<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>FreeTranscribe Blog</title><description>Transcription, plainly explained: formats, accuracy, privacy and the hardware that runs speech recognition in your browser.</description><link>https://free-transcribe.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>How to make an SRT file (and the format rules that break players)</title><link>https://free-transcribe.com/blog/how-to-make-an-srt-file/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://free-transcribe.com/blog/how-to-make-an-srt-file/</guid><description>An SRT file is four lines of plain text per subtitle. Here is the exact format, three ways to make one, the timing rules broadcasters use, and the small mistakes that make YouTube or VLC reject the file.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Formats</category><category>srt</category><category>subtitles</category><category>youtube</category><category>captions</category></item><item><title>Otter vs Rev vs Descript vs free local transcription: cost per hour compared</title><link>https://free-transcribe.com/blog/otter-vs-rev-vs-descript-vs-local-transcription-cost/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://free-transcribe.com/blog/otter-vs-rev-vs-descript-vs-local-transcription-cost/</guid><description>What an hour of transcription really costs on Otter, Rev, Descript, the cloud APIs behind them, and a model running on your own laptop. Prices checked September 2026.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Comparisons</category><category>pricing</category><category>otter</category><category>rev</category><category>descript</category><category>local-transcription</category></item><item><title>SRT vs VTT vs plain text: which export do you need?</title><link>https://free-transcribe.com/blog/srt-vs-vtt-vs-plain-text/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://free-transcribe.com/blog/srt-vs-vtt-vs-plain-text/</guid><description>Three exports, three jobs. A short decision table for transcripts and subtitles.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Formats</category><category>srt</category><category>vtt</category><category>subtitles</category><category>exports</category></item><item><title>Why every free transcription site caps you at 30 minutes (the maths)</title><link>https://free-transcribe.com/blog/why-free-transcription-sites-cap-you-at-30-minutes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://free-transcribe.com/blog/why-free-transcription-sites-cap-you-at-30-minutes/</guid><description>Free transcription tiers stop at 30, 45 or 60 minutes for a reason you can calculate. Here is what a free user costs, what an ad pays, and why moving the work onto your own computer changes the answer.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Comparisons</category><category>pricing</category><category>free-tiers</category><category>local-transcription</category><category>ads</category></item></channel></rss>