What are the best free AI transcription tools right now for turning long interview audio into show notes for my college podcast?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What are the best free AI transcription tools right now for turning long interview audio into show notes for my college podcast?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
free AI transcription tools pricing limits 2026 long audio podcast transcription show notes Google ↗
best free AI transcription tools long audio interview podcast show notes free plan limits 2026 Otter TurboScribe Descript Riverside Whisper Google ↗
- Riverside transcription · riverside.fm
- Whisper on GitHub · github.com
- TurboScribe · turboscribe.ai
- Pricing · turboscribe.ai
- Free Audio & Video Transcription · turboscribe.ai
- Descript · descript.com
- Descript Pricing | Plans for Every Creator, Free to Start · descript.com
- Podcast Transcript Generator · staging.descript.com
- Otter.ai · otter.ai
- Conversation, import, and app limits on the Basic free plan · help.otter.ai
- Pricing · otter.ai
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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free AI transcription tools pricing limits 2026 long audio podcast transcription show notes OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
best free AI transcription tools long audio interview podcast show notes free plan limits 2026 Otter TurboScribe Descript Riverside Whisper OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 |