Transparent Transcription Pricing — With or Without a Subscription
Test a full 1-hour recording free without entering a credit card. Then choose between non-expiring credit packs, our €1.50/h Pro & Team plan (5 seats included), or €60 excl. VAT/h dual-transcriber human proofreading.
Instant Evaluation
Free 60-Min Trial
€0 no card required
- 60 continuous minutes in a single block (files up to 4h on trial)
- 2-pass speaker diarization + synchronized audio player
- 100% editable Word (.docx), PDF, SRT & VTT exports
Pro & Team Rollover
€30 excl. VAT / month
20 hours / month (= €1.50 excl. VAT / hour)
- Up to 5 team seats included at zero extra per-user fee
- Unused hours roll over automatically month to month
- Recordings up to 10 continuous hours & 10 GB
- Cancel in 1 click anytime — zero lock-in
Turnkey Service
Human Proofreading
€60 excl. VAT / hour
€1.00 excl. VAT / minute · 5 to 7 business days
- Full re-listening by two successive transcribers (dual cross-check)
- Exact speaker attribution, legal/technical terminology & formatting
- Delivered as a ready-to-edit Microsoft Word (.docx) document
Pay-As-You-Go Credit Packs (Zero Recurring Subscription)
Ideal for PhD dissertations, grant-funded research projects, seasonal board meetings, or law firms that prohibit recurring corporate card subscriptions.
| Credit Pack | Volume | Net Price (excl. VAT) | Effective Hourly Rate | Validity & Team Sharing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Pack — 2 Hours | 2 h | €7.50 | €3.75 / h | Lifetime (never expires) |
| Standard Pack — 5 Hours | 5 h | €15.00 | €3.00 / h | Lifetime (never expires) |
| Research Pack — 10 Hours | 10 h | €27.50 | €2.75 / h | Lifetime (never expires) |
| Department Pack — 25 Hours | 25 h | €65.00 | €2.60 / h | Lifetime (never expires) |
| Institution Pack — 50 Hours | 50 h | €125.00 | €2.50 / h | Lifetime (never expires), up to 5 team seats |
| Annual Volume Pass — 240 Hours | 240 h | €360.00 | €1.50 / h | 12 months, one-off payment (no auto-renewal), 5 seats |
Universities, Research Labs & Public Sector
Purchase Orders, SEPA Bank Wire & French Chorus Pro E-Invoicing
Need a formal PDF quote for your procurement portal (from 20 hours or €60 excl. VAT)? Contact info@lescribeaudio.com or call +33 9 61 44 46 64. All files are stored in France at OVHcloud (AES-256) with Google Cloud Vertex AI (Europe region, Zero Data Retention) inference.
Pricing & Billing FAQ
Do pay-as-you-go credit packs expire after 30 days?
No. Classic credit packs (2h, 5h, 10h, 25h, and 50h) never expire and carry zero recurring subscription. The 240-hour Annual Volume Pass (€360 excl. VAT) is valid for 12 months as a single one-off purchase without automatic renewal.
How does billing work for EU companies, UK/Swiss organizations, and universities?
All business prices are quoted excluding VAT. EU organizations entering a valid intra-community VAT number at Stripe Checkout benefit automatically from EU reverse-charge VAT (0% VAT); UK, Swiss, Canadian, and international institutions outside the EU are billed tax-free according to export rules. Official quotes, institutional purchase orders (from 20 hours), and SEPA bank wire invoicing are available upon request.
What is included in every AI transcription minute?
Billing is calculated to the exact second of your uploaded recording (up to 10 continuous hours and 10 GB per file). Every plan and pack includes our 2-pass multimodal pipeline (Clean Read or Strict Verbatim), speaker diarization with 1-click speaker-label coding, synchronized audio-text player, on-demand 1-click executive & chrono-thematic summary, and unlimited exports to 100% editable Word (.docx), PDF, RTF, SRT, and VTT.
How does the €60 excl. VAT / hour Human Proofreading option work?
For recordings requiring a turnkey publication-ready transcript (primarily French-language hearings, statutory works council minutes, and academic interviews), our Human Proofreading service is billed at €60 excl. VAT per hour of audio (€1.00 excl. VAT per minute). Every file undergoes full start-to-finish re-listening and cross-verification by two successive professional transcribers, delivered within 5 to 7 business days.