Transcription for universities, colleges and students

Caption recorded lectures, transcribe research interviews with speaker labels and translate course audio for international students, with one API your department or student project can call.

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Lecture captions

Send the lecture recording and ask for SRT. Upload it next to the video in your learning platform.

{
  "audio_url": "https://example.edu/lectures/econ101-week3.mp4",
  "model": "oracle",
  "language": "he",
  "output_format": "srt"
}

For international students, translate in the same job with an Oracle model:

{
  "audio_url": "https://example.edu/lectures/econ101-week3.mp4",
  "model": "oracle_mini",
  "language": "he",
  "translate_to": "en",
  "output_format": "srt"
}

Research interviews and theses

  • Turn on include_diarization and set num_speakers for interviewer and participant turns.
  • Use JSON output to keep timestamps for quoting and coding in qualitative analysis tools.
  • Get consent from participants and follow your ethics board's rules for storing recordings and transcripts.

What it costs

JobModelCost
One 90-minute lecture, captionsoracleUS$2.16
Same lecture, translated captionsoracle_miniUS$1.44
20 one-hour interviewsoracleUS$28.80

Departments that need an invoice or volume terms can reach KolWrite Enterprise.

Before you publish captions

  • Review names, technical terms and formulas; machine captions are drafts.
  • For right-to-left languages, test the SRT in your video player.
  • Keep the original recording: you may want to re-run a job with a stronger model later.

Questions and answers

Can students use the API for a thesis?

Yes. Anyone can create an account and pay per use; there is no minimum charge.

Which languages are supported for lectures?

The 100 languages on the languages page, detected automatically or set with language.

Can I get both captions and a plain transcript?

Run the job twice with output_format: "srt" and "txt", or request JSON once and build both.

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