Transcription Services
A transcript is a record, so the useful question is not only what was said but who said it and when. We transcribe from the recording with timecodes and speaker labels, keep verbatim wording where it matters, and deliver DOCX, TXT or SRT, from $54 per recording.
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Certified Translations
For USCIS, US courts, WES, ECFMG and CGFNS.
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Same-day certified PDF delivery available for most documents ordered before 4pm ET.
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Prepared For Submissions To US Agencies & Credential Services
*Authority names are referenced as industry benchmarks of compliance. All official translation orders are processed directly through DHCTranslations.
What Makes a Transcript Usable
Two transcripts of the same hour can differ completely in usefulness because of decisions taken before the first minute is typed: verbatim or cleaned, who is speaking, and whether the timecodes have to line up with a video.
What the Transcription Covers
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Timecodes That Match: Marks are placed where the reader or editor needs them, from one every few minutes for a report to a line-by-line SRT where the transcript is going on to become captions.
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Speaker Labels: Voices are labeled and kept consistent across the recording, so a passage can be attributed without replaying the audio to work out who was talking.
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Verbatim or Readable: Court, insurance and disciplinary work is typed word for word, false starts included, while a webinar or podcast is lightly cleaned so it reads without the hesitations.
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Unclear Audio Flagged: Where a word cannot be heard the transcript marks it with its timecode instead of inventing a plausible word, so the gap can be checked against the recording.
Before You Order
Recording quality sets the ceiling on accuracy and the intended use sets everything else, so both are settled before anyone starts typing.
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One Session, One File: A single file per session is quicker than a folder of clips, and a track with both speakers at a similar level is easier to work from than a room recording.
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What It Is For: A court filing, a clinical note and a marketing video need different treatment of names, numbers and hesitation, and the transcript is prepared for the use you name.
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Translation on Top: A transcript can be translated once it is typed, which usually costs less than working from audio, because the source is settled before the second language is written.
Send the recording with the number of speakers and the deadline attached to it.
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How a Transcript Is Produced
The recording is listened to before it is quoted, because an hour of clean interview and an hour of courtroom audio are not the same amount of work.
Send the Recording
Upload the audio or video, or send a link, and say how many voices are on it and what the transcript is for.
- The recording, or a link that stays live
- How many speakers, named if you know them
- The deadline and the use of the transcript
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Review a fixed, itemized quote and pay through the encrypted gateway.
- Major credit/debit cards accepted worldwide
- Secure global payment gateway integration
- Instant invoice and receipt generation
Receive the Transcript
The file arrives in the format your workflow uses, with timecodes in place and anything unintelligible marked at the point it occurs.
- DOCX, TXT or SRT
- Speaker labels held consistent throughout
- Timecodes for unclear passages
Services That Pair With a Transcript
Subtitling
The same text timed and cut into caption files.
Legal Translations
Hearings, depositions and interview records translated for filing.
Medical Translations
Consultations and clinical dictation transcribed, then translated.
Business Translations
Meetings, webinars and training sessions versioned for another market.
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].
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 USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“The GPA was on a 4.5 scale and the translator set the scale out rather than converting it, which is what admissions asked for.”
Hyun-woo L.
“The court wanted paper, so the PDF came first and the tracked copy arrived two days later at the address I gave.”
Ade D.
“The land record was Urdu from top to bottom, and the English version kept the columns in their original order so the Tehsil could follow it.”
Arun V.
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations transcribes interviews, hearings, clinical consultations and meetings from our New York base, with timecodes and speaker labels, and can translate the finished text into another language.
A short recording is charged from $54 at DHCTranslations, and long recordings are priced on runtime, because a two-hour hearing takes roughly four times as long to type as a thirty-minute interview. The quote states the runtime it is based on.
DHCTranslations normally returns a thirty-minute recording within one business day when it is confirmed before 4pm ET, and long hearings are scheduled with a date. Audio that needs repeated listening takes longer, and we say so before starting.
It depends on the reader. A court, an insurer or a disciplinary panel needs every false start and aside; a webinar or podcast usually reads better with the hesitations removed. Tell us which, and it is done that way throughout.
Yes, and how often depends on the use: every few minutes for a report, or on every line where the file will become captions or be cited in a filing.
Yes. Panel discussions and group interviews are labeled voice by voice, and where two speakers cannot be separated the transcript says so rather than attributing a line at random.
The passage is marked with its timecode and the transcript continues. Nothing is guessed, because a plausible word in the wrong place is harder to spot later than an honest gap.
Yes, and it is the cheaper order of work: the transcript settles what was said, then the translation follows the fixed text instead of two linguists interpreting the same unclear audio differently.
They arrive through a secure upload, are opened only by the transcriber and the checker, and are deleted once the order is closed unless a retention period is agreed in writing.
DOCX where the file will be edited, TXT or CSV where it feeds another system, and SRT where the transcript is going on to become captions. All three are produced from the same timed pass.
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