ScribeBuddy is an AI-based transcription, translation, and subtitle creation software. It is officially positioned as an online transcription tool that can automatically convert any audio, video, voice memo, podcast, or live speech into text, completing the process within minutes.
Purpose
ScribeBuddy is mainly used for converting audio and video content into text, including:
- AI transcription: converting audio, video, voice memos, podcasts, live speech, etc. into text.
- Subtitle creation: generating subtitles for media content based on transcribed text.
- Translation: supporting transcription and translation in more than 100 languages, and converting audio/video transcriptions and subtitles into other languages.
Main capabilities
- Fast and accurate audio transcription, with support for video transcription and subtitle creation.
- Podcast transcription.
- Support for transcription and translation in more than 100 languages. The languages officially listed include Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, English, Estonian, Persian, Filipino, Tagalog, Finnish, French, Canadian French, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian, Pashto, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, etc.
- Real-time speech-to-text (officially marked with an asterisk, possibly subject to limitations or specific conditions).
- AI-powered summaries (officially marked with an asterisk and available in the annual plan).
- Support for transcribing meetings, interviews, lectures, voice notes, etc. into text.
- Support for transcribing voice memos on Android, Apple, and iOS devices.
- Support for transcribing media files on Mac and Windows computers.
- The official statement says it supports almost all audio formats and encodings, more than 100 in total, with common formats including MP3, MP4, MP2, AAC,WAV, FLAC, PCM, M4A, Ogg, Opus, WebM, etc.
How to use
Users can upload audio or video files for transcription. The free version allows each file to be up to 5 minutes long, but uploads and transcriptions are unlimited and free of charge. After transcription, the translation feature can be used to convert the transcript text or subtitles into other languages. Paid plans (monthly and yearly) remove the file length limit. The yearly plan includes exclusive features such as AI summaries and provides priority support. An on-demand pay-as-you-go plan is also available, with prices starting at $0.05 per minute, suitable for users who occasionally need transcription services. The official policy prohibits account sharing, password sharing, and abuse of the unlimited transcription service; violations may result in account restrictions.
Use cases
The official list of main use cases is as follows:
- Business transcription: business transcription software.
- Podcast creators: podcast transcription software.
- Marketers: marketing transcription software.
- Recruiters: recruiting transcription software.
- Education: education transcription software. It is also suitable for meetings, interviews, lectures, voice notes, real-time speech, and other scenarios that require speech-to-text.
Platform compatibility
ScribeBuddy is compatible with a variety of devices and operating systems, including Mac, Windows, and Linux computers as well as iOS devices.
Limitations and notes
- The free version allows each file to be up to 5 minutes long.
- Real-time speech-to-text and AI summary features are marked with an asterisk in the official materials, and the specific conditions are not explained in detail; AI summaries are included in the annual plan.
- Account sharing, password sharing, and abuse of the unlimited transcription service are prohibited.
- Except for the pay-as-you-go plan starting at $0.05 per minute, the specific prices of the monthly and yearly paid plans are not yet provided.
- The company background and the specific list of technology partners are not yet provided.
