Free video transcription — video to text with subtitles
Drop a video and read its words while it plays: the line being spoken lights up, and any line takes you back to that moment. Then take the text, or the subtitles, with you.
Drop an audio or video file here
MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4, OGG, FLAC, WebM — any length
Transcribed in your browser. The file never leaves your device.
Recording 0:00
Click any line to play it.
What is inside a subtitle file
Every cue the transcriber writes has three parts. Click a cue in the Subtitles view to hear it.
1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,640 And so, my fellow Americans,
- Cue number
- When it shows, to the millisecond
- What is said
SRT is what video editors and YouTube take; VTT is what web players read. Both come from the same cues.
See also: Audio to SRT
How it works
- Drop an audio or video file into the box above, or choose one from your device.
- The speech model loads in your browser and the text appears as it is transcribed. The file is never uploaded.
- Copy the transcript, or download it as TXT or as SRT subtitles.
What this device can do
- Checking your browser…
- This device reports little memory. Close other tabs before a long file.
FAQ
- Which video formats work?
- Anything your browser can play — MP4, MOV, WebM, M4V and usually MKV — up to roughly 35 minutes per file.
- Can I transcribe a YouTube video?
- This page works on files you have. If you have the right to download a video, download it first and drop the file here.