No account for your first file
Plenty of transcription sites make you register before you can even test them. Here your first file is genuinely free and asks for nothing, so you can paste in a recording, see the accuracy for yourself, and download the text before deciding whether to sign up.
That first free file covers anything up to ten minutes and fifty megabytes, which is enough for a voice memo, a short interview clip, or a single voicemail. You get the full transcript with timestamps and can export it as TXT, SRT, or VTT.
What a free account adds later
If the first file convinces you, a free account still costs nothing and lifts the ceiling to five files a day at up to thirty minutes and one hundred megabytes each, plus seven days of saved history so you can come back to a transcript.
Only when you need more does Pro make sense, at twelve dollars a month for unlimited files under fair use, five hour uploads, DOCX export, batch uploads, priority queue, and history kept forever. Nothing pushes you there before you are ready.
Frequently asked questions
Do I really need no account for the first file?
Correct. The first transcription asks for no email, password, or payment, so you can try FastScribe end to end and download your text before deciding anything.
What are the limits on the free no-signup file?
The free first file can be up to ten minutes long and fifty megabytes in size, which fits a short recording, and you still get timestamps and TXT, SRT or VTT export.
What happens to my audio if I never sign up?
It makes no difference to privacy. The audio is deleted the moment your transcript is ready, whether or not you register, and only the resulting text is retained for you to export.