Scribewave transcribes audio and video in 99 languages with speaker labels, subtitles and translation. Pay-as-you-go from €9/hour. Features and pricing.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Scribewave is an online speech-to-text service that turns audio and video files into editable transcripts, subtitles and translations. It supports 99 languages and dialects and is operated under the trade name of Quantum Noodle BV, a Belgian company. Its founder, Ulysse Maes, is a researcher who built it after finding existing tools lacking in accuracy, confidentiality and multilingual support.
The company says it concentrates on smaller languages, regional varieties and mixed-language speech such as code switching, where it believes many mainstream tools focus mainly on English. It reports more than 30,000 users and about 85,000 hours transcribed. Those figures come from its own website and are not independently verified.
The workflow has four steps. You upload files in common formats such as MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, MOV or AVI. The AI then transcribes them. In the editor, playback highlights the paragraph being spoken, and you can edit as a document or on a timeline. Finally, you export to Word, Google Docs, DOCX, SRT, VTT or plain text.
Limits depend on the plan. The homepage mentions files up to 5GB and 5 hours, but the pricing page caps uploads at 200MB on Pay-as-you-go and Creative, 1GB on Professional and 5GB on Enterprise. Turnaround claims vary, from under 3 minutes on the homepage to as little as 5 minutes in the FAQ.
Accuracy tools include custom vocabularies for names, acronyms and domain terms, and noise pre-processing that reduces background hums before transcription. Speaker recognition labels voices with colors and lets you rename them. Click-to-audio sync lets you select any word and jump playback to that exact point, which speeds up proofreading of long interviews.
Output options are broad. Subtitles can be downloaded as SRT, VTT or burned-in video, and audio files can become videos with waveforms, logos and brand colors. Translation covers 99 languages. A built-in AI assistant answers questions about a transcript, writes summaries, chapters and meeting notes, and cites exact timecodes. Prompts can be saved for reuse.
Scribewave is an online AI transcription tool that converts audio and video files into editable text, subtitles and translations. It supports 99 languages and dialects. It is a trade name of Quantum Noodle BV.
Pay-as-you-go costs €9 per hour including VAT. Creative is €15 per month for 5 hours and Professional is €40 per month for 20 hours, both including VAT. Enterprise is €5 per hour plus €15 per seat, excluding VAT.
The site says your first transcript is free and that no credit card is needed to sign up. It does not describe a time-limited trial or a permanent free plan.
It supports 99 languages and dialects, including English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. It also lists smaller languages such as Luxembourgish, Welsh and Wolof.
The company states it is GDPR compliant, stores data on European servers and never uses audio to train models on any plan. Users can delete files or their whole account at any time. Scribewave Airgap offers fully offline transcription.
It accepts formats such as MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, OGG, MP4, MOV, AVI and WMV. Transcripts export to DOCX, SRT, VTT, plain text, Microsoft Word and Google Docs, or as a subtitled video.
Yes. It detects speakers by voice characteristics and marks them with labels and colors. You can rename speakers or add and remove them in the editor.
The site highlights journalists, researchers and content creators, and testimonials also mention students, educators and consultants. It suits people who need multilingual transcription with strong privacy, and teams can use the Enterprise plan.