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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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TurboTranscript
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Audio/video transcription tool offering multilingual transcription, translation, subtitles, and toxicity flagging in 130+ languages.

19K 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
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Transcriptly
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Free-to-start converter for turning uploaded files or YouTube videos into transcripts with AI summaries in 98+ languages.

74K visits/mo
Pricing
Transcription API: $0.16/hour
Transcription Lite: $0.03/hour

Free trial available

No public pricing

Free trial available

Limited-time offer: $16.99

No public pricing

Free: $0/month (10 credits/month)
Hobby: $6/month billed as $72/year
Core features
  • 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)
  • Transcribes audio/video files or YouTube URLs in 130+ languages
  • Automatic detection of multiple languages within a single recording
  • Speaker-wise segmented transcripts for multi-person recordings
  • Translation of transcripts between supported languages
  • SRT/VTT subtitle generation and PDF export
  • Real-time toxicity/inappropriate-content detection
  • Custom plans with multi-user collaboration and white-label options
  • 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
  • Audio/video/YouTube transcription
  • AI-generated summaries and highlights
  • Support for 98+ languages and formats
  • Credit-based free tier
  • API access
  • 45-day media file retention
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
  • Podcasters or webinar hosts needing quick transcripts and subtitles
  • Businesses translating video content into multiple languages
  • Researchers transcribing multi-speaker interviews
  • Teams needing content moderation flags on recorded media
  • 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
  • Students and researchers converting lecture recordings to text
  • Creators repurposing YouTube video content into text form
  • Professionals needing quick AI summaries of long recordings
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