Turn Audio into Text

Turn any recording into text in minutes — no typing, no software.
99 languages, timestamps, export to TXT, DOCX, PDF or SRT. Free to start.

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Turn audio into text in three steps

Hand the listening and typing to SlayScribe — drop in a recording and get readable text back.

  1. Step 1

    Drop in your audio

    Upload an MP3, WAV, M4A or other file, or paste a link to one.

  2. Step 2

    We turn it into text

    The language is detected and the speech becomes punctuated, timestamped text automatically.

  3. Step 3

    Use your text

    Search it, copy a quoted line with its timestamp, translate it, or export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, or SRT subtitles.

What you can do once it's text

The transcript is the starting point, not the finish line. This is what the text unlocks the moment it lands.

Search a whole archive

Hundreds of hours of recordings become one searchable pile of text — find the line you half-remember by typing three words of it.

Pull quotes that are exact

Copy a sentence with its timestamp and drop it into an article, a report, or a slide, word for word and attributable.

Rewrite it as something else

A recorded talk becomes a newsletter, a set of notes, or a checklist — you're editing text rather than starting from a blank page.

Translate it

Text can go through a translator; audio can't. Once a recording is written down it travels to any language you need.

Turn it into captions

The same transcript exports as SRT or VTT, so the recording that became text can also become subtitles for the video it came from.

Hand it to someone else

Send a document instead of an audio file — colleagues can skim it in a minute rather than book twenty to listen.

Why turn audio into text

Listening is linear and slow: to find one sentence you replay the whole recording, and a colleague has to spend the same twenty minutes you just did. Text collapses that. It is searchable, quotable, translatable, and skimmable in seconds — and it is the only form a recording can take if it needs to become a document, a caption file, or a paragraph in something you're writing. SlayScribe turns audio into punctuated, timestamped text in 99 languages automatically, and every one of those next steps starts working the moment the transcript appears.

Frequently asked questions

How do I turn audio into text?

Upload a recording or paste a link, and SlayScribe turns it into editable, timestamped text automatically.

Do I need software for this?

No — the transcriber runs in your browser on any device, with nothing to download.

Which recordings can I turn into text?

MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, FLAC and more — or paste a link to the recording.

How accurate is the text you get back?

The text comes from OpenAI Whisper; clear audio is near-perfect and everything stays editable.

Can I export it?

Yes — save the text as TXT, DOCX, PDF, or SRT / VTT subtitles.

Can I search across several transcripts?

Every transcript is saved to your account as text, so a browser find, or your own notes app after export, will match across all of them.

Can the text be translated afterwards?

Yes — once the recording is text it goes through any translator you already use, which is not possible with the raw audio.

Is there a free way to turn audio into text?

Yes — turning audio into text is free within a monthly minutes allowance; Pro adds long files and unlimited uploads.

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