Your interview comes back as the transcript, the Q&A and the quotes.

Verbato writes an interview's working documents from its recording: a clean transcript, every question with its answer, and a summary.

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What an interview comes back as

  • Clean transcriptThe whole interview in clean paragraphs. Nothing is summarised.
  • Q&A extractionEvery question asked, with its answer. Unanswered ones are marked.
  • SummaryWhat the interview is about and its main points, in order.
  • The one you defineNot on the list? Start from a document of your own, or from its name. Verbato writes an example, and you say what is wrong with it.

A Q&A extraction, written from the recording of one interview.

Illustrative example

The document is written to show the format. Every name, figure and quote is invented.

Q&A extraction

Questions and answers

When did the council tell you the branch would close?

"In March, by letter. Nobody came to the building."

How many people used the branch last year?

"A little over nine thousand visits. That is our count, not theirs."

Did you ask them to keep it open?

"Twice, in writing. I have had no answer to the second letter."

Will the staff be moved to other branches?

Not answered.

Illustrative example

End of the illustrative example. The document was not produced by Verbato.

Your format, not ours

The sections of each document and the way it is written are yours to change. To fix a document, say what is wrong in your own words. Make the same correction a second time and Verbato asks whether to keep it. Nothing becomes a rule unless you confirm it, and you can undo any rule.

How it works

Upload a file, paste a link, record in your browser, or send a voice note by Telegram or email. Verbato makes a word-for-word transcript, which you can edit and which stays beside your documents. They are written from it, in minutes.

Recording limits

A recording made in your browser can run up to 30 min on every plan; a longer session goes in as a file you upload. A free account takes recordings of up to 40 min each; for longer ones, see pricing.

Your recording

Deleted after 7 days by default, together with its transcript and documents. You can keep a project longer, up to your plan's limit. Deleting a recording leaves a receipt you can download. Nothing you record is used to train or improve AI models. Recording patients or clients? Read what Verbato does with sensitive recordings.

Questions before you start

How do I get these documents?
Interview is a kind of recording every Verbato account has. Choose it when you send a recording, or make it your usual and every recording starts with it. It comes back with these documents.
Can I quote straight from the transcript?
Check each quote from a Verbato transcript against the audio first. A transcript can contain errors. Press any line of it and the recording plays from that moment, so you hear what was said before you print it.
Does the transcript say who is speaking?
On the Verbato plans that include speaker identification, yes: an Interview recording starts with it on, and you can give each speaker their name. The pricing page says which plans those are.
My interview ran long. Does that work?
Verbato's transcript covers the whole interview, up to the longest recording your plan takes. A document written from a long recording can miss parts of it without saying so, so read the Q&A against the transcript.
Where are my recordings kept, and who can read them?
Recordings you send to Verbato are processed and stored in the United States and Canada. Nobody at Verbato listens to them or reads them, unless you ask us to in order to resolve a support issue, or we are required to.
Do I pay per interview or per article?
Neither: with Verbato, you pay for hours of audio. Documents, corrections and exports are not counted, and signing up is free. The plans are on the pricing page.

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