Audio to Text Converter

Frequently Asked Questions

• What are the advantages of converting audio to text?

  There are numerous advantages to transcribe audio to text. When you transcribe audio, you make your content more accessible for the Deaf, hard of hearing, and non-native language speakers. Transcribing audio to text can improve SEO because Google can't index audio.

• What are the main ways to convert audio to text?

  There are three main methods to do so; doing it yourself (DIY), using an automatic transcription software, or using a human transcription service. Happy Scribe offers all three options. Manually converting your file to text is the free method, but also extremely time-consuming. Our automatic transcription software uses the state-of-the-art speech recognition technology to transcribe your audio in a few minutes with 85% accuracy. Our human transcription service provides the highest accuracy rate and delivers in 24 hours.

• How long does it take to transcribe audio into a text file?

  The amount of time it will take to transcribe your file depends on the length of your audio file, the quality of the audio, and whether or not you transcribe the audio yourself or use a software that transcribes for you. If your audio quality is good and you are experienced at transcribing audio to text you can expect to take 4 hours to convert 1 hour of audio. If you have poor audio or are a novice at transcribing audio to text this may take longer. In contrast, the best audio to text converter can convert audio to text in a few minutes. Furthermore, a human transcriber from Happy Scribe can provide you with a proofread & high-quality transcript within 24 hours.

• What is the difference between transcription and translation?

  Transcription involves converting audio to text. Transcribing audio to text involves taking an audio file and converting it to a text document verbatim and in the same language that the original speaker used. The best audio to text conversion can take an audio file in Spanish and convert it into a Spanish text file. On the other hand, translation is the process of taking a piece of audio or written text and converting it into another language. For example, if you have a text document in English but want it converted to French, that is translation.

• Do you offer free transcription?

  At the moment we just offer a free transcription trial of 10 minutes, so users can be able to interact with our tool and assess the quality of our transcription software.

• Are there any apps that can convert audio to text?

  There's several android apps in the market that offer dictation and fast speech to text transcription. If you are an iPhone user, there's as well some iOS alternatives that can help you in a moment of trouble.