I love interviews.
Related:
--> Interview tips for content creators
--> A checklist for turning conversations into content.
I love them so much that I can think of a shortlist of great transcription tools and services that help me turn interviews into content:
Trint is the transcription service that I use.
It takes ~5 minutes to transcribe a 60-minute conversation and it’s very accurate.
All text from your audio/video content can be made easily searchable, scannable, and editable.
It's highly collaborative and is good when working with multiple teams (mostly production<>marketing). You can comment and tag parts of transcripts too, allowing you to use interview excerpts for multiple purposes.
Pricing: There is no free account and pricing starts at $48/month, so you need to be doing a lot of multimedia interviews to make it worth it.
OtterAI is a free alternative. It has some great features.
With a click of the button, you can record Zoom meetings, YouTube videos, streaming news, etc. Whatever is playing on your computer.
It automatically transcribes in real-time, too.
The first 600 minutes per month are free.
Google Docs for a quick-and-dirty job.
Good, easy tool or a 30-second or 60-second interview excerpt, although the quality can vary and it times out after a while.
Go to Google Docs>Tools>Voice Typing. A big microphone icon will pop up with a prompt: “Click to speak.”
Before clicking, press play on your audio/video, then start recording. It’s not as accurate as Trint but it’s a quick fix when you need quoted content.
Sources
Twitter List: Tools for Turning Audio Into Text (and other closely related services)
Wonder Tools: The Best Transcription Tools