Transcription Services
Transcription services for interviews, hearings, meetings and research recordings. Audio and video are transcribed by human transcribers with timestamps and speaker labels, and the transcript can be translated or certified when it is submitted as evidence. From £40 per file, with per-minute pricing for longer recordings.
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Certified Translations
For UK Home Office, courts, UK ENIC and global enterprises.
Quote Response
Same-day certified PDF delivery available for most documents ordered before 4pm.
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Upload your document or provide details below for a prompt human-reviewed quotation.
Compliant With Standards Set By Leading UK Authorities & Professional Bodies
*Authority names are referenced as industry benchmarks of compliance. All official translation orders are processed directly through DHCTranslations.
Transcription Services
Automated transcription struggles with accents, overlapping speech, poor audio and technical vocabulary. Human transcribers work through those passages, flag anything inaudible rather than guessing, and keep speaker labels consistent so the transcript can be relied on.
What the Transcription Service Covers
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Human Transcription: Typed by transcribers, not generated by speech recognition software.
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Timestamps and Speakers: Timecodes and speaker labels, with inaudible passages clearly marked.
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Verbatim or Clean Read: Full verbatim including false starts, or a cleaned version for readability.
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Certified Translation: The transcript translated and certified when it is used as evidence.
Before You Order
Audio quality and purpose decide how the transcript should be prepared.
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Audio Quality: One speaker on a clear recording is quicker than overlapping speech on a phone call.
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Purpose: Legal, research and business transcripts need different levels of detail and formatting.
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Confidentiality: Recordings are handled under NDA and GDPR, with access limited to the assigned transcriber.
Send the original recording rather than a compressed or edited copy.
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Prices are per document and start at £40 — see what a translation costs.
How It Works: 3 Steps to a Finished Transcript
A simple route from an audio or video file to a transcript in the format you need.
Send Your Recording
Upload the audio or video file, or send a link to it, with the language and the deadline.
- The full recording
- Language and number of speakers
- The format you need back
Approve the Quote & Pay Securely
Review a fixed, itemised quote and pay through the encrypted gateway.
- Major credit and debit cards accepted
- Secure payment gateway
- Invoice and receipt issued automatically
Receive Your Transcript
The finished transcript comes back in the format agreed before the work started.
- A transcript in your chosen format
- Speaker labels where you asked for them
- Timecodes where you asked for them
Services Often Used With Transcription
Subtitling
Translated and timed subtitles in SRT or VTT.
Court Judgements
Court judgments and orders, translated alongside the transcript of proceedings.
Medical Reports
Clinical letters and consultation records.
All Document Services
Everything we translate, alongside the transcription work.
Can't find your specific document type?
We translate document types that are not listed here. Send us the document and we will confirm the price before you order: [email protected].
Using this document outside the UK?
We arrange FCDO apostilles with our Express Service or Urgent Service , including notarisation where the receiving authority requires it.
Most frequently requested languages we translate
These are the languages our clients ask for most often, but they are only a fraction of what we cover. We translate 200+ language pairs, so if yours is not listed, just ask.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for Home Office applications, court-ready Statements of Truth and UK ENIC submissions.
“My relevé de notes was certified for UK ENIC and accepted without a follow-up question.”
Sophie L.
“The 1890s register entry used abbreviations I had never seen, and the translation expanded each one and kept the original beside it.”
Clare D.
“The certificate and transcript were translated together with the grading system explained, and UK ENIC accepted them without a follow-up.”
Kanya W.
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations transcribes interviews, hearings, meetings and research recordings using human transcribers, with timestamps and speaker labels. Transcripts can also be translated, and certified where they are used as evidence.
Transcription starts at £40 per file, with longer recordings priced per minute. Translation and certification of the transcript are quoted separately, with a fixed price before work starts.
Short recordings are usually returned on a next-working-day basis where the file allows, with the deadline confirmed in the quote, depending on audio quality and length. Longer interviews or hearings are scheduled with a delivery date before work starts.
Word and PDF as standard, with CSV or plain text available where a transcript needs to be imported into another system. Timestamps and speaker labels are included as requested.
Yes. Timecodes and speaker labels are added throughout, and inaudible passages are marked clearly rather than guessed, so the transcript remains reliable as evidence.
Both. Verbatim transcripts include false starts, filler words and interruptions; clean-read transcripts remove them for readability. Tell us which you need before the work starts.
Yes. The transcript can be translated and supplied with a Statement of Truth when it is filed with HM Courts & Tribunals Service, and can be paginated to match a bundle index.
Recordings are handled under NDA and GDPR, with access limited to the assigned transcriber. Files are transferred through secure upload and removed after the project on request.
Transcription is available in the language of the recording, and the transcript can be translated into English or another target language across 200+ language pairs.
Upload the original recording through the quote form or send a secure download link. Send the unedited file where possible, as compressed copies make speech harder to hear.
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