Transcription guides

Practical guides for turning audio and video into accurate text, quickly and for free.

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  Whisper tiny vs base vs small: which to pick: A plain-English comparison of the Whisper speech models for transcription, with advice on which size to use for your audio, device and patience level.
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  How to transcribe an interview: A practical way to turn an interview recording into a clean transcript, from recording tips to speaker labels, formatting and the cleanup pass.
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  How to transcribe a podcast episode: A practical guide to transcribing podcast episodes, then turning the transcript into show notes, blog posts, captions and quotes.
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  How to convert audio to SRT subtitles: Turn a spoken recording into an SRT subtitle file, understand how the format works, and fix timing and line length so captions are easy to read.