Trint

What Is Trint?

Jeff Kofman spent more than 30 years as a war correspondent for ABC, CBS, and CBC News. He covered the Iraq War in 2003, won an Emmy for his Libyan Revolution reporting in 2011, and knew better than anyone how much time journalists waste transcribing recordings. On November 30, 2014 — his last day at ABC News — he founded Trint. The development team started work the next day.

That origin story matters because it shaped everything about the product. Trint is not a meeting note-taker retrofitted for media professionals. It was designed from the first line of code for journalists who need to accurately quote sources, find specific moments in hours of footage, and collaborate with editors under deadline pressure. The BBC, AP, ESPN, and NHS use it. The Associated Press was the first major enterprise client.

Trint Limited is registered in England and Wales (Companies House 09225083) and holds ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials certification. Users can choose to store data in EU or US AWS regions, which satisfies the data residency requirements of both UK GDPR and European clients. The platform transcribes in 40+ languages and translates into 70+, placing it well ahead of most AI transcription tools on language coverage.

Key Features

The Synchronized Editor

Trint's defining feature is its interactive transcript editor. Every word in the transcript is linked to a precise timestamp in the original audio or video. Click any sentence and playback jumps to that exact moment. Correct a word and the edit is logged without breaking the audio sync. This is fundamentally different from tools that display a static text document alongside a separate media player — Trint treats the transcript as a navigable timeline.

For journalists verifying quotes, legal teams checking deposition accuracy, or video producers searching for the right take, this interaction model saves hours per project. Editing a 45-minute interview transcript in Trint takes a fraction of the time it takes in any tool that requires manual scrubbing to verify context.

Multi-Language Transcription and Translation

Trint transcribes in more than 40 languages with accuracy claims of up to 99% on clean audio. Crucially, it then translates those transcripts into 70+ languages — not just transcribes them. A Spanish-language interview can become an English-language story with one additional step. For international newsrooms and multilingual content teams, this removes a workflow step that previously required a separate translation service.

Live Transcription and Real-Time Collaboration

The Trint mobile app can transcribe in real time during a live interview or event. That transcript streams to collaborators in another location, enabling editors to verify quotes as they happen rather than waiting for a recording to upload. Teams with distributed members in different cities or countries use this to maintain editorial accuracy on breaking news without co-location.

Collaborative editing allows multiple team members to work on the same transcript simultaneously, leave comments, and manage an approval workflow. Story Builder takes this further by letting producers compile clips from multiple transcripts into a single narrative document — effectively assembling a story from fragments of many different recordings.

Adobe Premiere Pro Integration

Trint maintains a panel integration for Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Footage uploads to Trint for transcription, then the searchable transcript is available directly within Premiere. A video editor can search the transcript for a specific phrase and jump the timeline to that clip without watching hours of rushes. For documentary and broadcast production workflows, this integration removes a significant manual step.

Security Infrastructure

Trint's security posture goes beyond the policy statements common among SaaS tools. ISO 27001 certification requires independent audit of information security management practices. Cyber Essentials certification validates network security controls. Data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.2. Multi-factor authentication is enforced for all Trint employees. Access to the production AWS environment is limited to a small number of infrastructure administrators with temporary, daily-revoked credentials.

Pricing

Trint is priced for professional teams, not individual users. The Starter plan at approximately $80/seat/month includes 7 file uploads per month — a hard cap with no rollover. For a journalist doing two interviews per week, that ceiling is reached in less than a month. The Advanced plan at around $100/seat/month removes the file limit and adds translation and Story Builder.

Neither of those numbers is small, and per-seat billing compounds quickly. A three-person editing team regularly sees monthly bills in the $250–$350 range. There is no permanent free plan; only a 7-day trial before commitment is required. Trint is unapologetic about its positioning: this is professional infrastructure, priced accordingly.

Enterprise pricing is negotiated directly with Trint's sales team and typically includes volume discounts, dedicated account management, SSO, and custom data residency agreements.

EU Compliance and Privacy

Trint is a UK company operating under UK GDPR post-Brexit. ISO 27001 certification provides the clearest third-party validation of its security practices. Data residency is selectable: enterprise clients can specify EU-only AWS regions, which satisfies GDPR transfer restrictions for European customers.

The encryption standards (AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2 in transit) match or exceed those of most competitors in the professional transcription market. Trint's policy of not accessing user files without explicit permission is enforced through technical controls, not just contractual commitments. For organisations in regulated industries — NHS, financial services, legal — that combination of certification and infrastructure controls typically satisfies procurement requirements without further negotiation.

Who It's Best For

If you work in journalism, documentary production, or broadcast media and need a transcript you can trust down to the individual word, Trint is the purpose-built tool for that workflow. If you are a legal team transcribing depositions or hearings that require verbatim accuracy and audit trails, Trint's ISO 27001 certification and data controls meet the bar that general AI meeting tools do not. If you are a marketing or sales team looking for quick meeting summaries and CRM sync, tl;dv or Fireflies serve that use case better at lower cost. If you need real-time transcription during live events with remote collaboration, Trint's live captioning mode addresses that specific requirement.

The Verdict

Trint is a professional tool commanding professional pricing. The synchronized editor is genuinely superior to anything built primarily for meeting notes, and the ISO 27001 certification gives enterprise procurement teams a defensible basis for approval. The 7-file monthly cap on the Starter plan is a genuine constraint that pushes active users to Advanced within weeks. Teams who can absorb $100/seat/month get a platform that replaces multiple tools — transcription, translation, collaboration, and media workflow — in a single environment built on a decade of newsroom feedback.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Trint GDPR compliant?

Yes. Trint is ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials certified, with EU AWS data residency available on request. Data is encrypted at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.2). Trint erases user data within 30 days of a deletion request under UK GDPR.

How many languages does Trint transcribe?

Trint transcribes in 40+ languages and translates transcripts into 70+ languages. This breadth of language coverage is one of the strongest arguments for Trint over narrower AI transcription tools.

Does Trint have a free plan?

No. Trint does not offer a permanent free tier. A 7-day trial is available. Paid plans begin at approximately $80/seat/month for the Starter plan, which caps uploads at 7 files per month.

Who uses Trint?

Trint is used by the BBC, Associated Press, ESPN, and NHS, among others. The Associated Press was the first major enterprise client. The platform is trusted primarily by journalism, media production, and legal organisations that require verbatim accuracy and collaborative workflows.

Where is Trint data stored?

Trint uses AWS data centres with user-selectable EU or US region storage. All data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.2. Trint employees do not access user files without explicit permission from the account holder.