Transcribe Audio to Text
Turn any recording — interviews, podcasts, voice notes — into accurate, timestamped text.
99 languages, export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, or SRT. Free to start.
The link must be publicly accessible.
Turn audio into text in three steps
Upload a recording and read it back as text minutes later — no typing, no manual playback, no software to install.
- Step 1
Upload your audio
Drop in an MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG or FLAC file — or paste a link to one. Any common audio format works.
- Step 2
Get an automatic transcript
The language is detected and the speech is converted to punctuated text with timestamps. Long recordings transcribe in the background.
- Step 3
Edit and export
Tidy up the text next to the audio player, then export it to TXT, DOCX, PDF, or SRT captions.
What people turn into text
If it was spoken and recorded, it can be read. These are the recordings people transcribe most.
Interviews
Get a quotable, editable transcript of a recorded interview instead of scrubbing the audio for every line.
Podcasts
Publish show notes, blog versions, and searchable archives from your episode audio.
Voice memos
Turn a quick phone recording into text you can paste into notes, docs, or messages.
Lectures & talks
Capture a recorded class or keynote as notes you can study and search later.
Research & dictation
Transcribe field recordings or dictated drafts and skip the manual typing entirely.
99 languages
Transcribe audio in almost any language — the spoken language is recognised automatically.
What happens to your recording
Transcription here is one pass, not a pipeline you have to assemble: the file is decoded, the spoken language is identified from the audio itself, speech is written out with punctuation and capitalisation, and every segment is stamped with the time it was said. Short clips come back while you wait; long recordings keep going in the background on Pro instead of dying in a browser tab. What you end up with is a document that stays lined up with the player, so you can check any sentence against the sound it came from before you use it.
Frequently asked questions
Which audio formats can I transcribe?
MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, FLAC and more — drop in the file or paste a link to it.
How long can the audio be?
Short clips transcribe instantly; long recordings run in the background on Pro so they never time out.
How accurate is it on real recordings?
Audio transcription runs on OpenAI Whisper, so clear speech comes back near-perfect. Noisy audio or strong accents may need light edits.
Can I get timestamps?
Yes. Every transcript is timestamped, and you can export SRT or VTT if you need subtitles.
Is my audio private?
Your file is used only to produce your transcript and is tied to your account — it isn't shared or sold.
Is there a free version?
Yes. Transcribe free within a monthly minutes allowance; upgrade to Pro for long files 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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