work you need to do with the text. Monthly transcription and searchable library can help distinguish the listed approaches to ongoing recordings and finding past material. Happy Scribe, OpenWhispr, and Transkriptor are among the named options to consider. Free plan availability and Paid from provide further comparison points alongside the features, whether you need occasional transcripts or tools for continuing podcast work.
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Simon Says
It may suit people who need transcription or translation across many languages and want to edit transcripts or export them to video, audio, and subtitle formats.
iPhone & iPadWebWindows+3 Record6.0 Visit
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Speechmatics
Speechmatics may suit developers and organizations building transcription, voice-agent, or text-to-speech workflows.
WebWindowsMac+3 Record6.0 Visit
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Rev
Rev may suit legal and investigative teams, including attorneys, law enforcement, investigators, journalists, and researchers.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+1 Record5.7 Visit
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Transkriptor
Transkriptor suits people who need transcripts with speaker labels or timestamps, including users working across its listed meeting platforms.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+2 Record5.7 Visit
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Whipscribe
WebMacBrowser extension+1 $8 one-time Record5.6 Visit It suits podcast producers, interview series, lecture archives, meeting users, and case-file workflows.
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OpenWhispr
iPhone & iPadWindowsMac+1 $6.67 a month, billed yearly Record5.5 Visit OpenWhispr may suit people who dictate into text-entry apps or want meeting notes from computer audio.
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AudioPod AI
iPhone & iPadWebAPI $20 a month Record5.4 Visit AudioPod AI may suit podcasters, audiobook authors, musicians, educators, marketers, developers, and others who need audio creation or transcription tools.
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AssemblyAI
WebAPISelf-hosted Free plan Record5.2 Visit AssemblyAI suits developers building transcription, speech-analysis, or voice applications who want API access.
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ElevenLabs
WebAPI $6 a month Record5.2 Visit ElevenLabs may suit creators and developers working with speech or audio, including those who need API access or voice cloning.
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Podsqueeze
WebAPI $8.99 a month Record5.0 Visit Podsqueeze suits solo podcasters, podcast managers, agencies, producers, and studios repurposing episodes across written and social formats.
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SkyScribe
WebBrowser extensionAPI $25 a month Record5.0 Visit SkyScribe may suit analysts, founders, and content creators who need transcripts and extracted information from meetings or recorded media.
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Trint
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+3 — Record4.9 Visit It suits newsrooms, podcasters, local businesses, global organizations, and teams handling searchable audio or video content.
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Castmagic
iPhone & iPadWebAPI $19 a month, billed yearly Record4.7 Visit Castmagic is aimed at podcast hosts, video streamers, long-form creators, agencies, content teams, and podcast networks that turn recordings into multiple content…
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Pepys
WebBrowser extensionAPI Free plan Record4.6 Visit Pepys may suit creators, podcasters, journalists, researchers, students and teams who need to turn recordings or online media into searchable transcripts.
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Transcript.so
Web $10 a month, billed yearly Record4.5 Visit It fits podcasters, journalists, students, researchers, product teams, lawyers, doctors, editors, and course creators needing searchable transcripts.
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