Can I pay with M-Pesa?
Yes, through our payment provider's secure checkout, as well as Visa and Mastercard. The checkout shows the shilling amount before you confirm.
Transcription services in Kenya
Transcription services in Kenya
A Nairobi-based team turning interviews, research, meetings, hearings and video into accurate transcripts and captions. Every recording is drafted, edited by a professional who listens to the audio, and checked by a second person before it reaches you.
$0.80per audio minute on clear audio · delivered in 2–3 business days · accurate to the audio
Best for
- Researchers, students and universities
- NGOs and evaluation firms
- Advocates and legal teams (working transcripts)
- Media houses, podcasters and churches
Included in the price
- Editors who know East African English, names and places
- Pay by M-Pesa or card, with the shilling amount shown before you pay
- Book a free 15-minute call on WhatsApp or by phone
- No account needed: upload, see the price, pay
Priced in dollars, payable in shillings
Rates are in US dollars per audio minute, from $0.80 for general recordings. Kenyan shilling payments, including M-Pesa, are charged at the day's exchange rate, and the checkout shows the exact amount before you pay. Your receipt shows the dollar amount.
Every recording is graded A to D for how hard it is to transcribe. Clear and fair audio costs the standard rate, and you see each grade and the reason on your quote.
What Kenyan clients send us
Research interviews and focus groups for theses and funded studies; key-informant interviews for evaluations; board and committee meetings; sermons and conferences; and recordings that advocates need as working transcripts. We don't produce certified court transcripts, which only the courts issue.
Our team works 08:00–21:00 UTC (11:00 to midnight in Nairobi). Quotes are instant on upload, at any hour.
How your price is set
You pay for the work your recording actually needs, and you see why before you pay.
Measured
Each recording is measured to the second. You pay per audio minute, rounded up once per order, never per file.
Graded A to D
Every recording is graded on how hard it is to transcribe: how clearly the words come through, background noise, recording level, distortion and overlapping speakers.
Shown before you pay
Your quote lists each recording's grade and the reason. Think a grade is wrong? Email us before paying and a person checks it.
Accurate to the audio
What's written is what was said. If a transcript falls short, we re-edit it free, and every grade gets free corrections for 14 days. How the guarantee works
- Grade A · ClearClose microphone, little noise, one voice at a time.Standard rate
- Grade B · FairSome noise or distance, still easy to follow.Standard rate
- Grade C · DifficultNoisy room, distant speakers or frequent crosstalk.+30%
- Grade D · Very difficultHeavy noise, distortion or long unclear stretches.+70%
Transcription services in Kenya — questions
Do you transcribe Swahili?
Our published rates are for English recordings. For Swahili or interviews that switch between Swahili and English, email us before you upload and we'll confirm what we can do and the price.
Can you transcribe court recordings?
We produce working transcripts of hearings, arbitrations and statements for your own use. Only the courts certify their own proceedings, so ours aren't certified.
Can I send a WhatsApp voice note?
Upload it like any other file: save it from WhatsApp and choose it in the upload form, or book a call and we'll help.
Send your recordings and see the price
Upload audio or video, or paste a link. Your estimate appears straight away; the confirmed USD price, with each recording's grade, appears as soon as the upload finishes.
Our services
General transcription, edited by people
from $0.80/minInterviews and oral histories · Podcasts and YouTube episodes · Webinars, talks and sermons
Meeting and business transcription
from $0.90/minBoard and committee meetings · Earnings calls and investor updates · Customer and user research calls
Academic and research transcription
from $0.95/minSemi-structured and in-depth interviews · Focus groups with many participants · Lectures, seminars and conference talks
Medical and clinical research transcription
from $1.25/minClinical research interviews · Health research and evaluation fieldwork · Case discussions and grand rounds
Legal transcription for advocates and firms
from $1.40/minDepositions and examinations · Hearings and arbitrations (working transcripts) · Recorded calls and voice notes for evidence
Captions for video, timed and checked by people
from $1.50/minOnline courses and training videos · Webinars and recorded events · Interviews and documentaries