Adding more transcription hours to your account

Each month, you are able to automatically transcribe a certain amount of hours based on your plan. There are a few different ways you can increase your monthly limit, each tailored to your workflow. This article will discuss the different ways you can add monthly transcription time to your drive.

Viewing your available transcription hours

You can view your subscription from your account settings. Each Descript plan comes with a base amount of monthly transcription hours. See the pricing page for more information.

Ways to increase your transcription limit

Upgrade your plan
If you would like to increase your monthly transcription hours, consider upgrading your drive subscription to a higher-tier plan. Upgrading your drive will also give you access to additional features
Increase your monthly transcription hours

If you’re looking for add transcription hours to your plan, you can increase your monthly transcription limit at $2 per hour. If you have a Free plan, you cannot purchase additional monthly hours, but you can upgrade your plan.

How to increase my transcription limit

  1. Log in to the correct account from https://web.descript.com/ or the app.
  2. Click the Drive selector in your Drive view. If you have access to multiple drives, switch to the correct drive.
  3. Once the correct drive is selected, in the same menu click Settings icon Settings.
  4. Select Edit current plan next to the current billing cycle.
  5. Update the Transcription hours field to the desired count.
  6. If needed, you can also update your payment method at this time.
  7. Once you have made the adjustments you want, click Save changes
  8. You will then be charged immediately and will also receive the added transcription hours instantly.
Add editor seats to your drive 
Inviting a collaborator to your drive as an editor member (on paid drives only) will increase your monthly automatic transcription hours. For each new editor, you'll receive an extra 10 hours (Hobbyist plan) or 30 hours (Creator plan). The total pooled transcription hours are shared amongst all editors and the drive owner. Learn more about drive members.

Does unused transcription time roll over?

Monthly plan minutes don't roll over. For example, if you're on the Hobbyist plan with 10 hours/month and add two extra hours to your monthly limit, you'll start each billing cycle with 12 transcription hours.