Transcribe - Speech to Text Reviews

by RegP

I needed to this app audio recorded on my cell phone. I recorded a telephone interview from my notebook telephony call onto my cell. I paid $4.99 to have the 22 minute business interview transcribed. My voice was transcribed, but the interviewee was 20% transcribed! Fortunately, I took notes during the interview! Save the money. Take notes. Use google docs or text messages and speak your notes (after the call). Docs or messages will this app your notes for free. That’s what I had to do, after paying for a service that’s not fully ready for the marketplace.

by Joeperezp

I was extremely exited to use Transcribe. I loved the fact that you could upload files from multiple sources easily and this app it seamlessly. I also liked that I could just purchase time credits on demand without a monthly fee. So I got Transcribe and uploaded my first Voice memo file. I purchased $4.99 credit for 1 hour worth of audio transcribing and went ahead and started the transcription. Everything was sooo easy and intuitive I was over the moon just thinking of the possibilities. It told told me that it would notify me when transcription was completed and sure enough in just a few mins it it was completed. HOWEVER when I go in to see the transcription it was a complete and utter FAILURE! I was expecting few words here and there to be off, naturally. But I mean if this got 10% is a lot. Amazing potential, great UI/UC but horrible transcription.

I would truly appreciate it if you would refund me the $4.99 please.

by Cantheatu86

I have never written a review for Transcribe Store for any app that I have ever owned or purchased in the 10 years that I’ve been an Apple user. Transcribe has forced my hand.

I purchased transcription credits. I received transcriptions that were alright, I guess. But I also expected to be able to properly view and edit the text results of the transcription as part of the purchase that I made. Instead, you cannot export the text. You cannot easily copy and paste the text. You cannot do anything with the text except for view and do minor changes to it on your iPhone in Transcribe .

Oh, I’m sorry - you can! If you purchase a monthly subscription for no less than 3x the cost of the transcript.

I am an early adopter of technology, but I will never be as good at text editing on a phone without tactile response as I will be with a physical keyboard. I expect text, simple characters, with a purchase like transcription. End of story.

This is unacceptable.

by Real Mandorla

Not sure what to do as I’d like for this to work. Tried it twice and liked, so I bought some more time... the third thing I recorded as been spinning “transcribing” for days. I thought I might delete Transcribe and reinstall, but what do I delete? Will i lose my words and the money? The point is that I can record and put into print what I say, but anything I record might just spin around and I have nothing. Why would I use this again only to lose time, money, and words. I don’t trust Transcribe . It’s a couple bucks to throw down the drain, I can earn another dollar. To lose a thought or idea is different though, as you can never quite restring your thoughts and ideas into words quite the same that second time.

by Noah Yyy

I enjoyed Transcribe at first. It worked seamlessly. Transcribing wasn’t always accurate but it was accurate enough.

Now, Transcribe stops recording my live recordings at random points in time. I cannot find what’s causing this issue if there is an issue on my end. I’ve resorted to cleaning storage, uninstalling, reinstalling, etc. It will NEVER record consistently anymore. It will end randomly at 44 seconds, 2 mins, or 1 minute in the middle of my speaking. On average, I use about 6-8 minutes of Transcription time. Others use theirs for 30 minutes or more and have no issues. I do not currently recommend using this until the issue is resolved. I encounter these issues on iPhone 8+ and iPad Air Pro.

by Sethmonus

I’ve used Transcribe quite a bit and have been very happy with it. What I did notice today though is that I CANNOT rely upon Transcribe to record the original conversation. Previously I had recorded my conversations using my native iPhone voice memo app and then forwarded to Transcribe for transcription. The problem that Transcribe has when recording is that it is disrupted by screensaver or some other alert on my iPad so today I lost more than 50% of the conversation. I will need to go back to the two-step process of recording on and the native voice memo app and forwarding to the transcription app.

by TNTJD

I did the free 15 minute test. I planned to use this software to dictate initial drafts of lengthy documents. 8-9 minutes into the free dictation process, the iPhone or application shut down without signaling me. I continued dictating for several more minutes before realizing the application was no longer working. No instructions were give to prevent this from happening. I don’t know if this is an application or iPhone issue, but it rendered the application worthless to me.

by V1221M

This is ok for really short transcriptions but nothing more than that. Although the payments are cheaper than other transcription services, it takes SO long to clean the transcripts up. I gave it a try for a qualitative study where I conducted interviews. I wish that I did not spend the extra money because the product was very difficult to follow and I could have written the transcriptions myself. If you have a shorter and more straightforward recording (maybe not an interview) this might be a great service and the transcription time is pretty quick.

by LAwoman310

I used this because I needed to this app a qualitative research interview quickly after having problems with Zoom’s transcription. I downloaded Transcribe , tested it with my phone’s voice memo, and did a quick transcription. It was nearly flawless. Based on that, I figured it’d be worth a shot to see if it could do a longer 30 minute interview that I had. I recorded that to the voice memo, checking on the quality and sound. My interviewee was younger, and spoke quickly with some colloquialisms, so I knew I’d have to fix that. I didn’t realize I’d not only have to fix those small things, but that Transcribe didn’t this app large portions of the interview...missing full sentences of not only my interviewee but myself as well! I agree with another reviewer that this is best for short transcriptions, but not for longer interviews.

by Stephanie_in_VA

I tried Transcribe on a recommendation from a fellow writer. For the test recording I used a Voice Memo recording done in my car. It missed/skipped entire sections randomly.

Thinking it could be the quality of the recording, I paid for one hour and transcribed a dictated piece for my current manuscript. It was recorded using a high-end SpeechWare mic and Voice Record Pro app.

Accuracy improved, yes, but my spoken punctuation was not recognized. Only “period” was used accurately. Open quotes, close quotes, and new line were all ignored, adding a lot of editing time to the transcription. Also, dead air resulted in a period, while I was searching for the right word to use.

Perhaps this program allows for no spoken punctuation except “period”. I don’t know. I could easily re-train myself on how I dictate, but I couldn’t find any suggestions for use on formatting in Transcribe .

For now, I’ll have to stick to the cumbersome Dragon dance (record on one device, upload to Google Drive, download to a PC, run Dragon this app (Pro feature), upload transcription to Google Drive again, download to my Mac. All because Dragon has a reduced accuracy on a Mac.

Wish Transcribe had worked better for my needs. Would have saved time immensely!

by GalacticCass

I had recorded a once in a lifetime interview on my iPhone’s voice memos and needed to this app it. It took me an hour to, by hand, type out the first SIX MINUTES of a forty minute interview. I tried using my iphones note feature by turning on my microphone, google translate, all sorts of things and nothing was working. It only works in fifteen minute intervals but only takes like ten minutes (maybe less if you’re in a place with better WiFi). Complete game changer and it’s completely free. LOVE IT.

by Deb Driscoll

I’m a freelance writer who uses the Voice Memo app when conducting interviews. It would take me HOURS to this app what was recorded. And that wasted my time when i could have been writing the article.

this app has now freed up that time. All you do is download Transcribe from Transcribe Store. Upload your voice file to this app and it’s completed quickly and quite accurately. It cost $4.99 per hour and they charge for exactly the time listed on your file. If it’s only 24 minutes... they hold 36 minutes for you to use towards your next transcription.

Love, love , love it!!!

by Amrad97

I love Transcribe actually. I’ve been using it for the past few days, but for some reason today, it’s not producing any sound. Like it’s transcribing the voices and everything, but when i play the video to make sure of the text, there’s no sound that comes off. I checked the sound on my iphone and it’s working fine so the problem is from Transcribe . Any solutions for this?

Update: It worked. Thank you! Back to 5 stars 😊

by Tetris Purist

I just used Transcribe to this app a 24 minute interview (on Apple Voice Memos) with my dad, about our family history. Using Transcribe vs. transcribing it myself has literally saved me hours. The transcription was good enough that all I will need to do is clean up a few minor “misreads”, and I can present a written version of this interview to my dad as a gift for Christmas. Thanks for a great app!

by Mulitpage Manager

I’m a public affairs officer and am a one-person shop. This has been a huge time saver! I couldn’t be happier with Transcribe. It isn’t perfect, but then again people don’t speak clearly all the time anyway. The convenience for me is being able to quickly scan for the quotes I want, then replay that particular section to clarify any confusing parts. This has saved me hours, upon hours of transcribing! Thank you!

by Deeveef

I love recording to-do lists, etc. As a teacher, I needed an app that could write what I said and was easy to share. I’d speak out the class assignments quickly and effectively. I don’t have time to type it all out on my phone and avoiding carpal tunnel is heavenly. Small tweaks are necessary occasionally in the texts but it does also depend on your diction! Makes my life 1000x less painful.

by Mbx777

I’ve been using this app for about a month now to this app audio messages in the range from one to three minutes long. So far it has performed great. Texts are complete and almost flawless, requiring only minor corrections, mostly punctuation, here and there. I’m truly impressed and can only recommend Transcribe.

by Alpeters

This converted my rambling voice memos directly into text for use in a word document. My audio quality was low: I recorded with my iPhone in my lap while driving on the highway so there's lots of background noise. Still, the imperfections in text are all from me stammering. Actually, Transcribe cut out lots of ums and repeated words improving what I said. It still requires editing and correcting - mostly formatting - but really couldnt be improved much at all. This is mature technology. Also, the software interface is top notch, like google or even better. Costs money, about $3/hr for 10 hrs, and its SO worth it. Thanks for devoloping this.

by GuitarUniverse

I am disabled and I’ve been looking for this exact technology for at least two years because I can’t type anymore. A lot of these transcriptions don’t work, but this one does. I’ve probably done 60 hours of transcribing audio memos checks and with with very few exceptions it was Word for Word perfect. And when you didn’t get the word right it was because I was mumbling, or what have you. Plus, I asked them if they could donate some time to me because I have no income, and they were kind enough to gift me some free hours, more than a little bit. Support these guys! Besides, the first 15 minutes free, so you have absolutely nothing to loose.

by Benefit From My Experience

Transcribe does a pretty good job of capturing interviews even where one party is on the phone and the other is in person. You can use your phone to operate it and you don’t have to buy a special recorder. I’m sure that were both speakers are present, it captures words even better. Awesome app! Save yourself a headache from the other methods and use this.

by Droelgg

I had a 30 minute recording to this app, Transcribe seemed to have some good reviews so I decided to give it a try. You get 15 minutes for free and then it’s $4.99 per hour. I bought an hour, since my recording was 30 minutes. The transcript is missing a few minutes of the recording and many of the words are wrong.

If you have a very clear, and simple recording this might be a good app for you, but for transcribing a meeting Transcribe is worthless. I wish I could get my $4.99 back.

by Pilihdez

I do love the transcriptions (in Spanish), but I recently recorded a lot of interviews using my phone’s voice memo app because I saw that it was possible to send to Transcribe, but Transcribe only allowed 2 voice memos to be sent and then just refused to successfully send more. I sent them from the voice memos as instructed, but when I come to Transcribe, they’re not there. I give the transcriptions a 5, but I’m disappointed that sending memos to Transcribe isn’t working as promised.

by MissMelD

I tried a couple other apps that resulted in a garbled mess. With machine transcription. I was just about to concede that I’d be hiring someone on Fiverr to this app recordings and/or pay $1/min elsewhere until I found this.
$5 per hour is WELL worth Transcribe and the transcriptions I am getting out of my recordings. Thanks so much for you developers for doing this right 👍🏻☺️