Preserve the voices that shape our understanding of history, culture, and the world.
Whether you’re safeguarding oral histories, processing archival interviews, digitizing handwritten documents, or translating cultural records, we support your efforts to preserve the past.
At Speechpad, we provide reliable transcription and translation services tailored to the needs of historians, archivists, and cultural researchers. Our team understands the importance of accurate transcription, consistent formatting, and confidential handling when working with historical records and sensitive archival materials.
Why Experts in History & Culture
Choose Speechpad
Track Every Voice
Properly identifying speakers ensures clarity in oral histories and interviews. Our transcripts include this by default, with optional timestamps for every speaker change or paragraph.
Fast Turnaround
Stay on schedule with reliable turnaround times. Standard delivery in 24 hours, with rush options available to meet the demands of time-sensitive research and preservation work.
Human Accuracy
Your recordings are handled by transcriptionists who know how to catch faint camera crews, follow dialogue, handle multiple speakers, and accurately capture historically or culturally specific terminology.
Multilanguage Caption
Options
We offer transcription and captioning in over 27 languages, ensuring your content is accessible, accurate, and prepared for audiences worldwide.
- Schedule faster turnaround times
- 99% Accuracy and all work is guaranteed
Document-to-Text Conversion
for Historical Records
Many cultural and historical archives still exist only in physical form
Our document-to-text conversion service transforms scanned documents, printed manuscripts, and handwritten historical records into clean, searchable, and editable digital text.
Whether you're working on archival transcription, digitizing collections, or preparing materials for publication or academic research, we ensure every page is transcribed with care and accuracy.
| Services | Price |
| Transcription | $0.07/word |
| Translation | $0.10/word |
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Speechpad did a great job with an interview that included an number of
hyper specific cultural references from Aotearoa New Zealand: they found
the right spellings, and provided an outstandingly clean transcript.
- Ben Lignel, Art Historian