Get 99% accurate interview transcripts in minutes with Riverside’s free tool. Turn them into summaries, captions, and social content with our built-in AI.
Upload your audio or video file. Our tool supports MP4, MOV, WAV, M4a, and MP3 files.
Let our AI interview transcript generator turn your recording into text in minutes.
Download the transcript in the text format for quick summaries and notes, or srt format for captions and subtitles.
Preview your transcript for names, key quotes, and make sure everything is correct. Share it or repurpose it into blogs, and other written content.
Our AI interview transcription software uses advanced speech recognition to create clear, word-for-word interview transcripts for verbatim records, captions, or meeting notes.
English, Spanish, or Chinese? Riverside transcribes interviews in 100+ languages with support for a wide range of accents and dialects, so global conversations stay clear and accurate.
Download your interview transcript as a .txt file for summaries, note-taking, and repurposing. Or export an .srt transcript to create synced subtitles and captions for video interviews.
Use the full Riverside studio to record interviews in up to 4K video and 48kHz audio, then transcribe them in the same workflow. Better recordings create cleaner, more accurate transcripts.
If you’re recording directly on Riverside, you’ll get interview transcripts with automatic speaker labels. Keep track of who says what for easy transcript navigation.
When recording on Riverside, get automatic AI summaries straight after any interview. Or use the AI agent to turn transcripts into blogs, newsletters, and other content.
Transcribe interviews in minutes. Zero effort. 99% accuracy.
Cleaner audio leads to a cleaner transcript. Record in a quiet space, reduce background noise, and capture audio in at least 48kHz resolution.
Long, layered questions often lead to messy answers. Clear prompts make conversations easier to follow, quote, and transcribe.
Fast follow-ups and overlapping speech can blur together in the transcript. A short pause between speakers makes the final text easier to read.
Choose a transcription tool that labels each speaker automatically. That makes the transcript easier to review, quote, and edit, especially in interviews with multiple people.
AI can miss proper nouns, brand names, technical language, and industry jargon. A quick review helps you catch errors before you publish, quote, or analyze the interview.
A good interview can go much further with a transcript. Turn it into clips, a blog post, social copy, or pull quotes without starting from scratch each time.
Podcast transcripts help search engines understand and index your episodes. Help more people find your podcast by adding a transcript and show notes to every episode.
Turn customer conversations into searchable transcripts so it’s easier to analyze recurring feedback and pain points without replaying every interview.
Use your transcript to find key quotes and what to trim while editing. With Riverside’s text-based editing, any text you adjust in your transcript syncs with your actual recording.
An interview transcript is a written version of a recorded interview. It turns spoken audio or video into text, often with speaker labels, so it's easier to review, quote, publish, or repurpose.
If you want help formatting or editing one, read our guide on how to write interview transcripts.
Interview transcription can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours, depending on the recording length, audio quality, and how you transcribe it.
With an AI transcription software, you can get a transcript within minutes. But these tools rely on clear audio and you’ll want to review your transcript for accuracy.
On the other hand, manual transcription can take hours. But for interviews with heavy accents, or unclear audio, this may yield better results.
No, ChatGPT cannot directly transcribe an interview because it cannot process audio recordings.
The only way you can transcribe an interview with ChatGPT is if you already have a raw transcript to work with.
The quickest way to automatically transcribe an interview is to use interview transcription software like Riverside.
If you already have an interview recording, just follow these steps to use our free transcription tool:
If you’re recording on Riverside, you’ll find an automatic transcript for every recording. Just:
Interview transcription can cost between $ 0 to around $180 per recording.
Another option is to use interview recording software with built-in transcriptions. For example, Riverside has transcription as part of its paid plans, which start at $24/month. Instead of paying for recording software and transcription, you get an all-in-one package with unlimited monthly transcriptions.
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