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Our rates for transcribing a two person interview, talk or lecture start at £1.05 per minute of recording. Transcription at this level is undertaken at Intelligent Verbatim level, which is usually relevant for most academic research purposes. Prices vary according to return times, contract size and quality of recording. Strict verbatim and other higher levels of transcribing are also provided including the Jefferson system. Video subtitling also available. For details of the different levels of transcription please read our guide here. Prices listed below are for English language services only. For transcription & translation in and from/to other languages please click here.

Transcription Rates:

Intelligent Verbatim Prices

One Speaker/Voice (eg; Dictation, Podcast)

90p per minute for 14 days.
99p per minute for 7 days.
£1.25 per minute for 48 hours.
£1.40 per minute for 24 hours.

Two Speakers (eg; One to One Interviews)

£1.05 per minute for 14 days.
£1.35 per minute for 7 days.
£1.70 per minute for 48 hours.
£1.85 per minute for 24 hours.

3 Speakers (Interview with an Additional Speaker)

£1.20 per minute for 14 days.
£1.65 per minute for 7 days.
£2.05 per minute for 48 hours.
£2.25 per minute for 24 hours.

4-8 Speakers (eg; Focus Groups)

£1.40 per minute for 14 days.
£2.55 per minute for 7 days.
£3.20 per minute for 48 hours.

9-14 Speakers (eg: Workshops)

£1.85 per minute for 14 days.
£3.00 per minute for 7 days
£3.65 for 48 hours.

Subtitles

Subtitles – all types

£2.95 per minute for 14 days.
£3.45 per minute for 7 days.
£3.95 per minute for 48 hours.

Police Station Interviews

£2.05 per minute for 14 days.
£3.20 per minute for 7 days.
£3.85 per minute for 48 hours.

Copy Typing

3p per word for 14 days.

Strict/True Verbatim Prices

Two Speakers (eg; One to One Interviews)

£1.40 per minute for 14 days.
£1.70 per minute for 7 days.
£2.05 per minute for 48 hours.
£2.40 per minute for 24 hours.

Three Speakers (Interview with an Additional Speaker)

£1.55 per minute for 14 days.
£2.00 per minute for 7 days.
£2.40 per minute for 48 hours.
£3.25 per minute for 24 hours.

4-8 Speakers (eg; Focus Groups)

£2.05 per minute for 14 days.
£3.20 per minute for 7 days.
£3.85 per minute for 48 hours.

9-14 Speakers (eg: Workshops)

£2.60 per minute for 14 days.
£3.75 per minute for 7 days
£4.40 for 48 hours.

Discourse Analysis Prices (also known as Jefferson Transcription)

Jefferson Transcription (i) – 1-2 Speakers (One to One Interview)

£7.95 per minute for 14 days.
£9.95 per minute for 7 days.
£11.95 per minute for 48 hours.
Prices for 24 hours on request.

Jefferson Transcription (i) – Three Speakers (Interview with Added Speaker)

£9.45 per minute for 14 days.
£11.45 per minute for 7 days.
£13.45 per minute for 48 hours.
Prices for 24 hours on request.

Jefferson Transcription (i) – 4-8 Speakers (Focus Group)

£10.95 per minute for 14 days.
£12.95 per minute for 7 days.

Jefferson Transcription (i) – Non-Verbal Gestures

Prices available on request – click here.

All the above prices are excluding UK VAT.

Extra Charges

We do not charge extra for regional accents or English 2nd language accents and have specialist transcribers with years of experience transcribing hard-to-hear accents.
We do not charge to post you back a CD of your transcriptions. Just let us know if you would like this service.
Various time stamp options are available on request.
Our company can assist with transcription work in other languages as well as English. Please click here.
We do not charge extra for background noise unless it renders the recording inaudible. In these circumstances we will let you know before commencing work.
We get a lot of orders to proof read/transcribe 2+ speaker recordings that have had automated (AI) transcription services applied to them by Zoom, Teams or other systems. Please send us over your recordings and the automated transcription and we can quote you for the work. As a general guidance it tends to be quicker and more cost effective for our transcribers to start again from scratch (AI transcription is not yet sophisticated enough to handle multiple speakers).
We offer various options for GDPR and HIPAA compliant anonymisation and de-identification, as well as pseudonymisation. Please click here for details.

Turnaround Times

Our standard turnaround time is 14 working days, but we can provide a Fast Response service as well, with turnaround from the same day, 24-48 hours or 7 days. Higher prices apply.

Payment Options

We do not charge you in advance of completing the work. You only pay once the transcription has been completed and returned. You can pay via purchase order (we are listed suppliers on the purchasing and supply systems of many UK Universities and other academic institutions worldwide), BACS (bank transfer), cheque or by credit card. Our Transcription Manager can help you complete Purchase Order forms for your university or institution – simply send them over by email.