Audio Transcriptor
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Turn a video into text

Upload the video as it is. We take the audio out, transcribe it and hand you the text with timestamps and speakers.

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MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, MOV… up to 10 GB

  • MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WEBM — no converting first
  • Timestamps that match the video, frame for frame
  • Subtitles out the other end, if you want them
  • MP4
  • MOV
  • MKV
  • AVI
  • WEBM
  • WMV
  • FLV
  • M4V

What this tool does

You don't have to extract the audio first. Drop the MP4, the MOV or the MKV straight in: we pull the audio track out on our side, and the video itself never gets re-encoded or re-uploaded anywhere else.

That matters more than it sounds. Converting a two-hour recording to MP3 before uploading costs you half an hour and a quality loss you don't need, and it's the step where most people give up.

What we handle that others don't

  • The audio track is extracted here, so nothing needs converting on your machine.
  • Timestamps line up with the video: click a line and it plays from there.
  • Speakers separated, which in an interview is the difference between text and a transcript.
  • Exports as SRT and VTT, ready for an editor or an HTML5 player.

How it works

  1. 1

    Drop the video

    Any common container, up to 10 GB. Only the audio travels; the picture stays where it is.

  2. 2

    We transcribe the audio

    With speaker separation if there's more than one voice, and timecodes on every line.

  3. 3

    Take the text or the subtitles

    DOCX and PDF to read it; SRT and VTT to put it back under the video.

What people use it for

Courses and lessons

The text becomes the notes, the searchable index and the accessible version.

Recorded calls

Zoom, Meet or Teams recordings come out as an MP4. Drop it in as it is.

Video for social

The subtitles come out of the same pass, and most people watch on mute.

In detail

Only the sound is needed

Nothing has to be converted first. The file is uploaded as it is, the audio track inside it is read, and the picture is never touched or sent to any model: it adds nothing to a transcript and would only make the process slower and more expensive.

That holds for every container that turns up day to day: MP4 from a phone, MOV from an iPhone, MKV from a screen recording, WEBM from a downloaded meeting. If it has sound, it gets transcribed. And if it doesn't, we tell you before spending a single minute of your quota.

A transcript and subtitles are not the same thing

A transcript is running text meant to be read: paragraphs, who's speaking, and a summary on top if you want one. Subtitles are that same text chopped into two-line chunks that fit on screen for as long as it takes to read them, each with its in and out point.

What comes out here is the first, and the second downloads from the same screen as SRT or VTT without transcribing again. It's worth knowing which you need before you start: for an article or notes, the transcript; to sit under the video, the subtitles.

Questions

And if what you have is the video?

Upload it and you'll get the transcript with timestamps, the speakers separated by name and a summary with the key points. You can start without an account.

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