Startup Idea: All-In-One Transcription Audio Enhancement Software

Startup idea to design a software that improves the quality of audio during transcription work. The software should be able to reduce hiss, regulate speed variance, remove noise, and protect audio integrity. The major benefit will be time saving in the transcription process, and this solution can be monetized as users are willing to pay for this all-in-one software.

I work as a transcriptionist, mostly of audio from television programs or college courses, but sometimes of interviews.

A really big problem we have with transcription is in the low quality of the playback of audio. We can use various individual programs to help a little but there's never anyone single software solution for increasing quality, primarily in reducing hiss and other extraneous noises.

As of right now you can download the audio, process it through other software, then use transcription software like Express Scribe, but you can't get better quality audio AS you transcribe. This would probably also be very helpful for auto-transcription done by computers.

Reduce hiss, speed variance, and other anomalies and protect the integrity of the audio. Something like Express Scribe that automatically improves audio quality in basic ways before you even start playback would be a timesaver.

If it took, say, 15 seconds to process the audio, but saved me 60 seconds of listening over and over again to determine what was said, that would be a net savings of 45 seconds, which means more time for me to do more transcription and earn more money.

(Transcription is paid piecemeal, not salaried. The more transcriptions you do, the more money you make.)

Yes, I would pay for all-in-one software of this type.