Free transcription tools that run in your browser
Every tool here transcribes on your own device: nothing is uploaded, there is no account and no limit on minutes. Pick the one that matches your file.
Audio files
- MP3 to text Transcribe MP3 to text in your browser: no upload, no length limit, 28+ languages detected automatically. Export TXT or SRT.
- Free audio transcription Free audio transcription with no sign-up and no minute limit: transcribe MP3, M4A, WAV or MP4 to text on your own device. TXT or SRT.
- MP3 to TXT Turn an MP3 into a .txt file: paragraphs, timestamped paragraphs or one sentence per line. Free, private, and done in your browser.
- Translate MP3 to text Translate an MP3 in Spanish, French, German, Japanese or dozens of other languages straight into English text. Free and in your browser.
- WAV to text Convert WAV recordings to text in your browser. WAV is read in small pieces, so multi-hour recordings work. Free and private.
- OGG to text Convert OGG files — Opus voice notes, Vorbis audio — to text in your browser. Free, private, with TXT and SRT export.
- Podcast to text Transcribe a podcast episode with a timestamp on every paragraph — ready for show notes, chapters and quotes. Free, private, no length limit for MP3.
Voice and recordings
- M4A to text Convert M4A recordings — iPhone Voice Memos, Android, Zoom exports — to text in your browser, or record a new one here. Free and private.
- Voice memo to text Turn a voice memo into text: record right here, or bring the memo over from your iPhone or Android. Private and free — nothing is uploaded.
- Voice message to text Read a WhatsApp or Telegram voice message instead of playing it. Save the note, drop it here, get the text — privately, on your device.
- Recording to text Turn a recording into text: record a meeting, lecture or note right here, or bring one from your phone. Free, private, no account.
- Speech to text Free speech to text: press Record, speak, get punctuated text. Voice to text in 28+ languages, on your device; your voice is never sent anywhere.
Video
- MP4 to text Convert an MP4 video to text, SRT or VTT in your browser. The video plays beside its transcript, and nothing is uploaded.
- MOV to text Get text, SRT and VTT from a MOV video — iPhone clips, screen recordings, QuickTime exports. Plays alongside the transcript; nothing uploaded.
- Video to text Free video transcription in your browser: MP4, MOV, WebM and more to text, SRT or VTT. Read along as it plays. Nothing uploaded.