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Turn video or audio into text

MP4, MP3, podcasts, Zoom recordings or a YouTube link. A word-timed transcript, .srt/.vtt caption files and a summary.

No card needed30 free min/monthSource files deleted after 30 days
00:04You leave your neighborhood and set off on an adventure across the whole of Russia.
00:12The trip took eight months and nothing went the way I planned.
00:21When I came back, the thing I noticed most was…
16languages
.srt .vtt .txtoutput formats
word-leveltiming
3 hrsmax source
summaryand chapter titles
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What you get

How it works

Turn video or audio into text: step by step

Try it free
01

Add your source

Paste a link or upload a file.

02

Pick your settings

Ratio, caption style and quality, all with previews.

03

Get your export

Download it or send it to a connected account.

What does transcription do?

Turn video or audio into text: clean paragraphs, .srt, .vtt and an optional summary with chapters.

MP4, MP3, podcasts, Zoom recordings or a YouTube link. A word-timed transcript, .srt/.vtt caption files and a summary.

What affects accuracy?

Microphone quality matters most. Clean recordings come out almost error-free; echoey rooms, background music and people talking over each other add mistakes. It's worth double-checking names and brand names.

How does processing work?

When you give us a link, we don't download the whole video. We fetch only the audio first, so even hour-long recordings start fast. Video is downloaded only for the ranges that are actually needed.

Your job joins the queue and moves step by step; the dashboard shows which step it's on. If you start several jobs from the same source, it's downloaded once and later jobs read from the cache.

Which files and links are supported?

  • Video: MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI
  • Audio: MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC
  • Links: YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch and direct file URLs
  • Screen recordings made in the browser

Privacy and storage

Source files are kept for a while only so you can re-render, then deleted automatically; they're never used to train models. Your exports stay in your account until you delete them. If you connect a social account we never see your password: you sign in through each platform's own authorization window and access tokens are stored encrypted.

Output and quality

Exports are 1080 pixels on the short side; on the Studio plan they go up to 2160 pixels (4K). If the source is lower, nothing is artificially upscaled and the real output resolution is shown. All tools share the same nine aspect ratios and nine caption styles.

FAQ

Can I try it for free?

Yes. Every account gets free minutes each month, and no card is required.

Do you keep my files?

Source files are kept for a while only so you can re-render, then deleted automatically. Your exports stay in your account until you delete them.

Which languages work best?

English and Turkish are first-class, and transcription works in 16 languages. Captions follow each language's own rules for capitalization and line breaks.

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