Video & Audio to Text
Transcribe speech to text and subtitles.
Transcribe speech to text and subtitles.
How to use Video & Audio to Text
- Upload any audio or video file
- Let the in-browser model transcribe the speech
- Copy the transcript or download .srt and .vtt subtitles
About Video & Audio to Text
Video & Audio to Text turns the speech in any video or audio file into a written transcript, right inside your browser. Drop in a clip and it transcribes the video to text automatically — for video files it pulls the audio track out for you, so there's nothing to convert first. When it finishes you get the full transcript to read, copy or download, which is handy for notes, captions, blog posts, meeting records or searching back through what was actually said.
It handles common audio like MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG and FLAC, and video like MP4, MOV, WEBM and MKV. Alongside the plain-text transcript you can download .srt and .vtt subtitle files with proper timestamps, ready to drop straight into a video editor or player. Two quality levels let you trade speed for accuracy: a faster model for quick drafts and a slower, more accurate one for clean English speech. The first run downloads the speech model (about 40–80 MB) and caches it, so later transcriptions start right away.
One thing to know: this tool goes from video to text, not the other way round — it doesn't generate or make a video from text. Everything happens on your own device using an in-browser speech-recognition model, so your file is never uploaded to a server. It's free, with no sign-up, and only the model itself is fetched once from a CDN.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I transcribe a video to text?
- Choose or drop your video file into the tool and it starts transcribing automatically. It extracts the audio track, runs speech recognition on it, and hands you the finished transcript to read, copy or download — there are no settings to configure first.
- Can I transcribe an audio file too, not just video?
- Yes. It works the same way on audio-only recordings like MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG and FLAC — upload the file and you get a text transcript back. Video files simply have their audio pulled out before transcription.
- What files can I transcribe?
- Audio files like MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG and FLAC, and video files like MP4, MOV, WEBM and MKV. For videos, the audio track is extracted automatically.
- Can I copy or download the transcript?
- Yes. When transcription finishes you can copy the full text or download it as a file. You also get downloadable subtitle files, so the transcript is easy to move into whatever you're working on next.
- Can I get subtitles from the video?
- Yes. Along with the plain-text transcript, you can download .srt and .vtt subtitle files with timestamps, ready to drop straight into a video editor or player.
- How accurate is the transcription?
- It's very good on clear English speech and weaker on noisy, quiet or heavily-accented audio. There are two quality levels — a faster one and a more accurate, slower one — so you can pick speed or precision depending on the recording.
- Which languages does it support?
- It's optimised for English. Other languages may partly work, but accuracy will be noticeably lower.
- Why is it slow, and why is the first run longer?
- The first run downloads the speech model (about 40–80 MB), which is then cached. Transcription is heavy work: a computer that supports WebGPU is much faster than a phone, and long files can take several minutes.
- Is the transcriber free?
- Yes — completely free with no sign-up and no limits on how many files you transcribe.
- Is my file uploaded to a server?
- No. The audio is transcribed entirely on your own device, so your file never leaves your browser. Only the speech model itself is downloaded once from a content delivery network.
- Can this turn text into a video?
- No. This tool goes the other way — it turns a video or audio recording into written text. If you want to generate a video from a text prompt, that's a separate kind of AI video tool; this one is for transcription only.