How do I get the transcript of a video?

Drop the video (MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV…), choose the language spoken and click Transcribe. The sound is extracted and transcribed on your device; the text appears next to the video.

Do I need to convert the video to MP3 first?

No. The tool reads the sound of the video directly. The video itself is ignored, which keeps the transcription as fast as with an audio file.

How long does it take?

In Fast mode, about a quarter of the audio's length on a recent computer (15 minutes for 1 hour). Precise mode is 2 to 4 times slower without a graphics card. Transcribing only a part with the handles is faster.

Is my recording uploaded?

No. Whisper, the speech recognition model by OpenAI, runs inside your browser (Transformers.js). The audio never leaves your device; only the model itself is downloaded, once.

Which languages are supported?

French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Arabic, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi and Swedish. Choose the language spoken before transcribing.

Can I transcribe only part of a video?

Yes: move the start and end handles under the player. Handy to quote a single answer of an interview or one chapter of a lecture.

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Video to Text Converter

Get the full transcript of a video — a lecture, a webinar, an interview, a recorded call — as text you can copy, search and quote.

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Language spoken

Drag & drop an audio or video file here

or browse your files

MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, MOV, WebM… · Max 100 MB per file

Transcript

The transcript will appear here. Download it as text (TXT) or subtitles (SRT, VTT).

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Why turn a video into text?

Text is faster to read than a video is to watch: you can skim it, search it, quote it, translate it or turn it into an article. Transcripts also make videos accessible and give search engines something to index.

What happens to the video

FFmpeg reads the first audio track of the video and turns it into 16 kHz mono sound, the input Whisper expects. The picture is never processed, so a 4K video transcribes as fast as its soundtrack would.

Videos from phones and calls

iPhone MOV files, Android MP4 files, screen recordings and recorded video calls (WebM) all work. For a recorded meeting, the Precise model copes better with several voices.

How it works

How to convert video to text

Drop your video
MP4, MOV (iPhone), WebM, MKV or AVI, up to 100 MB.
Choose the language
Pick the language spoken and the model; set the part to transcribe if needed.
Get the text
Copy the transcript or download it as TXT, SRT or VTT.

Practical guides

Tips & guides

From video to notes

Lectures and webinars: transcribe, then search the text for the passage you need instead of scrubbing through the video.

Interviews: the timed SRT lets you find any quote in the video in seconds.

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The speech model runs in your browser: your recording is never uploaded, stored or listened to by anyone.

Safe for interviews, medical or legal recordings, meetings and anything confidential.

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