Bertin IT
Bertin IT MediaSpeech — French defence and intelligence multilingual transcription suite.
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Best for multilingual open-source intelligence (OSINT) and broadcast monitoring for French government customers. Pricing: enterprise · contact sales.
What it is
Bertin IT is part of the Bertin Group, a French defence-and-industry conglomerate. Its MediaSpeech and MediaCentric products combine multilingual ASR with media-monitoring and OSINT workflows for intelligence agencies, defence ministries, and large media monitors. Sold via direct relationships with restricted-access procurement processes. Best fit when the buyer is multilingual open-source intelligence (osint) and broadcast monitoring for french government customers. The honest caveat: government / defence customer base; restricted access for general saas buyers. Procurement is via direct sales rather than a developer signup, so plan for a discovery call and a written proposal before the first transcript runs.
Watch out for: Government / defence customer base; restricted access for general SaaS buyers.
Install / use
bertin-it.com — contact sales
Features
| Speaker diarization | Yes |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | Yes |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Bertin IT vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Bertin IT | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | Not verified | $4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup |
| Speaker diarization | Not verified | Yes |
| Word timestamps | Not verified | Yes |
| Streaming | Not verified | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | On-premise, Linux, Windows | Web, API, MCP |
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