SkyScribe
SkyScribe is an AI transcription platform for meetings, interviews, podcasts, lectures, and personal notes.
What SkyScribe is
SkyScribe is an AI transcription platform for meetings, interviews, podcasts, lectures, and personal notes. Users can upload a file, retrieve media from a public URL, or record audio on their device. Transcripts can include speaker labels and timestamps, and SkyScribe offers transcription and translation across 100+ languages with SRT and VTT caption formatting. Editing tools include transcript resegmentation, filler-word removal, and punctuation and formatting fixes. The service can also generate summaries, topics, action items, sentiment, and other custom data from transcripts.
SkyScribe is available on the web, and API access is in alpha and can be requested for integration testing. Described workflows involve Supabase, n8n, and YouTube Studio; Notion is also named among services used by teams and creators. SkyScribe says tasks use encryption and secure access to workflow data. Its About page states that it is SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliant. The Free plan allows three files per day, each up to 45 minutes, and includes 150 lifetime credits for translation, extraction, and agent edits. Pro costs $25 a month; Team costs $50 a month.
Good
- Accepts uploads, public URLs, and direct recordings
- Speaker labels and timestamps
- Transcription and translation across 100+ languages
- Can extract summaries and action items
- Caption formatting for SRT and VTT
Watch out
- Free plan limits users to three files daily
- Free transcriptions are limited to 45 minutes each
- API access is in alpha
- Pro costs $25 a month
Who it suits
SkyScribe suits people transcribing meetings, interviews, podcasts, lectures, or personal notes, including analysts, founders, and content creators. Its free plan offers a limited way to use transcription and related tools.
Verdict
SkyScribe combines transcription, transcript editing, translation, and extraction tools for several kinds of audio. Review the free-plan limits or paid-plan details to see which fits your workload.
Plans and prices
From SkyScribe's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 files/day · 45 minutes/file · 100+ languages · 150 lifetime credits · 3 GB storage · 15-day retention · monthly |
| Pro | $25 a month | Unlimited transcription · 1,000 credits/month · 1 shared workspace · 3 collaborators · 5-hour files · 30 GB storage · 1-year retention · monthly |
| Team | $50 a month | Unlimited transcription · 5,000 credits/month · 2 shared workspaces · 10 collaborators · 5-hour files · 100 GB+ storage · configurable retention · priority support · monthly |
The facts
Each one read from SkyScribe's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The documentation says API access is in alpha and can be requested for testing integrations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- API status
- SkyScribe documents an API but says access is currently alpha and requires a request.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Availability limitation
- The terms say uninterrupted or error-free service is not guaranteed and SkyScribe may modify or discontinue services.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cleanup editing
- Its editor supports filler-word removal, formatting fixes and custom instructions for transcript cleanup.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud sources
- The documentation says SkyScribe can fetch media from public URLs including YouTube, TikTok and Instagram.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Workspaces let teams organize jobs and share access, with paid tiers adding shared workspaces and collaborators.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Compliance claim
- The about page claims SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR compliance and says content is not shared with third parties.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data extraction
- SkyScribe can extract summaries, topics, action items, sentiment and other custom fields from transcripts.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- Supported export formats listed by SkyScribe are VTT, SRT, DOCX, PDF, TXT, Markdown, JSON and CSV.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Extraction
- SkyScribe says it can generate summaries, topics, action items, sentiment, and other custom data from transcripts.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Input methods
- Users can upload a file, fetch media from a public URL, or record audio directly from their device.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Instant transcription
- Users can upload files, paste public media links or record audio, with speaker labels and timestamps produced in the transcript.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site describes workflows involving Supabase, n8n, and YouTube Studio, and its homepage names Notion among services used by teams and creators.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations: n8n
- The home page presents n8n as an automation destination for investor-call and team-sync transcripts.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations: Supabase
- The home page presents Supabase as a workflow for sending call transcripts into databases and analysis pipelines.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations: YouTube Studio
- The home page describes YouTube Studio use for turning videos or livestreams into transcripts, captions and reusable content.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The About page lists meetings, interviews, podcasts, lectures, and personal notes as use cases, while the homepage highlights analysts, founders, and content creators.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Licence terms
- The terms grant a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable use licence and prohibit copying, reverse engineering and unauthorized commercial use.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: governance
- Kongo Tech advises checking platform terms, organizational data policies, export portability and vendor lock-in before scaling a SkyScribe workflow.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: human review
- Programming Insider cautions that automated SkyScribe workflows do not eliminate the need for human review, especially for important content.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: manual editing uncertainty
- ADD Magazine recommends piloting typical files and measuring remaining manual editing because transcription quality and timestamp precision vary by workload.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: workflow fit
- Programming Insider says buyers still need to assess whether SkyScribe fits their workflow rather than assuming the feature set is universally suitable.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free limits
- The Free plan allows 3 files per day, with each transcription up to 45 minutes, and includes 150 lifetime credits for translation, extraction, and agent edits.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Limit: cost evaluation
- ADD Magazine advises evaluating total cost including post-processing time, integrations and export needs rather than looking only at headline pricing.checked 15 Oct 2026
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