Speechpad

Based in San Francisco, California, Speechpad is a transcription-focused service founded in 2014, with a team of 11-50 people. Its client base spans a wide range of professions, including lawyers and legal professionals, court reporters, doctors and medical professionals, teachers and lecturers, researchers and scientists, authors and ghostwriters, filmmakers and media teams, marketers and corporate teams, coaches and wellness practitioners, keynote speakers, and historians and archivists. Work is done by human transcriptionists rather than automated tools alone. Core services include audio and video transcription, priced at $1.30 per minute for 24-hour turnaround, $1.80 per minute for 6-12 hour expedited service, and a 6-hour option available by request. Subtitle and captioning work is also offered, including time-synchronized, closed and open captioning and SDH formats with burned-in sound effects and music cues, starting at $1.50 per minute with a 48-hour or better turnaround. Foreign language transcription and translation covers 27 languages and dialects, applied to video, audio, or printed documents, starting at $3.00 per minute with a 96-hour or better turnaround. All transcription work is described as carrying a 99% accuracy guarantee, and orders can be placed directly through the website with adjustable turnaround scheduling depending on deadline requirements.