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AI Transcription: Fast Transcripts, Smarter Summaries

AI does the slow part of transcription in minutes and then helps with the rest: labelling speakers, cleaning up the text and summarizing what mattered.

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How AI transcription works in HeyScribe

Give it speech
Upload a recording, paste a link, start a live session or just speak.
AI turns it into text
A speech recognition model writes the transcript with punctuation, timestamps and, for files, speaker labels.
AI helps you use it
Fix punctuation, remove filler words, or generate a summary with key points and action items.

What AI adds to a transcript

Speed

Recordings are typically transcribed in a small fraction of their length.

Speaker detection

The model separates voices and labels them in recorded conversations.

Clean-up

Remove “um”, “uh” and repeated words, and fix punctuation, in one click.

Summaries

An overview, key points and action items, in the language of the transcript.

Many languages

90+ languages for files and links, 50+ for live speech.

Searchable library

Find any transcript by what was said, not just its title.

AI transcription vs. human transcription

Neither is always better. Choose by how much accuracy, speed and cost matter for the job.

	AI transcription	Human transcription
Speed	Minutes	Hours to days
Cost	A low per-minute cost, with a free plan	Usually much higher per minute
Accuracy on clear audio	Very good	Excellent
Accuracy on difficult audio	Drops with noise, accents and overlap	Better, but still limited
Best for	Notes, research, drafts, search, summaries	Legal, medical and publication-grade records

When AI transcription is enough, and when to review

For most everyday jobs, such as meeting notes, interviews for your own research, lecture notes, podcast show notes and searchable archives, AI transcription is both faster and good enough. You get the words in minutes and can spend your time on what they mean.

For material where a wrong word has real consequences, such as legal testimony, medical records or direct quotes in a publication, treat the AI transcript as a very good first draft. Check it against the audio, using the timestamps to jump to the right place, and have a human sign it off.

How to get the best AI transcript

Record clean audio. This is worth more than any setting.
Choose the language, or let auto-detect do it. For short clips, setting it removes guesswork.
Turn on speaker detection for conversations. It makes interviews far easier to read.
Tell the summary what you need. You can add instructions such as “list decisions and owners”.

What happens to your data

Your audio or text is processed by AI services to produce the transcript or summary. HeyScribe does not use your content to train its own models. Please read the privacy policy for the full details, including the providers we use.

Learn the basics at speech to text, or jump straight to transcribing a file.

What AI transcription is good for

Meetings and interviews

Written records and quick summaries.

Education

Lecture notes and study guides from recordings.

Podcasts and video

Show notes, subtitles and repurposed content.

Research

Searchable text for qualitative analysis.

Business

Searchable archives of calls and training.

Writing

Voice notes that become first drafts.

Frequently asked questions

What is AI transcription?

AI transcription uses machine learning models to convert speech into text automatically. It is much faster and cheaper than typing out a recording by hand.

How accurate is AI transcription?

Very good on clear audio, and less good on noisy, accented or overlapping speech. Review important passages against the audio. Timestamps make that quick.

Can AI transcription tell speakers apart?

For files and links, yes. Turn on speaker detection and each voice is labelled, for example Speaker A and Speaker B.

Can it summarize my transcript?

Yes. Open the Summary tab and generate a summary with an overview, key points and action items. You can add instructions for the style you want.

Is my content used to train AI models?

HeyScribe does not use your content to train its models. Providers that process your audio or text do so under their own terms; our privacy policy lists them.

Is AI transcription free?

You can start for free: the free plan includes 20 minutes in total, with no credit card.

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