Transcribe video to text with AI — upload an MP4 or MOV and download an accurate transcript with timestamps.
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Need caption files instead? Use the Auto Subtitle Generator. Transcribing an audio file? Try Audio Transcription. File too big or in another format? Compress to MP4 first with the Video Compressor.
Upload a video to get an accurate transcript with timestamps
When you upload a video, the tool first separates the audio track from the picture — the words live in the audio, so there is no need to send the heavy video frames anywhere. That audio is then passed to a speech-recognition model that converts speech into text, adds punctuation and capitalisation, and records the start time of every word. The result is a readable transcript plus the timing data that powers the timestamped export.
Transcription quality depends mostly on the audio, not the video. Clear speech, one speaker at a time, a good microphone and little background noise produce near-perfect results. Heavy accents, crosstalk, music beds, echoey rooms and very quiet recordings make the job harder. If your audio is rough, cleaning it up before uploading — or recording closer to the mic — will noticeably improve the transcript.
[HH:MM:SS] marker so you can scrub straight to a moment while editing or quoting.Without an account you can transcribe one video at a time, up to 100MB and 5 minutes — enough for most clips. A free account raises that to 200MB and 30 minutes per video, handy for full interviews and webinars.
The tool accepts MP4, MOV and M4V — the formats used by virtually every phone, camera and screen recorder. If your file is in another container (such as WebM, MKV or AVI), convert it to MP4 first and then upload it for transcription.
Upload your MP4, MOV or M4V video above and press Transcribe Video. The tool pulls the audio from your video, runs AI speech recognition over it, and returns a readable transcript with timestamps — usually in under a minute for short clips. Then download it as plain text, a timestamped transcript, or JSON.
MP4, MOV and M4V — the formats produced by almost every phone, camera and screen recorder. Other containers such as WebM, MKV and AVI are not accepted directly; convert them to MP4 first with our free Video Compressor and then upload the result.
Very accurate on clean, clearly-spoken audio with a single speaker — typically well above 90%. Accuracy drops with heavy background noise, music, crosstalk, strong accents or quiet recordings, because transcription depends on how clearly the speech was captured, not on the video quality.
Without an account you can transcribe videos up to 5 minutes and 100MB. Sign up for a free account to transcribe videos up to 30 minutes and 200MB each — long enough for most interviews, webinars and client reviews.
Yes — if you need caption files rather than a text transcript, use our Auto Subtitle Generator, which turns the same video into ready-to-use SRT and VTT subtitle files. This tool is for reading and repurposing the words as text.
Yes. You can transcribe videos up to 5 minutes for free without signing up. A free account unlocks longer videos (up to 30 minutes) and larger files (up to 200MB), and keeps every transcript saved and searchable in your workspace.
Need caption files instead of a transcript? Turn this video into SRT and VTT subtitles.
Transcribing an audio file like an MP3 or WAV? Use the audio-first transcription tool.
File too big or in the wrong format? Compress and convert it to MP4 before transcribing.
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