Transcribe interviews
Upload an interview recording and get a transcript with speaker labels and timestamps, ready to check against the audio and quote from.
How it works
- Upload the recording from your phone, recorder or call software.
- Choose the spoken language and start the transcription.
- Rename the speakers, then listen back while you correct names, numbers and quotes.
- Export to DOCX or TXT for your notes, or PDF to share.
An interview is made of two people talking over the top of each other, a few false starts and one sentence you absolutely need to quote correctly. Typing it out by hand takes several times the length of the recording. Scribewren gives you a first pass in minutes, with each speaker on their own line and a timestamp you can click to hear the original words.
The value is in the editing pass that follows. Play the audio beside the text, fix a name or a figure, and the transcript becomes something you can search. Journalists use that to find the one answer worth quoting; hiring teams use it to compare candidates' answers without re-listening to every call; writers use it to keep a record of what was actually said.
Before you publish a quote
Transcription is fast, but a quote is a promise. Always play the exact passage back before it appears in print, particularly names, numbers and anything that could change the meaning if a word is wrong. Speaker labels are also worth a glance when two people sound alike or talk at once.
Tips
- Put the recorder or phone close to the guest, not between you and them, so the quieter voice is not lost.
- Say the spelling of unusual names out loud once at the start; it gives you a marker to check later.
- Check every quote against the audio before it goes into print. A transcript is a draft, not a verified record.
- Record a few seconds of the room before the interview starts, so you know what background noise you are dealing with.
Questions
Does it label who is speaking?
Yes. Each turn is assigned to a speaker, and you can rename the labels in the editor. Labels are worked out from the sound, so check them where two voices are similar.
Can I find a quote quickly?
Yes. Search the transcript, and click any line to jump to that moment in the audio.
Is a transcript good enough to quote directly?
Treat it as a strong first draft. Listen to the passage before you quote it, as accuracy varies with audio quality, accents and overlapping speech.
What happens to my recording?
The original is deleted within 24 hours of processing. A playback copy stays for 7 days on Free or 90 days on Unlimited, and nothing is used for training.
Is the interview kept private?
Transcripts are your own. The app does not log transcript text, titles or filenames to analytics or error reports.
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