# RiverScript

> Professional AI ecosystem for fast audio and video transcription. Convert recordings, calls, and Live Recordings into accurate text. Supports 100 languages, multilingual translation, and AI-generated summaries. Process heavy files up to 50 GB with the high-performance desktop client.

## Product

- [RiverScript Home](https://riverscript.com/): Landing page describing the full product: upload, record, and capture workflows, multilingual transcription, AI summaries, the desktop client, and pricing.

## Features

- [Upload & Transcribe](https://riverscript.com/): Audio and video files up to 1 GB in the web app and up to 50 GB in the desktop client, up to 8 hours per file. Plain text or timestamped transcripts, with speaker labels on the Premium plan.
- [Live Recording Transcription](https://riverscript.com/downloads): The desktop client records any sound playing on your computer (browser tabs, apps, video players) and transcribes the finished recording. No integrations, bots, or meeting plugins required. Works with Zoom, Teams, YouTube, Spotify, online lectures, webinars, and anything else producing system audio.
- [Microphone Transcription](https://riverscript.com/docs/main-features/transcribe-microphone-audio): Record from your microphone in the web app or the desktop client for voice memos, dictation, and spoken notes. The recording is transcribed once it is complete.
- [Desktop Client](https://riverscript.com/downloads): Native app for Windows and macOS with every web app feature plus Live Recording Transcription. Processes local files up to 50 GB and 8 hours.
- [Shared Transcripts](https://riverscript.com/docs/additional-features/share-transcripts): A shared transcript gets its own page that anyone with the link can open. Search engine indexing is off by default and can be turned on by the owner.

## Integrations

- [MCP Server](https://riverscript.com/docs/platform-details/mcp): Bring your RiverScript transcripts of meetings, calls and interviews to any AI agent. Two Model Context Protocol endpoints for ChatGPT, Claude, and other MCP-compatible AI clients, both Streamable HTTP. https://riverscript.com/api/mcp/v2 connects an agent to your own account after you sign in to RiverScript. The agent searches everything you have recorded by what was said (`search_transcripts`), browses your recordings (`list_transcripts`), reads any transcript or translation in full (`get_transcript`) and works from the summary and key points RiverScript generated (`get_transcript_summary`). https://riverscript.com/mcp is open to any client, and its tool `get_shared_transcript` returns the text of a transcript or translation shared with a RiverScript share link.
- [Public API](https://riverscript.com/docs/platform-details/api): Connect your transcripts and translations to other services with an API key: list them, search them by what was said, and fetch the full text of any one.

## AI Transcription Models

- **Standard Sync Model**: OpenAI Whisper v3 + Deepgram Nova-2. Fast, accurate transcription for everyday use. Included in Free, Light and Standard plans.
- **Premium Sync Model**: ElevenLabs Scribe v2 + Deepgram Nova-3. Enterprise-grade accuracy with advanced speaker diarization. Available on the Premium plan.

## Use Cases

- [RiverScript Features](https://riverscript.com/features): Articles on Live Recording Transcription and on audio and video file transcription (meetings, lectures, webinars, and more), in 14 languages.

## Documentation: Getting Started

- [What is RiverScript](https://riverscript.com/docs/introduction/what-is-riverscript): Overview of the product, its core purpose, and what makes it different. Good starting point for new users.
- [Web Application](https://riverscript.com/docs/introduction/web-application): The browser version: every feature except Live Recording Transcription, for files up to 1 GB.
- [Desktop Client](https://riverscript.com/docs/introduction/desktop-client): The desktop app for Windows 10 and later and macOS 13 and later: every web app feature plus Live Recording Transcription, files up to 50 GB, and a local copy of every recording.
- [AI Transcription](https://riverscript.com/docs/introduction/transcription): How transcription works: the Standard and Premium Sync Models, which plans include them, and the sources you can transcribe.

## Documentation: Core Features

- [Transcribe Files (audio/video)](https://riverscript.com/docs/main-features/transcribe-files): How to transcribe audio and video files: supported formats, size limits (1 GB in the web app, 50 GB in the desktop client), and the 8-hour maximum length.
- [Transcribe Live Recording](https://riverscript.com/docs/main-features/transcribe-live-recording): How to record and transcribe any audio playing on your computer with the desktop client.
- [Transcribe Microphone Audio](https://riverscript.com/docs/main-features/transcribe-microphone-audio): How to record from a microphone and transcribe the recording once it is complete.

## Documentation: Additional Features

- [AI Summarize & Ask](https://riverscript.com/docs/additional-features/ai-features): Summaries with clickable key moments, and a chat that answers questions about the transcript, in the language you choose.
- [Speaker Diarization](https://riverscript.com/docs/additional-features/speaker-diarization): On the Premium plan, splits the transcript by speaker with color-coded labels you can rename.
- [Transcript Translation](https://riverscript.com/docs/additional-features/transcript-translation): Translate transcripts into 100 languages with the built-in AI translator. Every language version is kept.
- [Text Editor](https://riverscript.com/docs/additional-features/text-editor): Built-in editor for correcting transcripts, with formatting and keyboard shortcuts.
- [Audio Player](https://riverscript.com/docs/additional-features/audio-player): Plays the recording next to its transcript. Audio on RiverScript servers is deleted after 7 days; the desktop client keeps a local copy.
- [Transcript Sharing](https://riverscript.com/docs/additional-features/share-transcripts): Share a transcript through a link, turn search engine indexing on or off, and stop sharing at any time.
- [Export (Saving Files)](https://riverscript.com/docs/additional-features/export-saving-files): Save transcripts and translations as TXT, DOCX, or PDF, and timestamped transcripts also as SRT or VTT.
- [List of Transcripts](https://riverscript.com/docs/additional-features/list-of-transcripts): The list of recordings and their statuses: rename, download audio, delete one or all recordings, and sync between the web app and the desktop client.

## Documentation: Platform Details

- [Supported File Formats](https://riverscript.com/docs/platform-details/file-formats): 28 guaranteed formats (15 audio, 13 video), including MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, MP4, MKV, and MOV. Most other formats that FFmpeg can decode usually work too.
- [Supported Languages](https://riverscript.com/docs/platform-details/supported-languages): Transcription in 100 languages with the Standard Sync Model and 104 with the Premium Sync Model; translation and AI features in 100 languages.
- [Transcription Models](https://riverscript.com/docs/platform-details/transcription-models): The difference between the Standard and Premium Sync Models and which plans include them.
- [Subscription Plans](https://riverscript.com/docs/platform-details/subscription-plans): Free Start, Light, Standard, and Premium: media hours, AI credits, transcription models, processing priority, and top-up packages.
- [Media Hours & AI Credits](https://riverscript.com/docs/platform-details/credits-and-hours): How media hours (transcription) and AI credits (translation, summaries, chat) are counted, and why usage is charged per request, not per result.
- [Referral Program](https://riverscript.com/docs/platform-details/referral-program): Invite users with your referral link and get 2 media hours and 50 AI credits when an invited user completes their first transcription.
- [Known Limitations](https://riverscript.com/docs/platform-details/known-limitations): Desktop system requirements and known Microsoft Edge issues, with workarounds.

## Documentation: Legal & Trust

- [Privacy Policy](https://riverscript.com/docs/legal/privacy): Data handling practices, storage policies, and user rights under GDPR. Audio files retained for 7 days. Operated by Lex Valo (Business ID: 3617726-2), Finland, which is the controller for account, billing, security, and analytics data and the processor for user content and the transcripts derived from it. RiverScript does not use user content to train AI models.
- [Terms of Service](https://riverscript.com/docs/legal/terms): Usage terms, acceptable use policy, recording and consent obligations, refunds and the EU right of withdrawal, illegal content reporting, subscription and payment terms, and account rules for RiverScript.
- [Recording Responsibly](https://riverscript.com/docs/legal/recording-responsibly): Plain-language guidance on recording rules, which differ by country and region, what RiverScript does and does not do, and who is responsible for what.
- [Data Processing Terms](https://riverscript.com/docs/legal/data-processing): GDPR Article 28 processor terms that apply automatically to business use: instructions, confidentiality, security, subprocessors, breach notification, deletion, audits, and international transfers.
- [Research Ethics](https://riverscript.com/docs/legal/research): Answers to the questions ethics committees, IRBs, and data protection officers ask about RiverScript (provider, GDPR role, where data is stored and processed, no model training on user content, retention and deletion, access), with adaptable wording for research protocols and participant information sheets.
- [Security](https://riverscript.com/docs/legal/security): Infrastructure security overview, encryption in transit, who can access content, audio file retention policy, incident notification, and user data controls (delete, export).
- [Subprocessors](https://riverscript.com/docs/legal/subprocessors): List of third-party providers that process user data on behalf of RiverScript, including AI transcription providers, infrastructure, diagnostics, and analytics tools.

## Documentation: Support

- [Contact & Support](https://riverscript.com/docs/support/contact): How to reach RiverScript support: the in-app feedback and support buttons, or email at support@riverscript.com. Also covers GDPR data requests and billing questions.

## News

- [News](https://riverscript.com/news): News, updates, and product announcements from the RiverScript team.

## Pricing

RiverScript paid plans start at $5/month.

- [Pricing](https://riverscript.com/): Free Start ($0, 1 media hour and 25 AI credits per month, Standard Sync Model), Light ($7 per month or $60 per year ($5 per month), 4 media hours and 100 AI credits per month, Standard Sync Model), Standard ($19 per month or $14 per month billed annually, 20 media hours and 500 AI credits per month, Standard Sync Model), and Premium ($38 per month or $28 per month billed annually, 20 media hours and 1,000 AI credits per month, Premium Sync Model). Standard and Premium can buy top-up packages ($7.5, $15, $25) once the monthly limit is used up. VAT is added where applicable.

## Key Facts

- Product: RiverScript, an AI transcription and translation web app and desktop client
- Launched: July 1, 2026
- Development started: October 25, 2025
- Free Start: 1 media hour and 25 AI credits per month, no credit card required
- RiverScript paid plans start at $5/month
- Light plan: $7/month or $60/year ($5/month), 4 media hours and 100 AI credits per month, Standard Sync Model
- Standard plan: $19/month (or $14/month billed annually), 20 media hours and 500 AI credits per month
- Premium plan: $38/month (or $28/month billed annually), 20 media hours and 1,000 AI credits per month, Premium Sync Model with speaker diarization
- File limits: up to 1 GB in the web app, up to 50 GB in the desktop client, up to 8 hours per file
- Features: multilingual transcription, translation, AI summaries and chat, speaker diarization (Premium), timestamped output, Live Recording Transcription, microphone recording, file upload, shareable transcript links, sign-in with Google, Microsoft, or an email link
- Referral program: the referrer receives 2 media hours and 50 AI credits when the invited user completes their first transcription
- Designed and built in Europe by Lex Valo (https://lexvalo.com)

## Contact

- Website: https://riverscript.com
- Support: support@riverscript.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/riverscript