How the articles on this site are made.
One person writes and tests everything. Facts link to their source, tool numbers come from real runs, and AI never gets the last word.
Who writes the content
Every article and page on FreeTranscribe is written or edited by the person who builds the tool. No content team, no outsourced writing. Each article names its author.
- Alain, builds and runs freetranscribe.
How AI is used
We use AI language models as drafting and research assistants. A typical article starts from an outline we write, a draft is produced with model assistance, sources are fetched and read during drafting, and a person then edits the text, checks every cited fact against the linked source, runs the tool where the article makes a claim about it, and rewrites anything that reads like a machine. Nothing is published without that pass. We do not publish AI-generated screenshots, quotes, statistics or test results.
How technical claims are verified
Claims about third parties, such as what a browser supports, what a video platform accepts or what a law says, must come from that party's own documentation or a primary source, fetched during writing. Each article lists those sources at the end with the date they were checked. If a claim cannot be traced to a source it is cut. We do not rank, rate or criticise other products; comparing published prices and documented limits is as far as we go.
How transcription tests are done
Numbers about speed and accuracy come from runs of the tool on named hardware, in a named browser, on audio we can publish. The examples page shows the audio, the output as it came out of the tool, a reference transcript, the word error rate between them, and the machine the run was done on. Where a measurement has not been made, the page says TODO rather than estimating. Synthetic speech is labelled as such, because it flatters every speech model.
How sources are chosen
In order of preference: the specification or regulation itself; the vendor's own documentation; a well-known reference such as MDN; a peer-reviewed paper. Blog posts, forums and secondary summaries are not used as the basis for a factual claim. Prices and limits are quoted with the date they were checked, because they change.
Dates on articles
The published date is the editorial date of the piece. The site went live on 14 September 2026 and the first batch of articles was written in the weeks before that, so some published dates precede the launch. An updated date is added when the substance of an article changes; typo fixes do not count.
Corrections
If something is wrong, email us with the page and the problem. Factual errors are corrected in the article and noted with an updated date. If a correction changes the article's conclusion, we say so in the text rather than silently rewriting it.
Legal, health and privacy topics
Some articles discuss GDPR, HIPAA, consent to recording, and similar subjects. They explain what the rules say and cite the text or the regulator. They are general information for a lay reader, not legal, medical or compliance advice, and they do not take your circumstances into account. Ask a professional before relying on them for a decision.
Advertising and independence
The site carries advertising to cover its costs. Advertisers have no influence over what is written, are not consulted, and are not mentioned in articles because of their advertising. We accept no sponsored posts and no affiliate payments at present; if that changes, the affected articles will say so at the top.