Transcription
of audio and video
We turn a recording into text — of any length, in whatever format you need. Software prepares the first draft, but every transcript is checked and corrected by a person.
A recording you can read
A written record opens the material up to deaf and hard-of-hearing people, but everyone benefits. Text can be searched, quoted and skimmed in a minute instead of listened to for an hour. For public bodies it is also a legal requirement.
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Access for deaf people
Content that previously existed only as sound becomes available to deaf and hard-of-hearing people — with no intermediary and without having to ask for help.
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Material you can search
In a text you find the passage you need in seconds, quote it in a document and send colleagues a link. In a recording you first have to hunt for it.
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A legal requirement
WCAG requires a text alternative for audio recordings and captions for video. For public bodies this is a statutory duty, not good practice.
From recording to finished file
Artificial intelligence speeds up the first stage but does not finish the job. Every text passes through a transcriber's hands, because it is the transcriber who catches proper names, slips of the tongue and passages the software did not make out.
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Order and quote
You send the file or a link to the recording and tell us what format the text should be in. We reply with a quote and a deadline.
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First-pass transcription
The recording goes through speech recognition software. The result is a raw transcript that shortens the work but is not yet fit to hand over.
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Correction by a person
A transcriber listens to the recording and corrects the text: names, technical terms, punctuation and speaker labels.
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Format and conversion
We save the result in the format you need — TXT, DOCX, PDF or SRT with timecodes for subtitles.
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Your comments
You read it through and send us corrections. We make them before we treat the job as finished.
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Handover and support
You receive the finished file. If questions come up later, or you need another format, we pick the subject back up.
Work out the approximate cost
The cost depends on the length of the recording and on how hard it is to transcribe. The figure below is an estimate — we confirm the final price once we have listened to the material.
| Level | Price incl. VAT |
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| Easy A single speaker, clean audio. | 2,50 PLN |
| Standard An interview, podcast, training session, a few speakers. | 3,00 PLN |
| Difficult A focus group, a hearing, many speakers, poorer audio. | 4,50 PLN |
Prices are per minute of recording, not per minute of work. For longer material and ongoing cooperation we agree individual terms.
What format you get the text in
You choose when ordering. If you are not sure which format you will need, we will advise — it depends on what you want to do with the text next.
Order a transcription
Write to us and attach the file or a link to the recording. Tell us the target format for the text and the deadline you need it by. We will reply with a quote and confirm the date.
