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Video to text

Open a video and get its speech as text and timed subtitles. Only the audio track is read, on your device; the video is never uploaded.

  • Free
  • No sign-up
  • No upload
Saves asSRTVTTTXTDOCX

Drop an audio or video file here

MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, Opus, FLAC, WebM, MP4, MOV

From a video file to subtitles

The browser pulls the audio track out of the file and decodes it. That is the part the speech model reads; the picture is only played back so you can check your work.

While the video plays, the line being spoken appears over the picture, the way a viewer will see it. If a subtitle arrives late or lingers after the speaker stops, change its start or end and play it again.

When it reads well, export SRT for editors and upload forms or VTT for web players. Both keep your timing to the millisecond.

Where the files go next

  • YouTube and Vimeo. Upload the SRT in the video’s subtitle settings and choose “with timing”. Captions you upload replace the automatic ones, which is the point: yours have been corrected.
  • Video editors. DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, Final Cut and CapCut import SRT as a subtitle track that you can style and burn in on export.
  • Your own website. Add the VTT to an HTML video element with a track tag; browsers render it without any script.
  • Notes and articles. Copy the text, or save DOCX to keep the start time of each paragraph for reference.

What it does not do

It does not download videos from links, burn subtitles into the picture or translate them. Long videos are bounded by your device’s memory: the decoded audio of a one-hour video takes about 230 MB. If a file fails to open, the usual cause is a codec the browser lacks; re-saving it as MP4 solves that.

Already have subtitles that need fixing? Open them in the subtitle editor.

Questions and answers

Is the video uploaded?

No. Your browser reads the audio track from the video file on your device and the speech model transcribes it there. The video itself is only played back locally.

Which video formats work?

MP4 and WebM work in every current browser. MOV works where the browser has the codec, which is usual in Safari and common in Chrome. MKV files often fail to decode; convert those to MP4 first.

Can I see the subtitles over the video before exporting?

Yes. When you open a video, the line being spoken is shown over the picture as it plays, so you can check timing and line length before saving the SRT or VTT file.

Does it burn the subtitles into the video?

No. It exports subtitle files (SRT and WebVTT) that you upload next to the video on YouTube, Vimeo and most players, or load in an editor such as DaVinci Resolve, Premiere or CapCut.

Can I transcribe a YouTube link?

No. The page works with files on your device and does not download videos from other sites.

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