--- title: "Guides & comparisons - The Speecho blog" description: "Honest buyer’s guides and alternatives to subscription transcription tools - compare accuracy, pricing and privacy before committing to a monthly plan." canonical: "https://speecho.app/blog/topic/guides/" language: "en" publisher: "Speecho" --- [Blog](https://speecho.app/blog/) / Guides & comparisons # Guides & comparisons Honest buyer’s guides and alternatives to subscription transcription tools - compare accuracy, pricing and privacy before committing to a monthly plan. 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 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 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 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 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 ## Have a recording to transcribe? 15 free minutes when you sign up. No card, no subscription. [Transcribe a file free →](https://my.speecho.app)