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Transcribe an interview recording

OneDollarTranscript transcribes interviews recorded on a phone, a recorder or Zoom: upload the recording, pay once ($1 up to 60 minutes, $3 up to 10 hours) and download a full, timestamped transcript as TXT and SRT. For journalists, researchers, students and podcasters; no account and no subscription.

$1 up to 60 minutes $3 up to 10 hours TXT + SRT No signup

YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X (Twitter), Vimeo, SoundCloud, Dailymotion, Loom, or a direct link to an audio/video file.

Timestamps for every quote

The timestamped text lets you find any quote in the recording in seconds, check the exact wording before publishing, and cite the time.

Research interviews

Qualitative researchers can paste the plain text into NVivo, ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA or a spreadsheet for coding. The transcript is a full record of the speech with punctuation and paragraphs; remove names yourself if your study requires anonymisation.

Speakers

Speakers are not labelled automatically. Most interviews alternate clearly between questions and answers, and the paragraph breaks and timestamps make it quick to add Q: and A: or names yourself.

Interviews in other languages

Interviews in 142 languages are transcribed in the language spoken, and you can add a translation, for example from Arabic or Spanish into English, in the same order.

Check before you quote

The transcript is made by AI. Before you publish a quote, play the moment at its timestamp and compare: names, numbers and words spoken quietly or over another voice are where errors usually are.

Ethics and data protection

Check that your consent forms and ethics approval allow a cloud transcription service. Recordings are processed by AI model providers through OpenRouter, routed only to providers that do not retain or train on your data. The recording is deleted when the transcript is ready, and the transcript after 30 days or earlier on request. The Privacy Policy lists every processor.

What you get

A clean transcript and a subtitle file.

Every order includes both files. Download them as soon as the transcript is ready.

Example output from a short interview recording
Example
interview.txt with timestamps

[00:00] Thanks for making the time today. Happy to. Where would you like to start? At the beginning: how did the project come together?

[00:15] It started with one long recording and a very short deadline.

interview.srt SRT
  1. 1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,600 Thanks for making the time today.
  2. 2 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:07,200 Happy to. Where would you like to start?
  3. 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:12,600 At the beginning: how did the project come together?
  4. 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:20,400 It started with one long recording and a very short deadline.
  • TXT to read and quote Clean paragraphs of everything said. Timestamps on or off.
  • SRT subtitles Timed to the audio. Works with YouTube, Premiere, Final Cut and VLC.
  • Translation, if you ask A second TXT and SRT in the language you choose.

Questions

Is the transcript word for word?

It is a clean verbatim transcript: everything said is kept, with punctuation and paragraphs, but fillers such as "um" and false starts may be left out. Nothing is summarised or rewritten. If your method needs strict verbatim with every filler and pause, check those passages against the recording.

Is my interview confidential?

The recording is deleted when the transcript is ready and the transcript after 30 days. The model providers we use do not train on your files.

How much does a 75-minute interview cost?

$3, because it is longer than 60 minutes. Interviews up to 60 minutes are $1.

Can I delete the transcript before 30 days?

Yes. Email [email protected] with the private link and we delete it.

How much does a transcript cost?

$1 per file up to 60 minutes, or $3 per file up to 10 hours, paid once. The price comes from the real length of your file and is shown before you pay. No subscription, no credits, no minimums.

Files up to 60 minutes

$1 per file, once

  • Full transcript of everything said
  • TXT (with or without timestamps) + SRT
  • Optional translation into another language
  • 142 spoken languages, auto-detected
  • Automatic refund if it fails
Upload a file

Longer files, up to 10 hours

$3 per file, once

  • Full transcript of everything said
  • TXT (with or without timestamps) + SRT
  • Optional translation into another language
  • 142 spoken languages, auto-detected
  • Automatic refund if it fails
Upload a file

Prices include everything we charge. Local sales tax or VAT is added at checkout where it applies. Recordings longer than 10 hours are not supported yet.

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