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Use Case

Investigative Journalism Transcription

Turn long Pidgin and English-language source interviews into accurate, searchable quote-ready transcripts for investigative reporting.

Investigative journalists at Premium Times, TheCable, Sahara Reporters, and BBC News Pidgin run on deadlines and source quotes. Autrans transcribes long interview recordings. Pidgin, Nigerian English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, code-switching, at speaker accuracy good enough to publish. Speaker labels, word-level timestamps, custom vocabulary for sensitive names. Source protection: we don't train on your audio.

Benefits

  • Pidgin + English code-switching handled accurately
  • Word-level timestamps make every quote linkable
  • Custom vocabulary for unusual names and acronyms
  • Export to TXT/DOCX with timestamps for newsroom workflows

How it works

  1. 1Upload interview audio or video
  2. 2Add custom vocabulary for sensitive names
  3. 3Review the speaker-labeled transcript and pull quotes
  4. 4Export to DOCX with timestamps for filing

Frequently asked questions

Is my source audio used to train your models?

No, your audio is never used to train any model, ever. (Text corrections are used to improve Nigerian-language accuracy only if you opt in; see our Privacy Policy.)

Can I attach a list of names so they're spelled right?

Yes. The custom-vocabulary field accepts up to 100 terms per upload and is honoured verbatim.

How accurate is Nigerian Pidgin transcription?

Pidgin is one of the two languages Autrans is tuned hardest for, not an afterthought bolted onto an English model. It is transcribed as spoken, and the grammar is kept verbatim ('I dey go', not 'I'm going') rather than smoothed into standard English.

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