Verified on Oct 23, 2026
You type what you hear in recordings. English applications showed as closed on Oct 23, 2026. English pays $0.65 an audio minute, not $1.75.
You listen to a recording and type what people say. You pick your own files from a dashboard. Nothing is assigned to you.
There is no minimum number of hours or files. You work when you want.
Editors review samples of your work for accuracy, formatting, timestamps and style. A high quality score increases your access to jobs.
This one needs care, because the platform’s own numbers do not agree with each other.
The jobs page headline says up to $1.75 per minute. That page does not say per audio minute in the headline. Further down, its own FAQ does say pay is per audio minute of finished files.
That distinction is the whole gig. GoTranscript defines an audio minute as the length of the recording, not the time you spend typing it.
The same page carries the data behind its earnings calculator. In that data, English pays $0.65 per audio minute. The full range runs from $0.20 for Spanish to $2.38 for Japanese.
No language in that table is priced at $1.75.
So the headline number is not the English rate. It is not any rate we could find. If you type English, plan on $0.65 a minute of audio. Treat the $1.75 headline as advertising.
Most languages pay the same as English. In the table, 125 of 156 languages sit at $0.65. Eight pay less, and Spanish is the lowest at $0.20. The other 23 pay more.
One outside review site, SwiftSalary, puts the average at about $0.60 per audio minute. That sits close to the $0.65 English rate.
SwiftSalary prints “Data as of July 24, 2023” near its earnings stats. So its figures may be older than GoTranscript’s pages. We do not know which figures that date covers.
GoTranscript does not state an hourly rate. We read its pages on Oct 23, 2026 and found no pay per hour. We found no work time per audio minute either. We will not invent one.
Its page does show a calculator. The calculator assumes you finish 30 minutes of audio for each hour you work. The page never says that is typical. These are GoTranscript’s own claims, not ours.
The page also shows monthly figures for English: $1,170 and $3,250. For every language, these equal the rate times 1,800 and times 5,000 audio minutes. They match a formula, so they do not look like measured pay.
SwiftSalary reports a much lower hourly figure. It says $4.50 an hour on average and $9.00 at the top. Treat that with caution. It comes from nine reviews, which is a very small sample.
The two sources disagree by a wide margin. Time your own work before you rely on either.
GoTranscript pays weekly, on Fridays. It names methods like PayPal or Payoneer. Which options you get depends on where you live.
SwiftSalary says finished files are paid out only after they are reviewed. It says that typically takes 1-2 days.
We read its pages on Oct 23, 2026 and found no payout fee.
Clients can pay as low as $1.02 per audio minute. English typists are listed at $0.65.
This fits you if you type fast, hear well, and want no schedule at all.
It fits people outside the United States. GoTranscript says it hires worldwide and takes beginners. English applicants looked closed on Oct 23, 2026, so this fits best if you can type in another language.
It fits if you have no experience. None is required.
It fits if you speak a second language. Applications showed as open for many languages. Pay depends on the language. Of 156 languages in the table, 23 pay more, up to $2.38 for Japanese. Each language needs its own test.
Skip this if you can only type English. On Oct 23, 2026, picking English on the jobs page showed “English applications coming soon” and a greyed-out Apply button. It also showed “We are currently not accepting new English transcribers”. On the pages we read on Oct 23, 2026, no reopening date was given. You could not start on that day. Pages change, so check the page yourself before you plan around it.
Skip this if $0.65 an audio minute does not work for you. Pay is per audio minute, so slow typing means a low hourly rate.
Skip it if you cannot pass an English test and a transcription test. SwiftSalary says you need at least 95% accuracy to pass.
Skip it if hearing speech in noise is hard. GoTranscript says pay varies with how hard the audio is.
Before you pay anyone: GoTranscript charges nothing to apply. Anyone charging you a fee to start transcription work is not worth paying.
Day 1. Open the jobs page and pick your language. See if it shows applications as open. Then apply and take the tests in a quiet room.
Day 2. Read the formatting rules. Editors review accuracy, formatting, timestamps and style. Style is part of the review too.
Day 3. Take one short, clean file. Time yourself from opening it to submitting it. You may still be waiting on your test result, and sources disagree on how long that takes. If so, practice on any short recording.
Day 4. Work out your own ratio. Divide your working minutes by the audio minutes. A GoTranscript blog post gives a general guide. It says one hour of audio can take up to four hours to type by hand. That is not a rate GoTranscript states for its typists.
Day 5. Do the arithmetic. Audio minutes times your language’s rate, divided by the hours you actually worked.
That last number is your real pay. It is not the $1.75 headline. It is not the number on any list whose writer never did the job.
GoTranscript names the equipment itself: a computer, steady internet, headphones and a quiet room. It calls a foot pedal and a text expander optional extras.
English applications showed as closed on Oct 23, 2026. The page’s FAQ on languages hiring now leaves English out. The old English job address now sends you to the main jobs page, so there is no separate English page.
The “hiring is fully open” banner names start dates of April 30, May 15 and July 1, 2026. All three were past on Oct 23, 2026. Do not read the banner as current.
The headline pay figure does not match the platform’s own rate table.
Pay is per audio minute, so slow typing means very low pay per hour.
The only hourly figure from workers that we found comes from nine reviews. It is far below what GoTranscript’s calculator assumes.
SwiftSalary tips that you keep at least a 3.6 out of 5 rating for paid work. It says a lower rating could risk getting you kicked off the platform. That is a reviewer’s advice, not a rule we found on GoTranscript’s pages.
GoTranscript calls this work for independent contractors. The pages we read on Oct 23, 2026 name no tax form. A tax professional can tell you what applies to you.
Is the pay really $1.75 a minute? That is the headline. The page’s own rate data says English is $0.65. No language listed there is priced at $1.75.
Do other languages pay more? Some do. Most pay the same as English, and some pay less. Of 156 languages, 125 pay $0.65, 8 pay less and 23 pay more.
How much is that an hour? GoTranscript does not state an hourly rate. Its calculator assumes 30 audio minutes per hour worked. SwiftSalary reports $4.50 an hour on average from nine reviews. Time yourself and work out your own number.
Can I apply from outside the United States? GoTranscript says it hires worldwide. Payout options depend on your region. English applicants looked closed on Oct 23, 2026.
Are they hiring right now? It depends on the language. On Oct 23, 2026, the page showed English as closed. It said applications were coming soon. Many other languages showed as open. The “fully open” banner is out of date.
Will English reopen? On the pages we read on Oct 23, 2026, the page says “coming soon” and gives no date.
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