Automatic interview transcription: From recording to insights in minutes
Learn how to automatically transcribe interviews and generate summaries, themes, and quotes. Share insights with your team and use reusable AI prompts for consistent analysis.
What is Automatic Interview Transcription?
Automatic interview transcription converts spoken interviews into written text using speech recognition. But it doesn't end with transcription: modern tools generate summaries, identify themes, and extract quotes—exactly what you need for qualitative research, UX research, or stakeholder interviews.
From Audio to Insights
Transcription is the first step. The real value lies in what you do next: identify themes, categorize quotes, share findings with your team. Automatic transcription with AI analysis speeds this process from hours to minutes.
Manual vs Automatic Transcription
Manual transcription takes 4x the recording duration—a one-hour interview means 4 hours of typing. Automatic transcription delivers an accurate transcript within minutes, complete with speaker identification. You save time and can start analysis immediately.
Why Automatic Transcription for Interviews?
1. Transcription + Interview Summary in One Workflow
Upload your interview, receive a transcript and an immediate summary with key points. No manual digging through hours of recording. AI automatically identifies what matters: decisions, objections, themes, quotes.
2. Share Insights with Your Team
Transcripts and summaries are valuable when you can share them. Give colleagues access to projects with all interview deliverables: transcripts, theme extractions, quote lists. Everyone works with the same insights, no version control via email.
3. Reusable AI Prompts for Consistent Analysis
Interviewing 10 stakeholders? Use the same custom AI prompt to identify themes in each interview. Build prompt templates for:
- Requirements extraction from stakeholder interviews
- Theme identification for UX research
- Objection analysis from sales calls
- Decision logs from strategy sessions
Consistent output, scalable workflow.
How Does Automatic Interview Transcription Work with Audiogest?
Step 1: Upload Interview Recording
- Log in to Audiogest and click 'Upload'
- Select your audio or video file (up to 4 hours, max 350MB)
- Provide context: names, terms, abbreviations for better recognition
- Click 'Generate Transcript'—ready within minutes
Step 2: Generate Interview Summary and Deliverables
After transcription you have multiple options:
- Summary: Click 'Generate Summary' for key points
- Custom prompts: "Identify top 5 customer needs" or "Extract all decisions"
- Theme analysis: Let AI find recurring themes across multiple interviews
Step 3: Share with Team in Projects
Add interviews to a shared project. Team members can:
- View transcripts and summaries
- Highlight and annotate quotes
- Export deliverables (markdown, docx, txt)
No more scattered files—everything in one central workspace.
AI-Driven Deliverables for Interviews
Interview Summaries
GPT-4 analyzes your transcript and generates a concise summary with the most important points. Ideal for quick review or reporting to stakeholders.
Theme Identification for Qualitative Research
Analyze multiple interviews at once with a custom prompt: "Identify recurring themes about user experience". Get an overview of patterns without manual coding.
Quote Extraction
Ask AI to find relevant quotes: "Extract all quotes about budget constraints". Save hours searching through transcripts.
Use Cases: From Transcription to Insights
UX Research: Themes and Quotes
Upload 15 user interviews, use a theme identification prompt, share findings with designers. From hours of manual coding to minutes of automated analysis.
Stakeholder Interviews: Requirements Briefing
Transcribe client interviews, generate a requirements list, share briefing with development team. Everyone has the same information, no interpretation differences.
Sales Coaching: Objection Analysis
Analyze sales calls, identify recurring objections, share insights with team. Build a prompt pack for consistent call analysis.
Conclusion: Transcription is Just the Beginning
Automatic interview transcription saves time, but the real value lies in what you do next: generate summaries, identify themes, share insights with your team. With custom AI prompts you build reusable workflows for consistent analysis.
Ready to start? Upload your first interview and generate a transcript and summary immediately. Or explore custom prompts for your specific use case.