Do I have to upload audio for transcription, or can I upload video directly?

You can upload either. RiverScript's advantage is that it is currently the most powerful tool for transcribing audio and video files, allowing you to transcribe files up to 50 gigabytes in size and up to 8 hours long each. You can use the RiverScript website for most tasks, but for faster processing and larger files, we recommend downloading RiverScript Desktop client for Windows and Mac.

Can RiverScript translate my transcripts? Is it like Google Translate?

RiverScript translates any transcript text into 100 languages, the full list of which is available in the documentation. RiverScript translates transcripts with AI-level quality – it literally uses a model from OpenAI, so the quality is similar to translating with ChatGPT. But there is no chat length limit, so you can translate even an eight-hour file into another language or several languages at once, while maintaining AI-level translation quality. It is much better than Google Translate.

Which audio and video formats does RiverScript support?

RiverScript uses the open FFmpeg library to decode audio and video, so it supports hundreds of formats. You can transcribe not only MP4, MP3, WAV, MKV, or AVI files – you can even transcribe less common formats, from fairly well-known but rarely supported Apple audio formats such as M4A to truly rare ones – no matter what format your device records in.

What else can RiverScript do besides transcribing audio and video into text?

RiverScript can add correct punctuation, improve grammar, and organize transcripts into meaningful paragraphs, while basic AI speech recognition tools usually do not include all of these features. All of this is achieved by combining the strengths of several AI models that offer the most advanced technologies on the market. It is also made possible by RiverScript's own technological solutions, which make AI transcription and content study convenient and easy even for beginners. In addition, today RiverScript is the only solution on the transcription market that lets you record system audio on Windows and Mac, transcribe it, and translate it all in one place without using bots or third-party apps.

Is RiverScript an app from a Christian country?

Yes, RiverScript was developed in Europe, in Finland. And within its first few weeks, it found users in churches in several countries around the world.

Are our sermons and transcripts used for other purposes, such as training AI models?

No, RiverScript never uses user data to train models or shares it with third-party companies for purposes unrelated to your tasks. We are a European transcription platform, operate in the EU, comply with GDPR, and care about our customers. Your data belongs to you alone. You always have access to it and can delete it at any time. Unless you share the data yourself, no one but you can see it, and not selling our users' data to anyone is a matter of principle for us. With RiverScript, your data is protected by EU laws and is safe.

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Q: Which languages does RiverScript support?

The platform supports 100 languages worldwide. You can transcribe files in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Polish, and many other languages. You can find the full list in the documentation.

Put technology to work for your sermons

With modern technology, you can turn spoken sermons into text in literally one click. With the RiverScript AI app, you can create text content for your website or blog from sermon audio or video files, as well as directly from online sermons. With a sermon-to-text converter, you can create high-quality verbatim timestamped subtitles for your YouTube channel in many languages. And you can even create an entire searchable church sermon archive using batch/bulk transcription (transcribing multiple files at once).

How does RiverScript transcribe sermons?

While many platforms make you upload large files to the internet, turning processing into an hours-long ordeal, RiverScript lets you transcribe audio and video files up to 50 gigabytes in size and up to 8 hours long in a couple of minutes without having to upload large files to the internet. The RiverScript desktop app, available for Windows and Mac here, makes this possible. Its main advantage is that it compresses all your files to a fraction of their original size before transcribing them. This means that transcribing even a high-quality video of, say, 20 gigabytes realistically takes just a few minutes, because RiverScript first converts that 20-gigabyte video into, for example, 10–12 megabytes of compressed audio right on your computer. No browser-based solution can do this. In addition, RiverScript desktop client lets you record and transcribe online sermons from any app using AI with Live Recording Transcription.

Which languages does RiverScript support?

What if a sermon needs to be translated into another language?

RiverScript supports speech transcription in 100 languages worldwide, but it also lets you translate completed transcripts into 100 languages with high-quality AI translation, as it uses a model from OpenAI for it. So you can spread the word of God regardless of language barriers, and even to people with hearing impairments who can only read. With RiverScript, you can transcribe a sermon in Spanish and immediately translate it into French or German right in the app so that people from other countries can understand it. All transcripts and translations are conveniently stored in the app. You can edit them, listen to the recordings while following the text in sync, and export finished texts in PDF, TXT, and DOCX formats, or subtitles in SRT and VTT formats.

How to use RiverScript: a 90-second video guide

How to transcribe sermons to text with RiverScript?

We’ve prepared a quick 90-second video guide on how to start transcribing. You can watch it at this link or by clicking the video thumbnail.

Can we transcribe sermons and services for free?

Yes. RiverScript includes 1 hour of free transcription every month. Give it a try – RiverScript transcription is a modern tech tool with incredible speed and a convenient, simple interface that anyone can understand.