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In-depth articles on GDPR-compliant transcription, industry compliance, speech-to-text APIs and MCP for AI agents.
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Data processing agreement for transcription: what Article 28 requires
Transcription in Law Firms: Privilege and GDPR in Practice
Medical Dictation: Cloud Transcription and Patient Confidentiality
Topics
Privacy & compliance
What GDPR, professional confidentiality and MiFID II actually require when you transcribe.
6 articles
Accuracy & languages
How accuracy is measured, why vendor numbers aren't comparable, and what happens with dialects.
1 article
API & development
Integrating transcription into your own systems: REST, webhooks, MCP, live streaming and robust pipelines.
4 articles
Usage & workflow
From raw recording to usable document: interviews, subtitles, minutes, academic transcripts.
4 articles
Market & selection
Comparing providers on the facts: pricing, data residency, languages, API depth, and when each fits.
3 articles
Latest articles
Data processing agreement for transcription: what Article 28 requires
Article 28 GDPR mandates ten clauses. Which ones transcription vendors routinely leave out, how to tell a usable DPA from a decorative one, and the single question that settles most of it.
Transcription in Law Firms: Privilege and GDPR in Practice
German professional secrecy makes law firm transcription a criminal-law question, not only a data protection one. What section 203 StGB demands of a vendor, and how to organise it so it holds up.
Medical Dictation: Cloud Transcription and Patient Confidentiality
Health data is criminal-law territory in Germany. What section 203 StGB requires before a clinic may send dictation to a transcription vendor, and what a compliant workflow looks like.
MiFID II Call Recording: Transcribing Advice Calls Under GDPR
Article 16 MiFID II requires every investment advice call to be recorded and kept for five years. How to make that archive searchable without sending regulated recordings to a US provider.
Transcribing Swiss German, Bavarian and Austrian Reliably
Why most transcription APIs fail on German dialects, how the providers compare on Mundart audio, and the five practical steps that move accuracy from 70 to 95 per cent.
Transcribing Interviews: The Complete Workflow
From the recorder to a quotable transcript: the microphone hierarchy, what to do during the interview, model choice, correction strategies and realistic time budgets for journalists and researchers.
Transcription and GDPR: What Companies Need to Know
Which GDPR requirements apply when you send audio to a transcription service, which risks come with US cloud providers, and the four checks that decide whether a vendor is usable at all.
GDPR-Compliant Meeting Transcription: Zoom and Teams Without US Cloud
Schrems II killed the easy path. Here's how to transcribe Zoom and Microsoft Teams meetings under GDPR – without sending data to Otter, Fireflies or any US-based AI assistant.
Building AI Agents with MCP and Transcription Data
How to expose your transcript archive to Claude Desktop and custom agents over the Model Context Protocol: securely, queryably, with EU data residency.
Transcription API vs Self-Hosted Whisper: When to Choose Which
Honest cost and engineering comparison: running Whisper on your own GPU vs using a transcription API at €0.18/hour. Total cost of ownership, latency, accuracy, when self-hosting actually pays off.
Giving AI Agents Access to Your Audio: Transcription via MCP
How to make a year of meeting recordings, interviews, and calls queryable by AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT – using transcription, MCP, and the right retention policy.
Whisper vs AssemblyAI vs DeepScript: A Practical Comparison for 2026
Choosing a transcription API in 2026? We compare OpenAI Whisper, AssemblyAI Universal-2, Google Speech-to-Text and DeepScript on accuracy, pricing, language coverage, privacy and developer experience.
Free Audio Transcription Online – No Sign-Up Required
Transcribe audio and video to text for free with DeepScript. No account needed, 99 languages supported, GDPR-compliant. Try it instantly.
Speech-to-Text API for Developers: Getting Started with DeepScript
Integrate speech-to-text into your app with the DeepScript API. Code examples for cURL, Python, and JavaScript. 99 languages, GDPR-compliant, hosted in Germany.