

Here we list the best transcription services we found based on our hands-on testing. Automated transcripts come from a machine doing the job instead. Human-generated transcription means a human worker listens to an audio recording and manually types what they hear. In the last decade, the transcription services market has exploded with a variety of companies that provide both automated and human-created transcriptions. Previously, the act of taking recorded speech and turning it into text was tedious and done only manually. Whether you're a legal professional who relies on having recorded depositions turned into text, or a journalist looking to pull that perfect quote from a long interview, you need accurate audio transcription. People need audio files transcribed for a variety of reasons.

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