For archives, libraries, clerks and school boards
Whole-archive transcription
Send us your backlog of meeting recordings, oral histories or other English audio and video, and get back a transcript for every file, so the whole collection can be searched by word. Transcripts are machine-generated and can contain errors.
What you get
- A transcript for every recording. Plain text, plus a version with time stamps so a reader can jump to the moment in the recording.
- Text you can search. Find every mention of a name, a street or an agenda item, and load the text into your website, records system or catalog.
- A sample before you pay. 10 hours of your own recordings transcribed free, so you judge the result on your own material.
How the free trial works
- Send the form. Describe the archive: what it holds, roughly how many hours or files, and where it is kept.
- Get 10 hours free. You choose the recordings and share them; we send back the transcripts.
- Decide. If you want the rest, we confirm the total hours and the price in writing before any work starts.
Price
10 hours free as a sample
Then $0.75 per audio hour, with a $150 minimum per archive.
Examples: 2,000 hours of recordings come to $1,500. 100 hours come to $75, so the $150 minimum applies.
Questions
Are the transcripts written by a person?
No. The transcripts are machine-generated and can contain errors, most often in names, numbers, older or noisy recordings and when several people talk at once. On clear speech the service gets about 96 words in 100 correct on a public benchmark (Coval, Nov 10, 2026). The free sample shows the result on your own recordings.
Can we publish the transcripts or minutes as they arrive?
A person should review any minutes or transcript before it is published as an official document. Many archives publish machine transcripts as a search aid beside the original recording and label them as machine-generated; that choice is yours.
What do you need from us?
Access to the recordings, as a shared folder or a list of links, in common audio or video formats, and a short description of the collection. The recordings must be ones your organization owns or has the right to share. English speech only.
How do we cancel?
There is no subscription. The sample is free, and you can stop after it with nothing owed. To stop a full order, email support@saidwire.com.
What happens to our audio and transcripts?
Audio is processed in memory and not stored. Transcripts for the demo are kept so we can send them to you, and are deleted on request. We read your recordings from the folder or links you share and do not keep copies of them. If you send us the files themselves, we delete them once your transcripts are delivered.
Request a free sample
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