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Judy in Texas

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• Jun 3, 2025

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I had seen recommendations for Whisper, but I see that it is gone. I have limited need for a transcription service, and would like to find one that is recommended and pay for what you need or free.

I would appreciate your recommendations.

 

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My first source would be to talk to folks I know who work in medical offices, many have people either working for them or contracted/freelancing doing medical record transcriptions. We have one in our church that does it and I have a client that does it.

 

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Thank you Berton. I just need one of the AI apps. It is a recording of me, and I'd like to edit an AI transcript for accuracy rather than trying to listen to the audio and type it all in.

 

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Hi Judy,

Do you use Microsoft 365 ?
It can be done in Word. You load your file into Word and transcribe.
I just tested it and it works.

Ciao, Han

 

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Thank you Han. I use stand-alone Word 2021. Will try it.

 

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Judy in Texas said:

Thank you Han. I use stand-alone Word 2021. Will try it.

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I don't think that will work, per this link.

Transcribe your recordings - Microsoft Support

support.microsoft.com

 

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