Transcription is paid by the audio minute or audio hour, so payout method and threshold decide how quickly your work becomes cash. This collection covers the verified transcription and captioning platforms that pay via PayPal, with their per-audio-minute rates and minimum payout thresholds.
Median advertised transcription pay across the platforms we track is $0.45 per audio hour — a four-to-six-hour workload to reach a typical $10 minimum payout at beginner speeds.
GoTranscript (founded 2005, GoTranscript Limited, UK-registered with US Delaware presence) is a global 100%-human transcription…
Official page advertises 'Earn up to $1.75 per minute' with language examples 'From $0.65' per audio/video minute; pay varies by language demand, difficulty
per audio/video minute · min payout No minimum payout — GoTranscript's own guide states 'There's no minimum amount…
AmberScript (Amberscript Group; offices in Amsterdam and Hannover; 100+ employees, 25 nationalities) is a transcription and subtitling…
Rate not published — see the full review
per audio/video minute
Babbletype (20+ years old, 10+ million minutes transcribed) is a transcription, translation, and content-analysis firm serving the market…
Rate not published — see the full review
per audio/video minute
GoTranscript (founded 2005, GoTranscript Limited, UK-registered with US Delaware presence) is a global 100%-human transcription…
Official page advertises 'Earn up to $1.75 per minute' with language examples 'From $0.65' per audio/video minute; pay varies by language demand, difficulty
per audio/video minute · min payout No minimum payout — GoTranscript's own guide states 'There's no minimum amount…
3Play Media runs a patented Global Linguist Marketplace of remote contract work in transcription, captioning, subtitling, dubbing, audio…
Unpublished officially — pay is a per-project, per-minute rate with weekly paychecks
per audio/video minute · min payout No minimum payout is published; pay arrives weekly as a paycheck covering the…
BLEND (GetBlend LTD., Israel; formerly One Hour Translation, founded 2008) runs a vetted global freelancer community on app.getblend.com…
Per-project rates shown on the project page before acceptance; no public rate card - a Reddit datum cites 11 US cents/word for German legal translation (2025)
per task · min payout $20 (2,000 credits) per the help center
CastingWords (US company, in operation since 2005) is a crowd transcription marketplace whose freelance 'Workshop' community handles…
8.5 cents to a bit over $1 per audio minute for transcription (official FAQ, updated January 2025), bonus-multiplied by quality grade: grade 5 = base pay
per audio/video minute · min payout $1 — you can request a PayPal transfer once your balance is at least $1 and you…
Ditto Transcripts (formerly Transcription Outsourcing, LLC; Denver, CO — CEO Ben Walker) is a US-only transcription company serving legal…
Official ranges: $0.80-$1.10 per audio minute for legal, law enforcement, academic, financial, and general business work
per audio/video minute · min payout No minimum payout is published; contractors are paid on a fixed semi-monthly…
FocusForward (focusfwd.com) is the corporate site of Focus Forward, the same Wayne, PA-based market-research services firm (founded 2003 by…
About $0.40-$0.85 per audio minute per third-party reviews and roundups
per audio/video minute · min payout No payout threshold is published on the official site
Quicktate (California-based, established 2008; sister service iDictate dates to 1999 and the pair report transcribing billions of words)…
Official rates: $0.0025 per word (1/4 cent) for Quicktate general transcription and $0.0050 per word (1/2 cent) for Quicktate medical and iDictate work
per task · min payout No minimum payout is published; the official Financial Matters article states…
Rev offers freelance transcription, captioning, subtitle translation, and legal transcription opportunities.
Official per audio/video minute: transcriptionists $0.40–$1.10; captioners $0.54–$1.10; legal transcriptionists $0.55–$2.00+
per audio/video minute · min payout No minimum payout threshold is published on the freelancers page
Speechpad (founded 2008) is a human transcription, captioning, and translation service that uses a crowd-sourced workforce with web-based…
Official: $0.25-$1.00 per audio minute for transcription (entry-level to experienced), $0.30-$1.00/min for captioning
per audio/video minute · min payout No minimum payout threshold is stated
Tigerfish (a US transcription company in business since 1989) hires freelance transcribers as independent contractors to render a wide…
Unpublished officially; third-party reviews report about $0.03-$0.04 per line (~$0.005 per word)
per task · min payout No minimum payout is published anywhere on the official site
Freelance transcription platform offering short audio and video transcription clips, with additional pathways into legal, medical, and…
Official: starting at $15–$22 per audio hour, Special Teams (Medical/Specialty Styles) $60–$70+ per audio hour, average ~$250 monthly earnings.
per audio hour · min payout Official WorkHub help docs state you can withdraw once your balance reaches at…
AI-plus-human transcription, captioning, and accessibility company (offices in the US, Canada, Israel, and Europe; UK arm 'Verbit Go') that…
Current postings describe industry-standard per-audio-minute or per-page pay without publishing figures
per audio/video minute · min payout No minimum payout threshold is published on current official pages
14 platforms carry this filter across the directory, re-verified monthly.
Every platform page carries its own last-verified date. This list reflects data last swept 2026-11-09.
We checked each platform's official signup, payout, and policy pages — and link to every source on the platform page.
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