Good Tape’s Explore Turns Years of Interviews Into Searchable Context

Good Tape’s Explore is designed to make an interview archive useful beyond transcription: it connects new recordings with earlier material and points users back to the source. The October 1, 2026 launch followed Nordic Makers’ investment alongside a management buyout from Zetland that gave the founders majority ownership. The reported funding amount was not disclosed. 117

From transcription to connected context

A transcript helps users find what was said in one recording. Explore adds a way to look across recordings: Good Tape says users can chat with a tape, project or archive, and see related passages that may confirm or contradict what they are reading. Insights include a source and timestamp, so users can return to the underlying recording and check the passage in context. 115

That could help a journalist trace how a source’s position changes across interviews, or help a research or business team retrieve relevant material from a growing collection of conversations. Explore can surface leads and connections; its output should not be treated as a verified quote or a substitute for listening to the original recording. 115

How it fits into recording and team workflows

Good Tape supports several ways to get audio into its workflow: users can record in its app, upload files from a digital recorder, connect online meetings, send files through an API or stream audio while a conversation is underway. 7

For shared work, Good Tape Teams lets colleagues organize recordings and transcripts in projects, search and listen to shared material, and manage access for team members. That provides a structure for archives used by more than one person, though teams still need to decide who should be able to see sensitive interviews. 9

Privacy safeguards—and the decisions they do not make

Good Tape says recordings are encrypted in transit and at rest, stored on servers in the EU and not used to train its AI models. Its business information also says customer content is used to provide transcription and Explore results. These are company-stated practices, not a replacement for reviewing the terms and data-processing arrangements relevant to a particular organization. 510

Technical safeguards cannot determine whether an interview may ethically or contractually be shared or resurfaced for a new purpose. Newsrooms and research teams should follow source agreements, restrict access to sensitive material and verify any potentially important passage against the recording before using it. 9

Pricing and real-time use: what is known

Good Tape’s pricing page lists a free trial and a Pro plan at €16 per month when billed annually; its Business pricing is custom. The available pricing information does not identify a separate final price for Explore. 12

Good Tape already describes streaming audio during an ongoing conversation and real-time monitoring in its recorder app. That is distinct from Explore itself providing live, cross-archive suggestions: the available information does not confirm that capability. 47