four rows. the four jobs that actually break with the existing tools. the rest of our differences are footnotes.
compare
vs the tools you've tried.
we don't lead with this on the homepage — the homepage leads with what you can use right now, free, in your browser. but if you've already tried temi or sonix or happy scribe and you're here because the cleanup tax is killing you, this is the page.
what shipping looks like at launch.
cleanup time
- temi
- 25–40% of audio
- sonix
- 10–20% of audio
- happy scribe
- 15–25% of audio
- ours
- near-zero
the editor
- temi
- .docx in word
- sonix
- browser editor
- happy scribe
- browser editor
- ours
- click word, hear audio. fix speakers in bulk.
subscription
- temi
- none
- sonix
- required
- happy scribe
- required
- ours
- none. pay per file.
audio leaves your laptop
- temi
- yes — uploaded
- sonix
- yes — uploaded
- happy scribe
- yes — uploaded
- ours
- no — runs in your browser
| temi | sonix | happy scribe | audiohighlight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleanup time | 25–40% of audio | 10–20% of audio | 15–25% of audio | near-zero |
| the editor | .docx in word | browser editor | browser editor | click word, hear audio. fix speakers in bulk. |
| subscription | none | required | required | none. pay per file. |
| audio leaves your laptop | yes — uploaded | yes — uploaded | yes — uploaded | no — runs in your browser |
head-to-head writeups
deeper analysis on each tool, what it gets right, where it breaks for journalists and writers:
- vs temi — was the right answer in 2018, the .docx workflow stopped scaling.
- vs sonix — best-in-class editor locked behind a subscription that doesn't fit individual buyers.
- vs rev — human transcription marketplace, different category. we cover when it's actually the right call.
- vs otter — meeting bot, refused by most reporters and writers for source-protection reasons.
- vs descript — video-editor-first, transcription is the side door.
not on the table
word error rate. why WER is a useless buyer metric — the short version: every tool clears the threshold where accuracy becomes "the model heard a word wrong, you fix it" — that's a cleanup-time problem, not an accuracy problem. the real difference is what the tool gives you to fix it with.
the rest of the site
the free tools
what you can use right now, in your browser, no signup.
the benchmark
cleanup-time-per-audio-hour. the metric we actually compete on.
for journalists
interviews, video, press conferences. the audience this is built for.
for podcasters + writers
podcasts, dictation, meetings — turn talk into copy.
lifetime deal while we're in beta.
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