Audext

Audext sells cloud-based automatic transcription software that converts audio and video files to text in minutes. Pricing sits in the mid-range tier: pay-as-you-go credits start at $5 for 30 transcription minutes, while monthly subscriptions run $30–$99 for 5–50 hours and include an online editor. The service is sold exclusively through its website, with no retail or app-store versions. The brand’s core pitch is AI speed plus human-level accuracy for clear, North-American English recordings (advertised at 99 %). A built-in editor time-stamps every word, lets users search audio by text, and exports to DOCX, TXT, SRT and JSON formats—features that make Audext popular among podcasters and journalists who need quick, shareable transcripts. Customers are typically solo content creators, small marketing agencies, university research labs and legal secretaries who value fast turnaround without hiring freelance transcribers. They lean toward budget-conscious, tech-savvy professionals who need accuracy but will trade perfect verbatim precision for a 5-minute processing time and simple web interface. Audext competes in the crowded field of AI transcription APIs and SaaS editors. It differentiates by packaging speaker identification, variable-speed playback and cloud storage into one browser workspace, eliminating the need for separate software or coding skills while keeping per-minute costs below human-transcription market rates.