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Wollin-Giering and colleagues tested nine automatic transcription tools on two interviews and conclude that Whisper performs best overall.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Based on the analysis, we conclude that Whisper performs best overall and that similar local-automatic transcription tools are likely to become more relevant.”
Automatic Transcription of English and German Qualitative Interviews, Susanne Wollin-Giering et al., Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 25(1), Art. 8, 2024, Abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- The nine tools were Amberscript, Dragon, F4x, Happy Scribe, NVivo, Sonix, Trint, Otter and Whisper. The ranking weighs data protection, accuracy, time and cost together.
- What it does not show
- Two interviews only (one English, one German) at one point in time. The authors' overall ranking is a judgement across four criteria, not a single accuracy score.