Transcribe C-SPAN to Text
Public affairs network covering U.S. government proceedings.
Works with publicly available audio & video. DRM-protected content is not supported.
How to Transcribe C-SPAN
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Copy the C-SPAN video URL from the website.
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Paste it into STT.ai and select your preferred transcription model.
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Click Transcribe to convert the proceedings to searchable text.
Why Use STT.ai for C-SPAN?
Just Paste a URL
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What to do with your C-SPAN transcript
Article-ready text from broadcasts
Editable transcript with timestamps for rapid story turnaround.
Quote-with-timestamp archive
Every line carries a millisecond timestamp for fact-checking.
Multilingual reporting
Translate foreign-language coverage on the same page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Paste the C-SPAN article or broadcast URL into STT.ai. We extract the embedded audio or video segment, transcribe it with timestamps, and make every quote searchable — useful for sourcing and citation against the original C-SPAN clip. Example C-SPAN link format: https://www.c-span.org/video/?123456-1/hearing-title
No — STT.ai reads publicly-available C-SPAN content directly from the URL. Private or age/region-gated C-SPAN content has to be downloaded manually with the original account first, then uploaded as a file.
Yes. STT.ai includes 600 free minutes/month — usable for C-SPAN URLs exactly like uploaded files. Paid plans starting at $5/month extend per-item length limits.
Free users can transcribe C-SPAN content up to 1 hour per item; paid plans extend that to 8+ hours per item, enough for the longest C-SPAN segment you're likely to hit.
For pre-recorded C-SPAN content, paste the URL and we do the rest. For a live C-SPAN stream, switch to STT.ai's live-transcription tool — point it at the stream and watch captions appear in real time.
DRM-protected C-SPAN content cannot be transcribed — we don't bypass DRM. For those, capture the audio through your OS (system audio recorder, OBS) and upload the resulting file directly.
Yes. 100+ languages, auto-detected by default. For mixed-language C-SPAN content, our models handle language switches mid-clip.
Yes. Speaker diarization runs on every C-SPAN transcription — Speaker 1, Speaker 2, … labels you rename in the editor. Works for C-SPAN interviews, debates, and panels.
Yes. Every C-SPAN transcript exports as SRT or VTT, ready to upload back to C-SPAN or any video platform — and our burn-subtitles tool can hardcode them onto the clip for reposting.
C-SPAN URL transcription accuracy tracks the source audio quality — clean studio audio reaches 93-95% with our best models; low-bitrate streams or noisy field recordings land lower.
C-SPAN transcripts are private to your account by default. Pro plans add client-side encryption — even STT.ai can't read them without your key. Source audio is deleted after transcription.
Yes. Submit multiple C-SPAN URLs through the REST API or the in-app batch upload — each is queued and you're emailed when it finishes. Useful for bulk-processing a set of C-SPAN links in one go.
Beyond C-SPAN, STT.ai supports 1,300+ platforms — including CNN, BBC, Reuters, and other news outlets. The /transcribe/ directory lists every supported source.