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Editorial Standards
How we create comparison content, test transcription tools, and maintain transparency about our relationship to the products we review.
VexaScribe (formerly NovaScribe) publishes transcription tool comparisons, accuracy benchmarks, and product guides. Because VexaScribe is itself a transcription product, every comparison we publish carries a built-in conflict of interest. This page documents how we manage that conflict — through standardized testing methodology, transparent disclosure, named editorial attribution, and a corrections policy that makes errors public rather than hiding them. We believe transparency about bias builds more trust than pretending bias doesn't exist.
Our Conflict of Interest
VexaScribe is a commercial transcription product. When we compare it to Otter.ai, Rev, Descript, or any other competitor, we have a clear financial interest in users choosing our product. Hiding this would damage trust. Disclosing it openly is the only honest approach.
Every comparison page on VexaScribe.com carries an “Editor's Note” disclosing that VexaScribe is our product. We rank ourselves where the data supports it — and we rank competitors above us when their product genuinely wins for a use case (Otter.ai for live meetings, Rev Human for legal-grade accuracy, Descript for video editing).
Example disclosure (used on every comparison page):
“Editor's Note: VexaScribe (formerly NovaScribe) is our product. This comparison is fair — [Competitor] wins for [use case]. VexaScribe wins on [strength]. Pricing verified [date].”
How We Test Transcription Tools
Our transcription tool comparisons use a standardized methodology so results are comparable across tools and reproducible by readers:
- 1.Identical test files — Every tool processes the same audio: a clean podcast, a noisy interview, a multi-speaker meeting, and a non-English sample. Files are version-pinned so the same source is used across all tests.
- 2.Word Error Rate (WER) — We use the industry-standard formula: (Substitutions + Insertions + Deletions) / Total Words. We publish raw WER numbers, not vendor-reported accuracy claims.
- 3.Default settings only — No custom vocabularies, no fine-tuning, no special configurations. What you get out-of-the-box is what we test.
- 4.Pricing normalization — All pricing is converted to cost-per-hour to enable fair comparison across subscription, pay-per-minute, and seat-based pricing models.
- 5.Vendor verification — Pricing and feature claims are verified against vendor websites before publication. Verification dates are listed at the top of every comparison.
Where competitors outperform VexaScribe — Otter.ai for live meetings, Rev Human for accuracy-critical content, Descript for video editing — we report it honestly. We do not adjust our methodology to favor our product.
Who Writes Our Content
Articles are attributed to “VexaScribe (formerly NovaScribe) Editorial” — our internal team of product specialists, content writers, and engineers. We do not use fictional author personas, AI-generated bylines pretending to be human, or fabricated credentials.
Each comparison article includes:
- ✓Publication date and most recent update date
- ✓Clear disclosure when reviewing our own product
- ✓A direct link back to this methodology page
- ✓Update history for material changes (with dates)
Use of AI in Our Content
AI tools are part of our editorial workflow. We use AI for first drafts, summarization, and copy refinement. Every article is reviewed and edited by a human before publication.
What we don't do
- ✗Publish unedited AI-generated content
- ✗Use AI to fabricate test data or research
- ✗Attribute AI content to fictional human authors
What we do
- ✓Use AI for drafts, then edit by hand
- ✓Verify all factual claims against primary sources
- ✓Hand-test every product we review
Test results, pricing data, and product feature claims are verified by humans against primary sources (vendor websites, our own testing, public documentation).
How We Cite Our Sources
Every factual claim in our comparison content is sourced. We make our citations easy to verify:
- →Pricing claims — Cited from vendor pricing pages with verification date.
- →Feature claims — Cited from vendor documentation or product pages.
- →Accuracy claims — Either our own WER testing (with methodology link) or peer-reviewed benchmarks (with citation).
- →User behavior claims — Either independent surveys (cited) or marked as opinion.
When We Get Things Wrong
When we make errors, we correct them. The size of the correction notice scales with the severity of the error:
Minor corrections
Typos, formatting fixes, broken links. Updated silently with no public notice.
Factual corrections
Wrong pricing, outdated features, incorrect data. Updated with a dated entry in the article's update history.
Material corrections
Errors that change rankings, conclusions, or recommendations. Fixed with a prominent correction notice at the top of the article. The original incorrect statement is preserved in strikethrough below the correction.
If you find an error in our content, email contact@aisolutionlabs.ai. We respond within 2 business days.
How We Make Money
VexaScribe earns revenue through subscriptions to our transcription product — not through affiliate marketing or competitor advertising.
What we don't do
- ✗Affiliate links to competitors
- ✗Sponsored placement in rankings
- ✗Paid coverage from competitors
- ✗“Top picks” lists secretly ranked by referral revenue
What we do
- ✓Recommend competitors when they're genuinely better
- ✓Link to competitor pricing pages for verification
- ✓Cite original vendor sources for factual claims
Questions or Concerns?
If you have questions about our editorial standards, want to flag an error, or believe we have misrepresented a competitor, contact us at contact@aisolutionlabs.ai.
We respond within 2 business days.
Last updated: May 2026