--- title: "The Speecho blog - transcription guides, tips and honest answers" description: "How to transcribe audio and video, run better meetings, caption media and understand AI accuracy - practical guides from the team behind Speecho." canonical: "https://speecho.app/blog/" language: "en" publisher: "Speecho" --- The Speecho blog # Turn recordings into results. Practical guides on transcription, meetings, media and how AI speech-to-text actually works - from the team building Speecho. Accuracy & trust ## [How accurate is AI transcription in 2026? An honest answer](https://speecho.app/blog/how-accurate-is-ai-transcription/) AI transcription reaches 90–97% word accuracy on clean audio - but the real number depends on your recording. What moves it, and how to get closer to perfect. Jul 14, 2026 · 8 min read Transcription how-to ## [How to translate a video with a voice-over](https://speecho.app/blog/translate-a-video-with-voice-over/) Turn a video into a voice-over in another language on the original timing: transcribe it, translate it, voice each line at its second, put the track back. Oct 27, 2026 · 7 min read Meetings & teamwork ## [Live captions in Zoom without a bot](https://speecho.app/blog/live-captions-in-zoom-without-a-bot/) Zoom takes captions from outside through one API token. How to send live captions, original or translated, into a meeting with no bot, on a free account too. Oct 15, 2026 · 6 min read Creators & media ## [Turn an article or PDF into a two-host podcast](https://speecho.app/blog/turn-an-article-into-a-podcast/) Paste an article or open a PDF, get a script where two AI hosts talk it through, check it, and voice it into one MP3. Steps, length, voices and cost. Oct 15, 2026 · 7 min read Meetings & teamwork ## [How to write meeting minutes: format and template](https://speecho.app/blog/how-to-write-meeting-minutes/) The format that works (decisions, owners, dates), a template to copy, a full sample from a 30-minute meeting, and the fastest route from a recording to minutes. Oct 14, 2026 · 8 min read Creators & media ## [Add a voiceover to PowerPoint and Google Slides](https://speecho.app/blog/voiceover-for-powerpoint-and-google-slides/) Two ways to narrate a deck: record your voice or generate it from the script. Steps for PowerPoint and Google Slides, and how to export the deck as a video. Oct 10, 2026 · 6 min read Creators & media ## [Where AI voices are allowed in 2026: the rules](https://speecho.app/blog/where-ai-voices-are-allowed/) YouTube, Audible, Spotify, Apple Books, Google Play, TikTok, US robocalls and the EU AI Act: what each allows for AI narration, checked against their own pages. Oct 6, 2026 · 7 min read Accuracy & trust ## [Bad audio? What to fix before transcribing](https://speecho.app/blog/fix-bad-audio-before-transcription/) Noise, echo, a quiet speaker, clipping: which problems a transcript survives, which a free fix helps with, and when it is faster to record again. Sep 29, 2026 · 7 min read Guides & comparisons ## [How to write a speech: structure and template](https://speecho.app/blog/how-to-write-a-speech/) Pick one point, fit it to your time slot and build it as an opening, three points and a close. A full 2-minute sample, a template to copy and how to rehearse. Sep 22, 2026 · 8 min read Transcription how-to ## [Handwritten notes to text: how to photograph a page so the AI can read it](https://speecho.app/blog/handwritten-notes-to-text/) A phone photo is enough if you take it right. How to shoot a handwritten page, when a scanner is worth it, what AI still misreads, and how to check the result before you trust it. Sep 11, 2026 · 5 min read Meetings & teamwork ## [How to transcribe a Microsoft Teams recording (and where Teams hides it)](https://speecho.app/blog/transcribe-teams-meeting-recording/) Where Teams saves the recording and the transcript, who is allowed to download them, the 120-day expiry, and two routes to a readable Word document with speaker names. Sep 11, 2026 · 5 min read Accuracy & trust ## [Clean verbatim vs full verbatim: what each one removes, and which one AI actually gives you](https://speecho.app/blog/clean-verbatim-vs-full-verbatim/) Full verbatim keeps every um, false start and cough; clean verbatim removes what the speaker did not mean to say; edited transcripts rewrite. Who needs which, what it costs in hours, and the honest answer about what an AI transcript is. Sep 3, 2026 · 6 min read Transcription how-to ## [What you can cut from a quote: the AP rule, the Times rule, and where AI transcripts fit](https://speecho.app/blog/what-you-can-cut-from-a-quote/) Newsroom style guides agree you may drop the ums and disagree about almost everything else. What AP, the New York Times and the Washington Post actually say about altering a direct quote - and why an unchecked AI transcript is not a quotable source. Sep 3, 2026 · 6 min read Guides & comparisons ## [ADA Title II and your university's video: what the rule requires, and the date that moved](https://speecho.app/blog/ada-title-ii-video-captions-universities/) Public universities have to caption their video under WCAG 2.1 AA. The deadline moved to 26 April 2027 in an interim final rule. Here is who is covered, what counts as a caption, what is exempt, and what compliance actually costs per hour. Aug 30, 2026 · 9 min read Creators & media ## [Subtitles for Reels and TikTok: the safe zone nobody publishes](https://speecho.app/blog/add-subtitles-to-reels-and-tiktok/) Neither platform publishes a safe zone for organic posts, the famous mute statistic is from 2016, and TikTok says its users want sound on. What is actually documented, and how to make captions readable rather than just present. Aug 20, 2026 · 7 min read Transcription how-to ## [How to get the transcript of a YouTube video](https://speecho.app/blog/get-youtube-video-transcript/) YouTube will show you a transcript of almost any video for free, and hand you a caption file for your own. Here is where the button actually is now, what the automatic version gets wrong, and when it is worth transcribing the source file instead. Aug 19, 2026 · 6 min read Transcription how-to ## [How to transcribe WhatsApp voice messages](https://speecho.app/blog/transcribe-whatsapp-voice-messages/) WhatsApp transcribes voice messages on the phone itself, for free - but only in four languages on Android, and not at all on Web or desktop. Here is how to switch it on, where it runs out, and what to do with the voice notes it will not read. Aug 17, 2026 · 6 min read Transcription how-to ## [How to transcribe iPhone Voice Memos](https://speecho.app/blog/transcribe-iphone-voice-memos/) Your iPhone can transcribe a voice memo by itself, and it does not need Apple Intelligence to do it. Here is the exact tap path, the ten languages it covers, the three things it will not give you, and what to do when you need those. Aug 14, 2026 · 6 min read Transcription how-to ## [Record a lecture and turn it into study notes](https://speecho.app/blog/lecture-recording-to-study-notes/) Record with your phone or a free browser recorder, then let AI turn the file into a transcript, chapters, a summary and answers. The first 15 minutes are free. Aug 13, 2026 · 6 min read Creators & media ## [Subtitle rules nobody tells you: 17 characters a second, and why yours feel rushed](https://speecho.app/blog/subtitle-timing-rules/) Reading speed, line length, minimum duration - the four numbers that decide whether captions are comfortable or exhausting. What the broadcast standards actually say, and how to check your own file against them in a minute. Aug 13, 2026 · 6 min read Guides & comparisons ## [Turn any video into text - and when to extract the audio first](https://speecho.app/blog/turn-any-video-into-text/) MP4, MOV, a Zoom recording, a Loom - every video-to-text job is really an audio-to-text job. Two clean paths: upload the video directly, or pull the MP3 out first. Here's how to pick. Aug 4, 2026 · 5 min read Transcription how-to ## [Interview transcription for journalists: a workflow that survives fact-checking](https://speecho.app/blog/interview-transcription-for-journalists/) One hour of tape is three to four hours of typing. How working journalists transcribe interviews with AI without ever publishing an unverified quote - plus the source-protection questions to ask any tool. Jul 28, 2026 · 6 min read Guides & comparisons ## [Professional phone greeting scripts: 8 templates + an AI voice to record them](https://speecho.app/blog/professional-phone-greeting-scripts/) Copy-paste scripts for your main line, voicemail, after-hours and IVR menu - and how to turn any of them into a studio-quality MP3 with an AI voice in about a minute. Jul 23, 2026 · 8 min read Meetings & teamwork ## [How to convert a Zoom transcript to Word (clean and readable)](https://speecho.app/blog/zoom-transcript-to-word/) Zoom hands you a .vtt file full of timestamps. Two clean routes to a proper Word document - a free in-browser converter, or a DOCX export straight from the recording. Jul 23, 2026 · 4 min read Guides & comparisons ## [ElevenLabs vs OpenAI TTS: which AI voice should you use?](https://speecho.app/blog/elevenlabs-vs-openai-tts/) OpenAI's speech models shut down on January 6, 2027, and ElevenLabs now reads 87 languages. What that changes, and a simple rule for picking a voice tier. Jul 18, 2026 · 6 min read Transcription how-to ## [How to make an AI voiceover for a video (step by step)](https://speecho.app/blog/how-to-make-an-ai-voiceover/) Turn a script into a natural AI voiceover MP3 and drop it onto your timeline. A five-step walkthrough, plus how to get clean, well-paced narration and voice it in another language. Jul 18, 2026 · 6 min read Transcription how-to ## [How to transcribe audio to text (fast, and mostly free)](https://speecho.app/blog/how-to-transcribe-audio-to-text/) Four ways to turn a recording into text - by hand, with free tools, with AI, or with a human service. When each one is worth it, and the fastest path for most people. Jul 10, 2026 · 6 min read Meetings & teamwork ## [How to transcribe a meeting without a bot joining the call](https://speecho.app/blog/transcribe-a-meeting-without-a-bot/) You don't need a notetaker bot in your Zoom, Meet or Teams call to get a transcript. Record locally, upload, and get labelled notes - privately, with nobody the wiser. Jul 8, 2026 · 5 min read Creators & media ## [Turn a podcast episode into show notes, chapters and captions](https://speecho.app/blog/podcast-episode-to-show-notes/) One upload of your recording gives you a transcript, timestamped chapters, show notes and subtitle files - the whole post-production text layer, in minutes instead of an evening. Jul 4, 2026 · 6 min read Accuracy & trust ## [Is it safe to upload audio to a transcription tool?](https://speecho.app/blog/is-it-safe-to-upload-audio/) Interviews, therapy sessions and board calls are sensitive. Here's what actually happens to your audio when you transcribe it - and the questions to ask any tool before you upload. Jun 24, 2026 · 5 min read ## Have a recording to transcribe? 15 free minutes when you sign up. No card, no subscription. [Transcribe a file free →](https://my.speecho.app)