Record an Interview, Get the Transcript with Speaker Labels
Interview recorder captures a video call, phone interview, or in-person conversation and turns it into a transcript with each speaker labeled. Record live from your phone or browser, or upload a recording you already have, and read the transcript instead of re-listening to the whole conversation.
1,291 interviews were recorded on ScreenApp in the last 90 days, across hiring, research, and journalism. A labeled transcript lets you find what a specific person said without scrubbing back through the recording.
What you get with every recording:
- A transcript with speaker labels and timestamps, in 100+ languages
- AI notes: a summary, and action items with an owner and deadline
- Search across recordings by keyword or speaker
- Ask AI questions about the interview and get answers that point to the moment in the recording
- Export as PDF, Word, SRT, or VTT
- Free plan: 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each, with AI chat
Recordings are stored in your account and open on any device where you sign in.
How to Record an Interview
- Start recording: Open ScreenApp on your phone or in the browser. Pick audio for a phone interview, or screen and camera capture for a video call on Zoom, Teams, or Google Meet. If you would rather not record manually, the meeting bot for Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams can join and record for you.
- Let it run: Recording continues until you stop it. If you already have an audio or video file, upload that instead of recording live.
- Read the transcript: The speaker-labeled transcript and AI notes are ready a few minutes after you stop. Search the transcript, jump to a timestamp, or ask a question about the interview.
Accuracy depends on the audio. A phone interview recorded up close in a quiet room transcribes cleanly; a noisy room with people talking over each other makes speaker labels and words harder to get right. See how we measure accuracy. For a straightforward phone call, ScreenApp’s call recorder covers the same job.
Interview Recorder vs Other Apps
| Feature | ScreenApp | Otter.ai | Fireflies.ai | Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 2 transcriptions, up to 45 min each | 300 min/month, 30 min per conversation | 400 min storage, 20 AI credits/month | 45 min/month (AI transcription) |
| Speaker identification | Included | Included (Basic plan) | Not stated on the free plan | Not stated |
| Video recording | screen, window, browser tab, microphone and camera, with system audio | Call replay, Enterprise plan only | Pro plan | Not stated |
| Transcription | Included | Included within the minute cap | Included within AI credits | $25.49/mo (AI, billed annually), $1.99/min (human) |
| Languages | 100+ | 6 | 100+ | Not stated |
| Paid plan | $19/month annual | $8.33/month annual | $19/month annual (Pro) | $25.49/month annual |
Sources, checked 2026-10-01: screenapp.io/accuracy#languages, ScreenApp pricing, otter.ai/pricing, Fireflies pricing, guide.fireflies.ai/articles/4027724828-learn-about-the-fireflies-free-plan, rev.com/pricing, ScreenApp Chrome extension
- vs Otter.ai: Otter’s free plan gives you 300 minutes a month with a 30-minute cap per conversation, and video is limited to call replay on the Enterprise plan. ScreenApp’s free plan covers 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each, for video or audio interviews.
- vs Fireflies.ai: Fireflies’ free plan caps storage at 400 minutes with 20 AI credits a month, and video capture needs the $19-a-month Pro plan. ScreenApp records video on the free plan.
- vs Rev: Rev charges $25.49 a month (billed annually) for AI transcription or $1.99 a minute for a human transcript, on top of its $25.49-a-month plan. ScreenApp’s plans include transcription and notes.
Who Uses an Interview Recorder
HR professionals and recruiters record candidate interviews so a hiring panel can review the same answers instead of relying on one person’s notes. A searchable transcript makes it easy to compare how different candidates answered the same question.
Journalists and content creators record source interviews for accurate quotes and fact-checking. A timestamped transcript backs up a quote if it’s ever questioned, and works for phone, video, or in-person interviews.
Market researchers and UX teams record customer and user interviews, then search across sessions by keyword instead of re-watching hours of video to find one comment.
Consultants and product managers record stakeholder and client interviews to document requirements and feedback without stopping to take notes during the conversation.
Academic researchers record interviews for qualitative studies, oral history projects, and dissertations that need a verbatim, speaker-labeled transcript for coding and citation.
