We Increased the Free Trial Credit to $5

Seunghun LeeApr 17, 2026

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When we first launched the free trial credit, we set it at $0.10. That sounded reasonable on paper, but in practice it only covered about 1 to 3 minutes of audio depending on the model. You couldn't even transcribe a typical YouTube video with it.

That meant most people who signed up never actually experienced what Transcribe.so can do. No chapters, no sections, no AI summary, no Q&A. Just a credit that sat there unused because it wasn't enough to try anything real.

So today, we bumped every account to a $5 signup credit.

What $5 Gets You

With $5 you can transcribe a couple of hours of audio using our Qwen3-ASR-Flash model, currently one of the highest accuracy models on transcription leaderboards with a 6.37% average Word Error Rate.

That's enough to cover several YouTube videos, a full podcast episode, or a long recorded meeting.

Every transcription includes the full pipeline:

Timestamped transcript
Auto-generated chapters and sections
AI summary
Semantic search across the transcript
Q&A with citations

No credit card required. Just paste a YouTube link or upload a file.

Why Qwen3-ASR-Flash?

At $0.036 per minute, Qwen3-ASR-Flash is our most cost-effective model while still delivering leaderboard-leading accuracy. It supports 52 languages plus 22 Chinese dialects, word-level timestamps, and files up to 12 hours long.

If you need speaker identification for meetings or interviews, GPT-4o Diarize is still available at $0.072 per minute. With $5 that gives you about an hour.

For Existing Users

We've already updated the balance for every existing account that had less than $5. If you signed up before today and never used your credit, check your balance. It should now show $5.

New signups also receive a $5 credit going forward.

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Head to transcribe.so/transcriptions, paste a YouTube link, and see what comes back. If you have feedback or run into anything, reach out at [email protected].

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How to Quit Your Job (and Find Work You Actually Love)

Ali Abdaal

Contents

18 chapters · 57 sections

1Why I quit my high-paying job with no plan

2The shame of walking away from success

3Stop accepting low-grade suffering at work

4Are you wired for the pathless path?

5The math behind quitting your job safely

6Use time off to rediscover who you are

7How to fund your freedom on a budget

8Your income streams will evolve over time

9Turn your skills into immediate cash flow

10Treat your career break like a life MBA

11Passion doesn't mean work is easy

12Align your daily actions with your ideal life

13Focus on your mode, not your niche

14Declare yourself retired with the skip test

15Handling family criticism of your career choices

16Would you trade wealth for total freedom?

17Get comfortable with feeling cringe

18Why traditional job security is a myth

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Answer

Paul left because the work had quietly stopped fitting who he was, not because of a single dramatic event. Early on he chased prestige and big salaries, optimizing for impressive internships and the markers of success [00:59–02:18]. By around thirty-two the job had drained his energy and passion, and quitting was mostly about escaping that misalignment and getting himself back [04:37–06:04]. When he ran a self-assessment, he realized he'd drifted from the goals he set in grad school, to avoid becoming money-obsessed and to keep his sense of humor, which made clear how far off course he'd gone [06:05–07:55]. The decision was less “follow your dream” and more “stop betraying your own values.”

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