AI Transcription for Journalists
LiteScribe transcribes interviews and recordings into accurate, speaker-labeled text with timestamps you can cite, usually in minutes. Search the transcript for the exact quote, ask AI questions across all your interviews, and translate sources in 100+ languages. It runs on web, desktop, mobile, and the Chrome extension, free to start.
Built for journalists
Pull quotes in minutes
Get a timestamped transcript fast, then search for the exact phrase so you can drop an accurate, attributed quote into your story without scrubbing the audio.
Speaker labels for multi-source pieces
Speaker diarization separates interviewer and subjects automatically, and you can rename speakers so the transcript reads cleanly across a multi-person interview.
Translate international sources
Transcribe interviews in 100+ languages and translate to English, so a source in another language is just as usable for your reporting.
Search across every interview
Ask AI questions across all your interviews to find where a theme, name, or claim came up, which is invaluable for long investigations.
Keep sensitive sources private
On the desktop app, offline Local Mode transcribes recordings on your own machine, so sensitive source audio is never sent to any third-party service.
How it works
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Record or upload the interview
Upload a recorded interview, capture a live call with the desktop app or Chrome extension, or record on the go with the mobile app. Common audio and video formats are supported.
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Get a timestamped transcript
LiteScribe returns an accurate transcript with speaker labels, timestamps, automatic punctuation, and an AI summary so you can find quotes quickly.
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Find and verify quotes
Search the transcript for a phrase, jump to the timestamp to verify the audio, and copy the attributed quote into your story.
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Translate or keep private
Translate sources in other languages to English, or run the desktop app in offline Local Mode to keep sensitive source audio on your own machine.
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Related features
Speaker Diarization
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Multi-Language
Transcribe in 100+ languages with automatic language detection.
Local / Offline Mode
Transcribe and run AI entirely on your own machine. On-device transcription and on-device LLM models, nothing uploaded, fully private.
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Start transcribing for free today. 300 minutes every month, no credit card required.