Voice Memos yes; Live not so much
I really liked this app and used it to transcribe Voice Memos. Speaker identification is pretty accurate as most of the transcription. Expensive compared to other apps at $6/hr. Doesn’t edit out the “uhms” and “uhs.”
I switched to live transcription ($15 monthly fee, unlimited) only to find a significant drop in accuracy even dropping several words in sentences. Also there was no speaker identification in live and it’s segmented into 15 second intervals with a period at every 15 sec mark which meant lots of editing. On the positive side it did edit out the “uhms” and “uhs.
Additionally, customer service response time was slow, waiting several days to get a response. Ultimately, I canceled the service.
I switched to live transcription ($15 monthly fee, unlimited) only to find a significant drop in accuracy even dropping several words in sentences. Also there was no speaker identification in live and it’s segmented into 15 second intervals with a period at every 15 sec mark which meant lots of editing. On the positive side it did edit out the “uhms” and “uhs.
Additionally, customer service response time was slow, waiting several days to get a response. Ultimately, I canceled the service.
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Very bad
Paid for a month and I can’t get it to your at all.
Better than others, but still frustrating
I downloaded this app because I needed to do interviews in French (I’m a native English speaker) and I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss any important pieces of info. I bought the “10 hours” package rather than the subscription, because it fit my needs.
I found that the transcripts were sometimes completely bizarre in translations, but they were good enough that I knew what part of the interview they were in and I could listen to the clip. But the translations were bad enough it wasn’t worthwhile downloading the transcripts so I could copy/paste the responses into my interview guide, which had been my original plan. It was also really irritating that you can’t rename the recording (eg “Person A”) because I was doing 5 interviews in a day, so time stamps are only sort of helpful.
It is supposed to work offline, but on many occasions it couldn’t recognize I had credit remaining (so wouldn’t work) even if I had checked that the credit was recognized (eg, I check the balance is there when I am at the hotel, all good, it is supposed to “remember” the balance when I go offline. 30mins later at the first interview, it says I have zero credit. Grrrr….) Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t…
I found that the transcripts were sometimes completely bizarre in translations, but they were good enough that I knew what part of the interview they were in and I could listen to the clip. But the translations were bad enough it wasn’t worthwhile downloading the transcripts so I could copy/paste the responses into my interview guide, which had been my original plan. It was also really irritating that you can’t rename the recording (eg “Person A”) because I was doing 5 interviews in a day, so time stamps are only sort of helpful.
It is supposed to work offline, but on many occasions it couldn’t recognize I had credit remaining (so wouldn’t work) even if I had checked that the credit was recognized (eg, I check the balance is there when I am at the hotel, all good, it is supposed to “remember” the balance when I go offline. 30mins later at the first interview, it says I have zero credit. Grrrr….) Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t…
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Very useful!
Transcriptions are very accurate the majority of the time, even for the non-native-English speakers I’ve used the app with. Having the ability to transcribe recordings from my iPhone but review them on a (larger screeen) desktop/laptop web browser is very helpful. Happy to have paid for the pro version.
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$7/ hour? No thanks.
Outrageously expensive to the point that its unusable
Most accurate and easy to read
I’ve tried a few transcription services, and this one has been the best. Other services break up every line or so - this app will show entire paragraphs of speech. Easy to label different speakers. I wish there was a monthly fee option in addition to just buying minutes.
Fast and easy!
There are a couple mishaps here and there with transcribing, however with the audio given, this is very impressive. Would recommend!
Very good app. Free trial.
I had to do some homework that involved transcribing a 10 min interview to text and came across this app. All other apps that I tried wanted me to register, which I didn’t want to do since I only needed it for this one occasion. This app however allows you to transcribe 15 minutes for free as a trial, without any registration, and after those 1st 15 minutes then you pay a fee per hour transcribed.
I loved the ease of using it and the no hassle to try it. I give it 4 starts because the transcript wasn’t 100% perfect, but it was close to!
If I should ever need this service again I would happily pay the fee for it.
I loved the ease of using it and the no hassle to try it. I give it 4 starts because the transcript wasn’t 100% perfect, but it was close to!
If I should ever need this service again I would happily pay the fee for it.
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Works like a beauty
Came in clutch fr fr
Do NOT waste your time
Literally had it for 10 minutes, followed the instructions on what I needed to do and it failed me every time. Don’t waste your time on this app it is the worst app I’ve ever used.
