Trint

What it does

Trint is a transcription platform built specifically for journalists and newsrooms, layering editorial tools on top of standard speech-to-text. Story Builder lets reporters assemble an article draft by dragging quotes and clips directly from one or more transcripts, while Verification Mode adds a structured fact-checking step for confirming quotes before publication. Trint Live extends this to real-time events, giving distributed teams a live transcript feed they can edit and verify while a press conference or briefing is still happening.

These features come at a premium price relative to general transcription tools, which makes Trint best suited to newsrooms and media organizations that will actually use its editorial workflow — rather than anyone who simply needs an accurate plain-text transcript.

Ideal users

• Journalists and newsrooms transcribing and fact-checking interviews under deadline
• Media teams covering live events, press conferences, or briefings that need real-time transcription
• Documentary and long-form content teams assembling a narrative from many source interviews
• Organizations that need an editorial workflow — not just a transcript, but a verified, publishable story

Who should avoid it

• You just need a plain transcript without journalism-specific workflow tools — Sonix or Rev are cheaper for that
• You're budget-conscious — Trint is priced at a premium relative to general-purpose transcription tools
• You want transcription bundled with full audio/video editing — Descript is built for that instead
• You need a developer API rather than a finished editorial app — AssemblyAI or Whisper fit better

Key features

• Story Builder for assembling a narrative draft by dragging clips from multiple transcripts into one document
• Verification Mode for flagging and fact-checking quotes before publication
• Trint Live for real-time transcription and collaborative editing of live events, with 30+ languages auto-detected
• Multi-speaker transcription with timestamps across 40+ languages
• Translation into dozens of languages
• API access and CMS integrations for newsroom publishing pipelines

Pricing

Paid — $52/month (Starter plan, billed annually; $80/month billed monthly)

Starter plan is $52/month billed annually ($80/month billed monthly, capped at roughly 7 files/month), and Advanced plan is $60/month billed annually ($100/month billed monthly, unlimited files, includes Story Builder, Verification Mode, and Trint Live with limited monthly minutes per seat), with custom Enterprise pricing above that. Only a 7-day free trial is offered, with no permanent free plan.

Typical workflows

• A reporter records several interviews, transcribes them in Trint, and uses Story Builder to drag the best quotes from each transcript directly into a single article draft.
• A newsroom covers a live press conference with Trint Live, giving remote editors a real-time transcript feed they can flag and verify quotes on as the event happens.

Integrations

• API access for custom newsroom and CMS pipelines
• Common video/audio import formats for broadcast and digital media workflows

Privacy & security notes

Trint's platform privacy policy states that transcripts and uploaded files ('Content Data') are retained until the account holder deletes the transcription or their account, rather than on a fixed schedule, and that data is hosted on US-based AWS infrastructure with Standard Contractual Clauses covering EU transfers. The published policy does not state whether transcripts are used to train AI models, and it doesn't set out retention terms specific to live-event (Trint Live) transcription separate from standard uploads.