Transcribe Audio to Text - Convert Recordings into Written Text

Upload an audio recording and get an accurate written transcript with timestamps, ready to read, search, or edit.

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Maximum file size: 100 MB

No account, no watermark. Your files are not stored on our servers after processing.

Interviews, voice memos, podcasts, and meeting recordings hold useful information, but going back through an hour of audio to find one quote is slow and tedious. This tool listens to the uploaded audio file and produces a written transcript of everything said, broken into readable segments with timestamps so you can jump straight to a specific moment instead of scrubbing through the whole recording.

It supports common audio formats like MP3, WAV, and M4A, and can distinguish between different speakers when the recording has more than one voice, labeling turns in the conversation rather than running everything together. Background noise, overlapping speech, or heavy accents can reduce accuracy, so it's worth listening back to unclear sections. The audio file and the resulting transcript exist only for your session and aren't stored afterward.

How to use Transcribe Audio to Text online

  1. 1

    Upload your audio file

    Add an MP3, WAV, or M4A recording - an interview, meeting, podcast episode, or voice memo up to 100 MB.

  2. 2

    Select the spoken language

    Choose the language spoken in the recording so words, names, and accents are transcribed as accurately as possible.

  3. 3

    Run the transcription

    The tool processes the audio, identifies speech segments and speaker turns, and generates a timestamped transcript.

  4. 4

    Review, edit, and download

    Read through the transcript, correct any unclear words against the audio, and download it as a text file.

When people use this tool

Interview and podcast transcripts

Turn recorded interviews or podcast episodes into written transcripts for show notes, articles, or accessibility captions.

Meeting minutes and notes

Convert a recorded meeting into text with speaker labels so decisions and action items are easy to find later.

Research and qualitative analysis

Transcribe interview recordings for academic or market research so responses can be coded, quoted, and analyzed in text form.

Voice memo organization

Turn quick voice notes recorded on the go into searchable text you can file, forward, or add to a document.

What you get

Speaker labeling

Recordings with multiple voices are broken into labeled turns, making multi-person conversations easier to follow in text form.

Timestamped segments

Each portion of the transcript is tagged with a timestamp, so you can locate the matching moment in the original audio quickly.

Multiple audio formats

Accepts MP3, WAV, and M4A files without requiring you to convert them to a different format beforehand.

Editable text output

The transcript is delivered as plain text you can correct, format, and reuse in documents, subtitles, or notes.

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