Time Code Transcription
Follow every line back to its exact second. Time Code Transcription stamps each line with its position in the audio or video, for editing, citation, and review.
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What is Time Code Transcription?
Time Code Transcription produces a transcript in which every line carries the timestamp of the moment it was spoken. The timecode runs alongside the text, so a sentence can be traced back to an exact position in the audio or video file. Editors, researchers, and subtitle teams use it to cut, cite, and verify a passage against the source footage.
Why choose Time Code Transcription?
Time Code Transcription keeps the text synchronized with the original file from the first pass. Timecodes are written into every line, stay aligned after corrections, and travel with the text into an exported document or subtitle file. One transcript can serve a video edit, a written report, and a quote sheet without being rebuilt.
How Do You Find One Sentence in a Three-Hour Recording?
Without timecodes, a transcript is a map with no coordinates. A reviewer hears a useful phrase, notes the general area, and then scrubs back and forth trying to locate it again. Citing a recording in a report or a case file turns into a manual search. Time Code Transcription writes the position of each line next to the words, so a timestamp can be typed into a player and the exact second is found.
What makes Time Code Transcription different?
Time Code Transcription is built for the moment a reader needs to return to the source: each line starts with its position in the file, and the timecode format stays consistent from first line to last.
A Timestamp on Every Transcribed Line
Timecodes Preserved in Exported Files
Values That Match the Source Player
How to use Time Code Transcription in 3 steps
- 1
Add the recording
Upload an audio or video file, or paste a link to a recording that is already online.
- 2
Transcribe with timecodes on
The speech is converted to text and each segment is stamped with the second at which it begins.
- 3
Jump, correct, and export
Use the timestamps to check doubtful passages against the audio, then export the timed transcript.
Start with a recording that other people will need to verify. Time Code Transcription stamps every line with its position in the file, and no account is required to begin.
Transcribe with timecodesWhat users say about Time Code Transcription
“Lecture recordings finally became searchable notes instead of hours of audio.”
“I stopped taking notes in calls and started reviewing transcripts instead.”
“The timestamped transcript cut my editing pass roughly in half.”
“Finding a quote in a 90-minute interview now takes seconds.”
“Speaker labels make multi-person interviews far easier to code.”
Frequently asked questions about Time Code Transcription
What does a timecode in a transcript actually show?
It shows where in the recording a line was spoken, counted from the beginning of the file. A line marked 01:14:32 begins seventy-four minutes and thirty-two seconds into the recording, which is the position to type into a player or a video editor to hear it again.
Is every line timecoded, or only each paragraph?
Every transcribed segment carries its own starting time, and segments are grouped into paragraphs for reading. That means a single sentence can be located without scanning a whole block. Exporting to a subtitle format turns the same values into cue start and end times.
Do the timecodes stay accurate after the text is edited?
Correcting a word or a name does not move a timecode, because the values come from the audio and not from the text. Splitting or merging segments changes where a timestamp appears, so those edits are worth checking against the recording before the file is exported.
Can the timed transcript be exported as a subtitle file?
Yes. SRT and VTT keep the same timings and are accepted by most video editors and players. A plain document that lists the timecode before each line is also available when the transcript is going into a report or a research file rather than a timeline.
Which recordings benefit most from timecoded transcription?
Anything that someone will need to verify or cut: interviews, deposition recordings, broadcast footage, conference talks, and long meetings. A recording that is only read once needs the words more than the timings, and a caption file is usually the better export in that case.
Is a separate step needed to generate the timecodes?
No. The timings are produced during transcription, from the same audio that produces the words. Nothing has to be aligned afterwards, and no second tool is needed to match a text file to a media file, which is where manual alignment usually goes wrong.
Can timecodes be shown as hours, minutes, and seconds?
The default format is hours, minutes, and seconds, with milliseconds where a subtitle file requires them. Long recordings therefore stay easy to read, and a value can be typed straight into the seek field of a media player without conversion or mental arithmetic.
Is timecoded transcription free to try?
A recording can be transcribed and exported without payment. The free allowance is measured in audio time, so a single interview or a short lecture is comfortably inside it. Very long files and repeated runs on the same day are where the allowance becomes the limiting factor.
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