Transcribe by Wreally Review – Pros & Cons [2023]

Features

Transcribe by Wreally has many useful features for those looking for help with transcription. Here are some of the top features:

Automatic Transcription

These days, Transcription jobs are being taken over by AI. The automatic transcription feature allows you to upload audio or video files to the platform and automatically generate transcriptions in minutes. To be exact, this tool requires less time than the audio length to convert into text documents.

Though the accuracy of this tool is lower than the industry standard, it seems to be fairly faster when the audio is clear. If the audio file isn’t high quality, the tool struggles to generate transcriptions. We can’t say we are highly satisfied with this performance, but it’s not bad either.

Voice Type with Dictation

If automatic transcription isn’t satisfying you or the audio quality is low, you can use the dictation feature to improve accuracy. Once the audio or video file is uploaded, you can use headphones to listen to the audio and verbalize what you’re hearing. This process is faster compared to the time required to listen to your audio and type the content.

Self Transcription

This unique feature can be considered your last resort. Instead of dictating, you can play the audio at a lower speed to type with the line. To help you throughout this process, Transcribe offers multiple features like auto-loop or text expander. These features make transcribing low-quality audio files more convenient than the conventional transcribing process; though, it might be awkward to use a transcription tool and still transcribe files manually. 

Create Subtitles

Besides transcribing documents, you can also create closed captions for your videos. When you upload your video files to various platforms like YouTube or Facebook, adding subtitles or closed captions can make files more accessible to a broader audience; content creators would find this feature highly beneficial. 

Creating subtitles or closed captions with this software is pretty straightforward. The interface allows all levels of users to quickly get familiar with the process. The generated subtitles or closed captions are pretty accurate compared to other transcription or caption-generating tools.

Multiple Language Support

One of the biggest benefits of this software is multiple language support. You can generate transcriptions in more than 80 languages. As mentioned earlier, this comes in handy for content creators with a global audience. Though the accuracy rate varies with some languages, we found this feature is highly useful. The number of languages supported by this tool are a bit lower than top-tier transcription tools, however, more than 80 languages are sufficient for the majority of users, and the speed of transcriptions are moderate in all languages.

Playback Controls

With more playback controls, you can use this tool as a workflow improver if you aren’t into automatic transcription. You can perform manual transcriptions more efficiently by increasing or decreasing the playback speed according to your needs. Setting up loops is also possible, which is beneficial for listening to long and complex audio files.

Abbreviation Detection

If you use specific words or phrases frequently, you can set acronyms for them. Once the vocabulary is updated, manual transcriptions become more efficient. You can simply type the abbreviation, and the tool will automatically expand the text to speed up the process. Though it might take some time to set up the acronyms, manual transcriptions become convenient once the tool has a rich vocabulary.

Text Editor

Once your transcripts or subtitles are generated, you can edit the text to achieve the desired tone or accuracy. The text editor isn’t anything extraordinary, however, you get all the basic features to format and optimize transcripts. All the necessary tools are organized so that even beginners can find the right option quickly.

Foot Pedal Integration

Controlling the playback commonly requires the use of your hands. When typing transcripts manually, taking your hands off the keyboard can delay the work. Transcribe can be integrated with foot pedals so that you can control the media playback. As a result, your hands can always be engaged when typing. When you need to play or pause audio, you can simply do this with your feet. This feature is helpful for users with multitasking capabilities.

Add Timestamps

If you are transcribing long audio or video files, adding timestamps is crucial to extract vital information from the file. Transcribe allows you to add timestamps to your transcriptions. You can edit the timestamps after the transcript is generated. The speaker identification feature is there, but there might be an issue transcribing files with more than two speakers; you can do this manually with the self-transcription feature, which is more potent than automatic transcription.

Offline Transcription

Once files are uploaded to the platform, you won’t always need an internet connection to generate the transcript; especially for self-transcription – the media player will still play audio or video files. This may be helpful if you have an issue with the internet service provider, or if you are traveling to a remote area.

Improved Privacy and Security

When you perform automatic transcriptions, you can delete files from servers after you are done with the transcription. If you do transcriptions manually, the text editor can work offline, and none of your text documents will be stored on the server unless you permit it to. This actually improves the security of your files. Accessing files requires specific permissions so no one can intercept your files.

Pros & Cons of Transcribe by Wreally

Though this transcription software has many benefits, there are a few drawbacks. Here is the list of pros and cons:

Transcribe by Wreally Plans & Pricing

Transcribe currently offers multiple pricing plans. Here is a quick overview of these plans.

• Self Transcription – starting at $20/year
  • Integrated editor + media player
  • Unlimited voice-typing
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Foot pedal integration
• Automatic Transcription – starting at $20/year + $6/hour
  • Machine transcription with up to 1-hour turn-arounds
  • Automatic timecodes
  • Create subtitles for videos
  • Free 1-min previews
• Custom Plans – ask for a quote
  • Group licenses for teams
  • Volume discounts for over 50 users for self transcription
  • Volume discounts for over 100 hours for automatic transcription

Our Take on Transcribe by Wreally

To wrap things up, Transcribe by Wreally is an AI-powered speech-to-text software that can handle transcriptions efficiently at an affordable cost. You have automatic transcription at your disposal, which allows you to convert audio or video files into text documents at high speed. Though Transcribe claims the accuracy of automatic transcription to be 90%, this tool didn’t meet these expectations in real life, though voice typing helps when you have a low-quality audio file. Transcribe allows you to lower the playback speed and dictate the tool by speaking the words, while self-transcription is also helpful if you want higher accuracy. Foot pedal integration makes