Research Transcription Services
99%+ accurate transcription for research interviews and focus groups. HIPAA compliant, from $1.99/min. Special rates for teams affiliated with major research institutions and universities.
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Transcription Services
What Is Research Transcription?
Research transcription is the conversion of research audio — interviews, focus groups, and oral histories — into accurate written text. Landmark's transcription services deliver 99 %+ accuracy, HIPAA compliance, and formatting ready for NVivo, Atlas.ti, and Dedoose.
99%
Accuracy guarantee on every transcript
7,000+
Research Projects
37+
Years of research transcription experience
8M+
Minutes of audio transcribed to date
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We offer multiple payment options for your convenience.
Invoices are sent to your payables department after transcription completion.
Deadlines
Rush & 24-Hour Transcription Turnaround
Standard delivery typically runs 3–5 business days depending on volume. Facing a conference submission, dissertation defense, or grant report deadline? Rush service delivers in 24–48 hours, with same-day options for urgent research projects. Rush carries an additional charge based on project size and current capacity, so request a quote with your deadline and we'll confirm turnaround before you commit.
For coding & analysis
Transcription with Timestamps & Speaker Tracking
Timestamps are available as an add-on on any transcript: on every speaker change, or at fixed intervals you choose (every 30 seconds, every minute, every 5 minutes), in [hh:mm:ss] format, so you can jump from a coded passage straight back to the audio in NVivo, ATLAS.ti, Dedoose, or MAXQDA. Speaker identification is the companion add-on — every turn labeled Interviewer/Interviewee or with the names and roles you specify. Both are priced with your quote, in clean or full verbatim.
Already have an AI-generated transcript from Otter, Temi, Zoom, or Teams? You don’t need to send it. We transcribe from the recording at the standard rate — in our experience, correcting an auto-generated draft is slower and less reliable than starting from the audio — and add timestamps and speaker labels as add-ons if you want them. Why, and what to send, on the Zoom & AI transcript cleanup page.
Formats
File Formats We Accept & Deliver
Upload audio or video in any common format — MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, MP4, and recordings straight from Zoom or Teams. Transcripts are delivered in your preferred format: Word (.docx), plain text, PDF, or SRT subtitles, with formatting ready for direct import into NVivo, ATLAS.ti, Dedoose, or MAXQDA. Already have transcripts and only need de-identification? We accept Word, PDF, and text files for that too. Working with non-English recordings? Our qualitative research translation services cover interviews, consent forms, and instruments in 25+ languages.
