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OmniTranscript
✓ verifiedFreemium

OmniTranscript transcribes public TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube videos to timestamped text without sign-up and exports transcripts in SRT, WebVTT, and TXT formats.

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Salad Transcription API
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Pay-per-hour speech-to-text API claiming top accuracy at lower cost than Deepgram, AssemblyAI, and other major transcription providers.

614K visits/mo
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DeVoice
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AI transcription platform that turns audio, video and YouTube links into text and subtitles, with speaker labels and 100+ languages.

319K visits/mo
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Scribebuddy
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Free-forward AI transcription and subtitling tool for audio, video, and podcasts in over 100 languages.

5.5K visits/mo
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Scribewave AI
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GDPR-compliant AI speech-to-text tool for fast multilingual transcription, subtitling, and translation.

34K visits/mo
Pricing
Free: unlimited, no sign-up
Transcription API: $0.16/hour
Transcription Lite: $0.03/hour

Free trial available

No public pricing

Limited-time offer: $16.99

No public pricing

Core features
  • Timestamped transcripts
  • Export SRT/WebVTT/TXT
  • No account required
  • No data retention
  • Mobile friendly
  • Handles slang and fast speech
  • Pay-per-hour transcription pricing, no flat subscription
  • Benchmark accuracy comparisons against major competitors
  • Support for 8 languages with English translation
  • Speaker identification and time-coded SRT output
  • Two speed/accuracy tiers (standard and Lite)
  • Audio and video to text transcription
  • SRT subtitles and speaker labels
  • YouTube link transcription
  • Support for 100+ languages
  • Background noise removal
  • AI voice generator and text-to-speech
  • AI transcription of audio, video, and live speech
  • Translation into 100+ languages and dialects
  • Automatic subtitle file creation
  • AI-generated summaries of transcribed content
  • Speaker recognition and timestamps for podcasts
  • Cross-platform support including Mac, Windows, and mobile
  • AI transcription supporting 90+ languages
  • Word-audio synced editing interface
  • Automatic subtitle generation with SRT/VTT export
  • Translation of transcripts
  • AI assistant for summaries, chapterization, and Q&A with timecodes
  • GDPR-compliant, confidential file handling
Use cases
  • Teams running high-volume batch audio transcription on a budget
  • Developers wanting a lower-cost, benchmarked alternative to Deepgram/AssemblyAI/Azure
  • Workloads needing faster, lower-accuracy transcription via the Lite tier
  • Transcribing meetings and interviews
  • Repurposing podcasts and videos
  • Generating subtitles and accessible transcripts
  • Cleaning noisy audio before transcription
  • Transcribing podcast episodes for accessibility and SEO
  • Converting business meeting recordings into text records
  • Generating subtitles for video content
  • Transcribing lecture recordings or voice memos for students
  • Journalists transcribing interviews quickly and accurately
  • Researchers processing qualitative interview recordings
  • Content creators generating subtitles for video
  • Language educators creating study materials from audio
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