We Increased the Free Trial Credit to $0.50

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 topics, 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 $0.50.

What $0.50 Gets You

With $0.50 you can transcribe up to ~14 minutes of audio using our Qwen3-ASR-Flash model, currently one of the highest accuracy models on transcription leaderboards with a 4.25% average Word Error Rate.

That's enough to cover a typical YouTube video, a short podcast segment, or a recorded meeting excerpt.

Every transcription includes the full pipeline:

Timestamped transcript
Auto-generated chapters and topics
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 $0.50 that gives you about 7 minutes.

For Existing Users

We've already updated the balance for every existing account that had less than $0.50. If you signed up before today and never used your credit, check your balance. It should now show $0.50.

New signups also receive $0.50 going forward.

Try It

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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44 Harsh Truths About The Game Of Life - Naval Ravikant (4K)

Chris Williamson

Contents

8 chapters · 513 topics

1Happiness Versus Success: Philosophical Reflections on Contentment, Desire, and Motivation

2Optimizing Sleep: Smart Temperature Regulation and the Foundations of Self-Esteem

3Decisive Action and Iterative Practice: Keys to Optimal Choices and Mastery

4Wealth Management: From Materialism to Value Creation and Fair Compensation

5Evaluating LLMs: Capabilities, Limitations, and Their Role in AI's Evolving Landscape

6Pathogens, Evolution, and Knowledge: How Humans Adapt and Defend

7Agency, Power, and the Individual: From Child Development to Cultural Conflict

8Unseen Trends: Media Oversights, Medical Limitations, and the Primitive State of Modern Biology

Q&A preview

Answer

Naval explains two distinct paths to happiness using the story of Alexander and Diogenes. The first path is through success—conquering the world, satisfying material needs, and getting what you want. The second path, exemplified by Diogenes living in a barrel, is simply not wanting in the first place. As Socrates said when shown luxuries: 'How many things there are in this world that I do not want.' Naval suggests not wanting something is as good as having it—both paths lead to the same destination of contentment [00:38–01:10]. He's not sure which path is more valid, noting it depends on how you define success [01:10–01:25].

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