Sonix
Turn an interview or reading into a searchable, timestamped transcript, then correct the source before translating or exporting captions and documents.
Sources checked 3 October 2026.
PlansFrom $10/audio hour USD monthly; one seat included on subscription plans
- Trial
- Free trial
- Thirty minutes; no credit card required.
- Pay As You Go
- $10 per audio hour
- Transcription and translation billed by duration; no AI workspace allowance.
- Core
- $25/month
- Five combined transcription/translation hours and five AI workspace hours monthly; overages $10 per hour.
- Advanced
- $50/month
- Twenty combined transcription/translation hours and 25 AI workspace hours monthly.
- Pro
- $80/month
- Forty transcription/translation hours and 100 AI workspace hours monthly.
AI & setupAI included30-minute trial; no card
Pay As You Go is available for occasional files; Core, Advanced, and Pro include separate transcript and AI workspace hour allowances.
Where it worksWebBrowser transcript editor
Edit against the audio, search saved transcripts, translate reviewed text, and export document or subtitle files.
Usage & termsWorkspace hours are sharedExtra subscription hours cost $10
Subscription hours apply to the workspace, not each seat. Additional seats are $25 per month and do not increase included hours.
Pay As You Go provides no AI workspace hours. Subscription overages are $10 per recorded hour.
Automated transcript names, overlapping speakers, and specialist vocabulary still need checking against the recording.
A searchable research transcript
Speaker labels and word timestamps give an interview structure. Follow a passage back to the recording, correct a name or quotation in place, then search across saved transcripts to find related material without replaying every file.
The current service advertises 54+ supported languages. Names, overlapping speakers and specialist vocabulary still need source checking before quotation.
Translate after the source has been reviewed
Sonix translates an existing transcript, so an author's corrections become part of the source supplied to translation. Side-by-side review keeps original and translated text together, and subtitle timings carry into the translated version.
This is a recording-to-transcript workflow, rather than manuscript-file translation. Translation draws on the shared transcription/translation hour allowance.
Export formats and plan allowances
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One reviewed transcript, several deliverables
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Download text as TXT, DOCX or PDF for research and editing. For an interview video or reading clip, export SRT or VTT captions, use post-production formats, or download an MP4 with styled captions burned in.
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Pay for occasional interviews or a regular archive
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Pay As You Go costs $10 per recording hour and has no AI workspace hours. Core includes five transcription/translation hours and five AI workspace hours; Advanced has 20 and 25; Pro has 40 and 100. Subscription overages cost $10 per recorded hour.
Feature details & official sources
Purpose and capability information checked 3 October 2026.
Platform and pricing reference: 24 October 2026.
Recorded requirements and limits
- Translation starts from a transcript; correcting transcription errors first improves the source supplied to translation.
- Usage is measured by uploaded recording length. Translation draws on transcription hours, and subscription overages are charged per hour.
- Check names, quotations, speaker assignments, and specialist terms before using a transcript in published research.
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