Interviews and conversations

Interview transcription

Q: Is it verbatim or clean?

By default, speech is written as spoken. The Remove filler words option removes sounds like "um" and "uh".

Drop the interview recording and get the interviewer's and interviewee's words separately, with timestamps. Check quotes against the exact moment in the recording.

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Drop your file and click Transcribe. The timestamped text appears here.

Continue in the studioThe text and timestamps open in the studio editor.

Sample output

The tool returns the speech as timestamped text; speaker separation comes with Starter and higher plans. The output below is an example showing the format.

Speaker 100:00:02
Can you tell us about your first years in the profession?
Speaker 200:00:06
Sure. I started at a small local paper, with one page that came out once a week.
Speaker 100:00:13
What has changed the most since then?
Speaker 200:00:16
Speed. We used to have days to verify a story; now we have minutes.

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How to use

Upload the recordingDrop a recording from a voice recorder, phone or video call.
Turn on speaker separationOn Starter and higher plans, the interviewer and interviewee are labeled separately; the free trial doesn’t split the text by speaker.
Verify the textUse the timestamps to check quotes against the recording; correct and export in the studio.

Who uses it?

Academics and students: qualitative research interviews and focus groups.
Journalists: accurate quotes from interviews.
HR teams: interview notes (with the candidate's knowledge and consent).
Market research: customer interviews.

Transcription in research

In qualitative research, transcription is the basis of analysis. AI transcription saves a lot of time, but you should still check the text against the recording, especially for names, terminology and overlapping speech. The studio offers a view that highlights doubtful words, find and replace, and undo.

Interview recordings contain personal and sometimes sensitive data. Get participants' informed consent before recording, and check where data is processed if you have ethics board requirements. In the free trial, the file is deleted within 24 hours.