Express Scribe vs f4transkript
Express Scribe
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| Figure | Express Scribe | f4transkript |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | €25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 8 | 25 |
| Spec score · Transcription Software | 9.2 (#1) | 8.6 (#14) |
| Spec score · AI transcription tools | 9.3 (#3) | 8.3 (#23) |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Intended users | The product page identifies medical, legal and video transcription as use cases. | The maker presents f4 for transcription and qualitative research work, with individual, student, teaching, institutional, and campus license options. |
| Purpose | Express Scribe is a professional audio player designed to help transcribe audio recordings. | f4 supports automatic and manual transcription, correction, and qualitative analysis of text. |
| Support | The maker provides video tutorials, file and format help, controller setup guidance, FAQs, and a link to contact technical support. | The maker provides an online handbook, video tutorials, free training resources, and weekday contact by phone and email. |
| Timestamp support | Yes | Yes |
Plans
Express Scribe
- FreeFree
- Professional QuarterlyPrice not published
- Basic AnnualPrice not published
- Professional AnnualPrice not published
- Express Scribe FreeFree
- Express Scribe Professional Quarterly Plan$26.49 a month
- Express Scribe Basic Annual Plan$79.99 a year
- Express Scribe Professional Annual Plan$99 a year
f4transkript
- Student license (3 months)€25, paid once
- Student license (3 months)€25 a month
- Student license (6 months)€33, paid once
- Student license (6 months)€33 a month
- f4 (6 months)€149, paid once
- f4 (6 months)€149 a month
- f4 (2 years)€299, paid once
- f4 (2 years)€299 a month
- f4 (5 years)€449 a month
- f4 (5 years)€449, paid once
In their own words
Express Scribe
Express Scribe is an audio player designed to support transcription on Linux, macOS and Windows. Its free edition can be used without a time limit and handles common audio formats; timestamps are supported. Playback can vary speed without changing pitch, control multiple channels and play video. Users can operate playback through keyboard hotkeys or supported professional USB foot pedals, and the software works with Microsoft Word and other major word processors. It can receive dictations from FTP, email or a local network, then send completed transcriptions to clients. Speech recognition software can convert audio to text, including SAPI-compliant tools. Express Scribe can also receive encrypted dictation files from Express Dictate or Pocket Dictate. Proprietary recorder formats require the professional version, and the listed professional features include video playback. Paid plans include Professional Quarterly at $26.49 a month, billed quarterly; Basic Annual at $79.99 a year; and Professional Annual at $99 a year. The maker provides tutorials, format and file help, controller guidance, FAQs and technical support contact details.
f4transkript
f4 combines f4transkript, f4x, and f4analyse in one interface for automatic and manual transcription, correction, and qualitative text analysis. Automatic transcription supports speaker differentiation, pause marking, timestamps, custom word lists, and DOCX, RTF, or SRT downloads. Manual work includes variable playback speed, rewind intervals, timestamps, text blocks, and USB foot-pedal support. Analysis tools provide codes, memos, comments, quote filtering, case and group comparisons, and Word or Excel exports. The service supports 46 languages and runs on Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. Without a license, the demo allows 10 texts, 10 codes, and five minutes of playback; new accounts receive 15 minutes of automatic transcription free. The maker says automatic transcription runs on servers in Germany with encrypted transfer and storage, while manual transcription and analysis run locally without data transfer. Mixed-language recordings use only the language selected at upload, so other passages may be blank or inaccurate. Plans start at €25 a month.