Whisper AI is an online speech-to-text and AI transcription workspace whose core purpose is to convert spoken content into editable, searchable, and exportable text. It is based on OpenAI Whisper technology and is aimed at real recording scenarios such as meetings, interviews, podcasts, lectures, webinars, customer service calls, and video soundtracks.
In terms of main capabilities, Whisper AI supports uploading audio or video files, compatible with common formats such as MP3, WAV, M4A, and MP4; it also supports recording speech directly in the browser, or importing content by pasting a media link, without needing to download first and then upload. During transcription, users can automatically detect the language or manually select it, and can enable speaker labels to help distinguish different speakers in interviews or meetings. After transcription is complete, users can view, search, and edit the text on the page, mark important segments, correct wording, and prepare it for publication or internal archiving. Export formats include TXT, SRT, DOCX, and JSON, with the page also mentioning VTT and PDF, which can be used for subtitles, documents, archiving, and data workflows.
In terms of usage, users do not need to install desktop software and can start speech-to-text tasks directly in the browser. New users can first use 5 minutes of free transcription time; all logged-in users can use AI tools through credits, and subscriptions and credit packs can increase the available balance. Specific subscription plans include different tiers billed annually: Starter includes 1,440 minutes of transcription time per year, about 120 minutes per month, with an annual fee of $58.80; Pro includes 7,200 minutes per year, about 600 minutes per month, with an annual fee of $178.80; Max includes 36,000 minutes per year, about 3,000 minutes per month, with an annual fee of $298.80. Different tiers include capabilities such as uploading or recording audio/video up to 1GB, speaker labels and timestamps, a transcription editor, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, JSON, PDF, and DOCX, as well as private audio storage and batch transcription workflows, subject to the official page.
Applicable scenarios include meeting notes, interview transcription, podcast script organization, video subtitle drafts, lecture notes, research citations, customer service call documentation, and converting audio into searchable business records. Transcription accuracy is affected by factors such as audio quality, speaker clarity, accents, background noise, multiple people speaking over each other, and terminology; clear recordings usually produce better results.
In terms of limitations, the free quota is 5 minutes, and additional time must subsequently be added through subscriptions or credit packs; uploaded or recorded files are limited to a maximum of 1GB; the monthlytranscription minutes differ by tier; some features such as batch transcription and private audio storage are only available in higher tiers. Information such as the complete list of supported languages, API availability, and refund policy is not currently provided in the materials.
