Fact · Transcription
oTranscribe describes itself as a free web app for transcribing recorded interviews.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“A free web app to take the pain out of transcribing recorded interviews.”
oTranscribe: a free web app for transcribing recordings, Elliot Bentley, oTranscribe (a project of the MuckRock Foundation), n.d., Home page introduction.
Open the original- What it measures
- oTranscribe is a manual transcription tool: it plays the recording and you type the text. It does not transcribe automatically.
- What it does not show
- The claim is the project's own description. It is a player and editor for typing, not a speech recognizer.