Simon Says

Simon Says transcribes and translates, then exports into the editing software the footage is already in rather than handing back a text file to retype. The transcript editor pairs with a visual subtitle editor for checking how captions sit on the picture. An assembly mode on the paid tiers lets a rough cut be built by selecting lines of the transcript, which is the feature documentary editors buy it for.

Two shapes, and the choice depends on how often you cut. Pay as you go carries no monthly fee and costs $15 an hour, or $0.25 a minute of file duration, with no card needed to start. Starter is $20 a month billed monthly, or $15 a month if you pay for the year, and includes two hours of credit a month with extra hours at $7.50, plus assembly mode and the custom dictionary. There is an on-premises option on its own tab for footage that cannot leave the building.

An editor who wants the transcript inside Premiere or Resolve as a working document rather than as a deliverable. Somebody who just needs a readable text file of a podcast will pay less at TurboScribe and lose nothing.