About lessrec
Pay-per-minute transcription for US clients. Automatic speech-to-text for drafts, humans for the final transcript. No subscription, no setup, no monthly minimum.
What we do
We turn audio and video into accurate written transcripts — for courts, researchers, media producers, academics, and anyone else who needs a recording on paper. Our pricing is per minute, with the auto draft tier free up to 10 minutes.
We focus on US clients with English-language and bilingual EN-RU work. Court-admissible certification, IRB-compliant anonymization, NVivo-ready research formats, Netflix-style subtitles — all standard tooling.
How we’re different
Most transcription services either (a) charge subscription fees you don’t recoup, or (b) deliver auto-only transcripts that need cleanup. We do neither. Pay only for the minutes we transcribe, and a human always finalizes the work.
How we operate
Per-minute pricing
You pay for what you actually use. No subscription, no setup fee, no monthly minimum.
Humans finalize
Automatic speech-to-text is a starting draft. A human always finalizes the transcript before delivery.
Async by design
Email, upload form, Telegram. No phone calls, no video meetings. We respond fast over text.
Encrypted by default
Files in private storage with signed URLs. Auto-deleted 30 days after delivery, or sooner on request.
Specialty matching
Court reporters, academic editors, medical transcribers, bilingual specialists. We match the right person to your file.
Transparent pricing
Quotes are binding. If a recording is harder than expected, we eat the difference.
The stack
Whisper large-v3
For first-pass transcription. Same model used by major SaaS, run on dedicated GPUs.
Human review
Two-pass: subject specialist + senior editor. Standard for every transcript above the auto-draft tier.
Stripe checkout
Card or ACH. No account creation needed for one-off orders.
Private S3-compatible storage
Cloudflare R2 with signed URLs. No public file URLs ever.
Where we are
Async-first remote team. Files travel over HTTPS to private storage. Communication is over email, Telegram, and the upload form. We don’t do phone or video meetings — that’s how we keep prices low and turnaround fast.
Get in touch
Email: hello@lessrec.com
Telegram: @alavitobot
Upload: /upload
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