Convert Video to Text
Paste the link to a video and get its words back — nothing to download first.
Cloud drives, shared recordings, public pages. 99 languages, free to start.
The link must be publicly accessible.
Convert a video you never download
The video can stay where it is — on a drive, in a shared folder, on a public page. Paste the link and the words come back to you.
- Step 1
Copy the video's link
A Google Drive or Dropbox share link, a public page, or a direct file URL — whatever the person who has the video sent you.
- Step 2
Paste it instead of uploading
The audio is fetched from that address and converted to punctuated, timestamped text. Nothing lands in your Downloads folder and nothing eats your disk.
- Step 3
Take the text
Read it against the player, then save as TXT, DOCX or PDF — or export SRT / VTT captions for whoever owns the video.
When downloading the video makes no sense
Some videos are too big, not yours, or simply not worth pulling onto a laptop just to hear what was said.
A 4 GB webinar recording
The conferencing tool leaves a huge file in the cloud — you need the words, not the gigabytes.
A link from a colleague
Someone shares a Drive or Dropbox folder; you get the transcript without asking for a copy of the file.
A video on a public page
A talk or a briefing published online converts from its address, with nothing installed and nothing saved.
A borrowed or locked-down machine
On a work laptop with no space and no installs allowed, a link is the only route to the text.
Slow or metered internet
Fetching just the audio beats downloading the whole video twice — once to your device, once back up.
Someone else's video, your notes
You never take a copy of the footage; you keep only the transcript you were after.
Why a link beats a download
Downloading a video to get at its words is the long way round: you wait for gigabytes you do not want, park them on a disk that has no room, and then delete them an hour later. Pasting a link skips that whole loop — the audio is read from where the video already lives and comes back as punctuated, timestamped text in 99 languages. The file stays with its owner, your machine stays clean, and what you actually wanted — the words — arrives in minutes.
What a link can be, and what it cannot
- Links that work
- Google Drive and Dropbox shares, direct file URLs, and public pages on YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and Telegram
- What is fetched
- The audio track only — the video is never copied to your device, and nothing is written to your Downloads folder
- Links that do not work
- Anything behind a login, private shares that are not open to the link holder, and pages that require an account to view
- If a link is refused
- Downloading the file once yourself and uploading it converts normally — the fallback always exists
- What you get back
- The same timestamped transcript, TXT / DOCX / PDF export and SRT / VTT captions as an uploaded file
- Long recordings
- Webinar-length videos keep converting in the background on Pro rather than holding the tab open
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert a video to text from a link?
Paste the video's address in place of an upload; the audio is fetched from it and converted to timestamped text you can edit and export.
Does the video get downloaded to my computer?
No. Only the audio is fetched, on our side — nothing is saved to your device, and your disk space is untouched.
Which links can I paste?
Google Drive and Dropbox shares, direct file URLs, and public video pages. If the page needs a login, the link will not open.
What if the link is blocked?
Download the file once yourself and upload it — the conversion is identical, only the route differs.
Can I still get subtitles this way?
Yes — a link-converted video exports the same SRT and VTT files as an uploaded one.
Can I convert video to text for free?
Video-to-text is free within a monthly minutes allowance; Pro adds long videos and unlimited uploads.
Long recordings and big files?
Go Pro to transcribe hours of audio and video, with more monthly minutes and unlimited uploads — accurate text in 99 languages.
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