Transcript Divas Academic Transcription Services are registered transcription suppliers for most universities in the UK.

Trusted. Reliable. UK-based team.

How much does a transcription service cost?

£1.00p/min. is our standard academic rate. These rates represent the lowest academic transcription rates for transcripts created in the UK by human typists (and not AI). We review UK based human transcription services several times a year, and since 2012 we have continued to come out on top. Every year, without fail, our rates have been the best. Found a better rate for a UK human based service? We will better it by 10% and throw in £50 of coffee vouchers for the trouble: Email us the details here >

Human Academic Transcription Services not AI.

You have conducted interviews and focus groups, collected valuable data. Now, you need an affordable and accurate transcription service to ensure your recordings are typed out correctly. Going back to an interviewee and redoing an interview isn’t an option, precision matters— it needs to be done right. You need an Academic Transcription Service you can trust that keeps to the budget.

Local. Human.
Our team are all UK based. We are familiar with regional UK accents, place names, colloquialisms and jargon.

Unlike AI, we will not fill your transcript with best guesses or the dreaded, often passable, but actually completely made-up “Ai hallucination“. If we are unsure of spelling, we research it; if speech is unclear, we rewind and re-listen. If we still can’t be sure of what is being said, we’ll flag the relevant portion and timestamp it for you to review. Yes, we fall and timestamp when we are unsure, such as [Mr Sinorcose? 00:23:05] and note unclear portions [unintelligible 00:46:15]. No guessing. No unpleasant surprises.

Accuracy, not guesses
Your transcript will reflect what someone actually said, not what an algorithm determines is the most likely match. Again, if we are unsure or the words spoken are unclear, we will flag this in the transcript. You will not receive transcripts containing similar-sounding words that are close to, but not the actual words spoken.

WE ARE PREFERRED PROVIDERS
Transcript Divas are the preferred providers for Academic Transcription Services to some of the largest universities in the United Kingdom. We transcribe projects for both faculty and students from the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, University College London and Imperial College London, to name a few.

Academic Transcription Features

Tailored to your project. A personal service.
Upload a custom template, indicate your specific preferences and we will assign your personal project manager; someone you may call or email directly.
We will guide your project through the entire process.

Pseudonymisation options for Personal Data – Enabling UK-GDPR Compliance
Under the UK-GDPR law, research carried out in the UK (including that conducted by academic institutes) needs to show a level of care has been taken to protect the personal information of research participants (see: ICO UK-GPDR Research Safeguards). A key way the UK-GDPR notes to do this is via Pseudonymisation – replacing data that can directly identify individuals with placeholders (e.g. Simon Smith > Participant 9). Although there are a number of provisions made for research under the UK-GDPR it is not a carte blanche situation (see: UK-GDPR Research Provisions).

Approved University UK-GDPR Privacy Policy
Nearly all universities in the UK have strict guidelines on how research data needs to be stored and processed. They are committed to ethical and legal standards for privacy and security. Our privacy policy and process (see: HERE) will pass your university data security policies for research data. We have been working with university data for over 10 years. Transcript Divas are government registered UK-GDPR data processors. Data uploads and storage are encrypted on our AWS servers in London, our team is UK-based.

Approved University Confidentiality Agreements
When you send any data, your university will require you to have a confidentiality agreement signed with your transcription service provider. This includes AI services – AI is a “data processor”. Our agreement (see: HERE) is based on extensive experience working within academia, and it aligns with most Ethics Approval requirements and the UK-GDPR. Simply sign and include it with your order (SEE: Academic Order Form).
If your department has other requirements, we can review and sign their confidentiality agreement, nearly always within 24 hours.

University-friendly payment
We have vast experience in dealing with UK university-based finance teams, grant processes and purchase order (PO) processes. We will send you an invoice after your projects are completed, not before, so there is no upfront payment.
Knowing we have years of experience, and have dealt with and invoiced many different university departments, hundreds of times, can give you the peace of mind to know the process will be smoother than a quantum atom mirror.

Quick Quote system for grants and proposals
Our Quick Quote online system allows you to quickly generate quotes for research proposals and grants. No, you don’t have to call us or make time for an appointment. Simply fill in your project details, generate the total cost and email the quote to yourself. It’s that simple.

If you need more than 30 days please touch base with the Project Manager, to extend the time frame.

Don’t know where to start? Don’t worry, we are experts at this. Your UK based Project Manager, can walk you through the options.
We are on your team. Get in touch.

We are trusted, reliable and UK-based.
On top of that, we offer our 14-day 200% guarantee on both timelines and accuracy.

No other transcription service in the United Kingdom stands behind their services like we do.

At the cutting edge?
So are we.

Specialised UK Academic Transcription Services that are UK-GDPR compliant and priced to fit your budget.
The base rate for standard, clear interviews is £1.00p/rec. min.