Transcription Services for Audio & Video

Q: How do you ensure quality?

We at GoTranscript completely understand the importance of accuracy in transcription. That's why we always aim for 99% accuracy. This percentage holds true across the board, from simple content to complex medical transcription services . We start by hiring only the best. We then employ a system of reviews and checks to ensure quality and accuracy. Our staff have no less than 5 years of transcribing experience, so you can be sure your audio files are transcribed with great care and attention to detail.

Q: How do you keep my information secure?

All of our translators/transcribers sign a Confidentiality Agreement. We respect our clients privacy; therefore, we give clients the option to personally remove completed transcriptions from our database. The data is completely removed from the computers of our translators/transcribers as well.

Q: Do you use speech recognition software to produce your transcriptions?

Never. Speech-to-text programs can't achieve the quality our professional transcriptionists can.

Q: Where are your transcriptionists located?

The majority of our transcriptionists are based in the United Kingdom or United States and are native English speakers.

Q: Do you offer a discount for high volume?

Yes. We love our customers! To show our appreciation for your patronage, we offer a Customer Loyalty Program. It's our way of thanking you. You can get the lowest prices around and enjoy special discounts just by continuing to use our services. For our loyal customers, the price per audio minute can be as low as $0.84. 5% OFF for 2500+ uploaded minutes* 10% OFF for 5250+ uploaded minutes* 15% OFF for 10000+ uploaded minutes* *Uploaded minutes calculated for all orders.

Q: How do I know if I have a low-quality audio file?

Low-quality audio has one or more of the following: • Speakers talking over each other • Interruptions • Background noise • A low-quality microphone • A microphone that's far from the speaker(s) We add $0.20 a minute for these more complex transcriptions and assign them to our more experienced Pro Transcribers to guarantee quality results. Also, most of our English-language transcribers are based in the U.S. and U.K. An ESL speaker can be hard to decipher, as can even a thick Australian or South African accent. Please use this Pro Transcriber option for: • Speaker(s) with a heavy accent • Two or more different accents Please be sure to click the 'Yes' radio button next to the 'Low-quality audio / Heavy accent' option on your order form. Choosing this option ahead of time ensures that you receive your completed file as quickly as possible.

Q: What is transcription?

It's the process of turning recorded audio into text. A transcriber listens to a recording or an audio track from a video and turns it into a formatted text document. The transcription is produced in the same language as the recording and stays true to the recorded speech and sound events. While stutters and false starts are omitted (except in full verbatim transcription), we do not summarize, paraphrase, or correct any grammar errors the speakers make.

Q: Do you accept links from third-party sites?

We're unable to retrieve files if a website requires a password, a manual download, or other types of human interaction with the host. You can submit YouTube, Dropbox, Google Drive, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Facebook, Instagram, SoundCloud, BluCloud, Twitter, WeTransfer, Wistia, Zoom links. You can use other services as long as the URL leads to the file itself. If you're not sure if the URL leads directly to your file, all you need to do is try it out. Click the PASTE URL button, copy your link, and click ADD. If our system can't fetch your file, you'll get a notification.

Q: Do you transcribe onscreen video content?

Not by default. GoTranscript accepts a wide range of audio and video formats. We transcode those files to MP3 before our transcriptionists start working on them. They handle the audio portion of your material, but you can leave a note or get in touch with us if you need the video content transcribed.

Q: What impacts the turnaround time?

The most significant influence on turnaround time is the audio quality of your recording. In most cases, challenging audio takes more time to transcribe. Things like heavy accents, lots of background noise, and highly technical content that requires lots of research usually take longer to transcribe than clear audio. Length of the recording also plays a factor here, and long files generally take more time.

Video transcription services

Audio transcription services

Video transcription services that are fast, easy, and affordable

Video transcription services are becoming increasingly popular as more and more businesses, educators, and individuals use video to communicate information. These services convert the spoken words in a video into written text, making the information in the clip more accessible to a wider audience. Video transcription online services are perfect for business and educational purposes. Many different types of transcription services are available, including YouTube video transcription, Zoom video transcription, Microsoft video transcription, and Vimeo video transcript services. The transcription video-to-text software will only get you to a certain point. It's much better to use human-based services, which are superior in creating transcripts, which you can use as subtitles, and closed captions. There are many benefits to using transcription video services, such as increased accessibility for the hearing impaired and improved search engine optimization. A video transcript and SEO performance have very strong links. With video transcribing services, you can upload a video and get a transcript within a stipulated turnaround time - as quickly as six hours, if necessary. So what are you waiting for? Check out our quick transcription service reviews to find out why we're the best. With so many advantages in store, it is no wonder that they are becoming an essential tool for many. Get a video transcript today.

Key benefits of accurate audio transcription services

Audio transcription services convert audio recordings, such as interviews, podcast recordings, and audio notes, into written text. These services are useful for various industries, such as education, business, and media. There are many benefits to using audio transcription services or audio recording transcription services. Additionally, audiotape transcription services can help preserve valuable historical recordings by converting them into written text. Digital audio recording and transcription services are crucial for secretaries, marketing execs, healthcare professionals, and authors, just to name a few examples. Converting voice to text is simply a smarter way to work. Transcription of audio to text can serve a variety of purposes, such as for interviews, podcast episodes, and audio notes. Additionally, the use of audio tape transcription services can significantly improve the accessibility and usability of audio recordings, making the information contained in them more accessible to a broader audience. Our audio transcription rates vary according to language and length. Nonetheless, they're the most competitive in the market. That's why our clients stay loyal to us and rave about our services. If you are looking for a website to transcribe your audio recordings, GoTranscript is your answer. Our professional transcription services are performed by humans, guaranteeing precision.

What is GoTranscript?

GoTranscript is a professional audio and video transcription service company, founded in 2005 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our team consists of nearly 20,000 professional transcriptionists, proofreaders, and customer support specialists. All staff members are carefully trained and certified. We review the quality of our audio transcription services regularly to ensure best-in-class results.

Guaranteed security

We protect your privacy with 2048-bit SSL encryption and an NDA to be in line with robust business or academic requirements.

Human work only

We rely on people, not machines, to provide the best transcribing services with maximum accuracy.

Over 15 years in the business

New and returning international customers have trusted our transcription services with thousands of audio/video hours since 2005.

10,000 clients

One of the fastest-growing transcription services online, GoTranscript has over 10,000 active clients.

20,000 staff members

The GoTranscript team includes nearly 20,000 professionally trained and certified transcriptionists, proofreaders, and customer support specialists.

Transcription services near me

GoTranscript is always just a click away! Whether it's medical, business, legal, or academic transcription services – our specialists are always ready to help.

Transcription service rates

We are always doing our best to keep unbeatable price offerings for the top quality of our online transcriptions. Our approach and constant improvement of our processes let our clients have a reliable partner with affordable pricing with secure, transparent, and fast quality service.

5-day service

From

$0.84 /min

Bulk Order Discount

<2500 minutes min

$0.99/min

2500+ minutes min

$0.94/min

5250+ minutes min

$0.89/min

Enterprise

10000+ minutes min

$0.84/min

How can our audio and video to text transcription benefit you?

1/5

How transcribing audio files can help you get organized

You're probably wondering converting audio files to text would help you get organized. Aren't we all striving for a paperless office? Wouldn't turning paper files into audio files make more sense?

Hear us out. First, a text file doesn't have to mean paper. You can turn your recordings into digital documents that are easy to store and retrieve on any device.

Now, think about all the things you scramble to make note of or write down during the day. Imagine recording them and having the recordings transcribed into text.

Think about all the different types of audio files you could feasibly generate in your day-to-day life.

Types of school and business audio for transcription to text:

Podcasts
Interviews
Lectures
Training sessions
Webinars
Conferences
Seminars
Guided meditations
Dictations
Medical reports
Fiction writing
Business letters
Phone calls
Meetings
Presentations

Personal audio for transcription to text:

Audio journals
Memoirs
Legacy recordings to be played at memorial or funeral services
Sermons
Personal notes
Standing instructions for your house sitter / babysitter / pet sitter
Eulogies

We're sure this list will get you thinking about many more ways to take advantage of audio to text transcription services.

Audio transcription to text files: double your effectiveness

Audio files are quick and easy to create and disseminate. Unfortunately, when you need to actually work with them, things can get tricky.

It's difficult to gather the useful info from an audio file. That's why audio to text transcriptions are becoming more and more popular.

For a low fee, you can have both an audio file and a text file to work with.

Reasons for transcribing audio files

Audio transcriptions are convenient. It can be frustrating to try to gather specific facts from a recording. You'll have to do a lot of rewinding and fast-forwarding and you might miss some important chunks of information in the process.

A text file is a lot easier to work with if you need to retrieve information. When you read your content, you're unlikely to miss important details. Even if you do, a quick search command (usually Ctrl+F or Cmnd+F) will take you where you want to go.

Another reason to transcribe your audio is so you can edit your content.

Wait, you're thinking . I've already produced the audio. There's no use in editing it now.
Not so fast! You can often rerecord an audio file if you need to. Even if that isn't feasible, you can review the spoken words and use your edits to improve your next recording.
Maybe you say "uh" or "well" or "like" too often. You may or may not hear this when listening back to your recording. But if you're reading a transcript, certain words may jump out at you.
You can also search for suspect words and count how many times you used them. Then, make a mental or physical note cut back on those words next time you record.

What to do with text transcribed from audio

Not sure what you\'d do with a paper or digital file created from your audio file? A text document can quickly be turned into a:

Blog post
Magazine article or journal article
Book
Legal document (depending on your situation; this is not legal advice)
Scrapbook memory
Sheet of song lyrics
Teaching aid
Video script
Meeting minutes
Letter
Report
Study notes

Easy upload and many more benefits of using GoTranscript

GoTranscript professionals can offer you audio to text transcriptions to make your life easier. Our professionals work with transcriptions daily and have many years of experience.

GoTranscript makes it easy to upload your audio files for transcription. You can upload an audio file of any length or size onto our website.

Don't forget that we offer many discounts and that we consider all our customers' files confidential.

Our clients say nice things about us:

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“ A terrific service. Accuracy is good and the price is excellent for the quality. ”

Aaron Powell

Nov 28, 2023

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“ I was very impressed with the speed and quality!!! Thank you!! ”

Caitlin

Nov 27, 2023

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“ Flawless transcription! ”

Emily G Young

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“ The customer service is fantastic. Some of my orders have been a little complicated, but the GoTranscript team made everything go smoothly. Thank you! ”

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“ Pros: Very fast turnaround. Reasonable price and a student discount was available. Some of the transcripts were excellent even though my participants spoke Malaysian English, which might not be so familiar to people outside of the regi... ”

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Nov 22, 2023

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“ I've used various transcription services over the years and even transcribed audio myself. This service has saved me and my organization SO MUCH TIME. ”

Lauren Maples

Nov 15, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

We at GoTranscript completely understand the importance of accuracy in transcription. That's why we always aim for 99% accuracy. This percentage holds true across the board, from simple content to complex medical transcription services.

We start by hiring only the best. We then employ a system of reviews and checks to ensure quality and accuracy. Our staff have no less than 5 years of transcribing experience, so you can be sure your audio files are transcribed with great care and attention to detail.

All of our translators/transcribers sign a Confidentiality Agreement. We respect our clients privacy; therefore, we give clients the option to personally remove completed transcriptions from our database. The data is completely removed from the computers of our translators/transcribers as well.

Yes. For the moment, the available languages are: English, Arabic, Bosnian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese.

Never. Speech-to-text programs can't achieve the quality our professional transcriptionists can.

The majority of our transcriptionists are based in the United Kingdom or United States and are native English speakers.

Yes. We love our customers! To show our appreciation for your patronage, we offer a Customer Loyalty Program. It's our way of thanking you. You can get the lowest prices around and enjoy special discounts just by continuing to use our services.
For our loyal customers, the price per audio minute can be as low as $0.84.
5% OFF for 2500+ uploaded minutes*
10% OFF for 5250+ uploaded minutes*
15% OFF for 10000+ uploaded minutes*
*Uploaded minutes calculated for all orders.

Low-quality audio has one or more of the following:
• Speakers talking over each other
• Interruptions
• Background noise
• A low-quality microphone
• A microphone that's far from the speaker(s)
We add $0.20 a minute for these more complex transcriptions and assign them to our more experienced Pro Transcribers to guarantee quality results.
Also, most of our English-language transcribers are based in the U.S. and U.K. An ESL speaker can be hard to decipher, as can even a thick Australian or South African accent. Please use this Pro Transcriber option for:
• Speaker(s) with a heavy accent
• Two or more different accents
Please be sure to click the 'Yes' radio button next to the 'Low-quality audio / Heavy accent' option on your order form. Choosing this option ahead of time ensures that you receive your completed file as quickly as possible.

It's the process of turning recorded audio into text. A transcriber listens to a recording or an audio track from a video and turns it into a formatted text document. The transcription is produced in the same language as the recording and stays true to the recorded speech and sound events. While stutters and false starts are omitted (except in full verbatim transcription), we do not summarize, paraphrase, or correct any grammar errors the speakers make.

We're unable to retrieve files if a website requires a password, a manual download, or other types of human interaction with the host. You can submit YouTube, Dropbox, Google Drive, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Facebook, Instagram, SoundCloud, BluCloud, Twitter, WeTransfer, Wistia, Zoom links. You can use other services as long as the URL leads to the file itself. If you're not sure if the URL leads directly to your file, all you need to do is try it out. Click the PASTE URL button, copy your link, and click ADD. If our system can't fetch your file, you'll get a notification.

Not by default. GoTranscript accepts a wide range of audio and video formats. We transcode those files to MP3 before our transcriptionists start working on them. They handle the audio portion of your material, but you can leave a note or get in touch with us if you need the video content transcribed.

The most significant influence on turnaround time is the audio quality of your recording. In most cases, challenging audio takes more time to transcribe. Things like heavy accents, lots of background noise, and highly technical content that requires lots of research usually take longer to transcribe than clear audio. Length of the recording also plays a factor here, and long files generally take more time.

The quality of your recording directly impacts the final transcript quality. For high-quality transcripts, clear audio with adequate volume and minimum background noise is a must. Here are a few simple tips you can follow to make sure your audio recording quality is top-notch!

Transcription is the process of converting spoken or recorded audio into written text. It works by having a trained transcriber listen to the audio, type out what is being said, and then proofread and edit the text to ensure accuracy.

The average turnaround time for transcription services can vary depending on the provider, but it typically ranges from 24 hours to a few days.

Clients can receive their transcripts via email or through the GoTranscript website, where they can be downloaded in a variety of file formats.

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