Video to text converter
Turn any video into text, free.
Drop in an mp4, mov or webm: a Zoom recording, a lecture, an interview, a screen recording. You get a transcript with speaker labels and timestamps, in 26 languages. No account, nothing stored.
or drop a video here · mp4, mov, m4v, webm, or any audio file
Sign in free: 2 hours per file
And every transcript saved to your library.
By the makers of Recordd, the voice recorder app for iPhone, Mac & Apple Watch · Privacy
How to transcribe a video to text
Three steps. No account.
Drop in the video.
Click Upload a video or drag it onto the page: mp4, mov, m4v or webm, up to 15 minutes without an account, 2 hours with a free one. Only the sound is transcribed, so the picture doesn't matter.
AI writes the transcript.
Speech-to-text with punctuation, timestamps and every speaker separated, in the language you pick or auto-detected across 26. Usually a couple of minutes, even for a long video.
Copy it or download it.
Read the video transcript here, copy it, or download plain text or Markdown. The file is deleted the moment the transcript comes back.
Video transcription for mp4, mov, webm and screen recordings
Any video with someone talking in it.
- mp4
- Zoom, Teams and Google Meet recordings, phone videos, downloads
- mov
- iPhone videos and QuickTime screen recordings
- webm
- Loom-style browser recordings and screen captures
- m4v
- Apple exports and older iTunes video
- Lectures · interviews
- Long talks with several speakers, labeled one by one
- Audio too
- mp3, m4a, wav and voice messages work the same way
Files up to 500 MB. Is the video on YouTube? You don't need the file: paste the link into the YouTube transcript generator.
Free video to text converters in 2026, compared
What “free” means, tool by tool.
Every free video transcription tool caps something: minutes, uploads, or features. Here is what each one publishes. Checked 2026-10-05.
| Tool | Free limit | Account | Speaker labels |
|---|---|---|---|
| TurboScribe | 3 files a day, 30 min each | Required | Yes |
| Recordd (this tool) | 15 min per video without an account; 2 h per video, 3 h a day signed in | None | Yes |
| Kapwing | 10 min of transcription a month | Required | Not stated |
| Otter | 300 min a month, 30 min per conversation, 3 imports | Required | Yes |
| Notta | 120 min a month, 3 min per conversation | Required | Not stated |
Limits change. If one of these is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it. Only have audio? Use the free audio transcription tool. Comparing apps: Recordd vs Otter.
Record and transcribe meetings and lectures automatically
The tool transcribes a video.
The app records the meeting.
No file to export
Record the call or the lecture in Recordd and the transcript is waiting when it ends. No downloading, no uploading.
Speakers with names
Name someone once and their voice is recognized in every recording. On Mac, you are tagged as you.
Summary, action items, chat
Every recording gets a title, a summary, and action items. Ask it a question and jump to the moment.
One library, four devices
iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Record on one, search on another. Works offline, syncs later.
Meetings on a Mac? Recordd records Zoom, Teams and Meet calls without a bot joining. Recordd for Mac
Video to text: questions
The fine print, plainly.
Is this video to text converter really free?+
Yes. Up to 15 minutes per video and 1 hour a day with no account and no credit card. Sign in free with Apple or Google and you get up to 2 hours per video and 3 hours a day. It runs on the same transcription engine as the Recordd app.
How do I transcribe a video to text?+
Click Upload a video, pick the file, and wait a couple of minutes while it transcribes. The transcript appears on the page with speaker labels and timestamps; copy it or download it as text or Markdown. No sign-up at any point.
Which video formats work?+
mp4, mov, m4v and webm, up to 500 MB, which covers most screen recordings and meeting exports. Audio files (mp3, m4a, wav, ogg) work too. A very large phone video may be over 500 MB; exporting it at a lower resolution, or saving just the audio, gets it under.
Can I transcribe a YouTube video?+
Yes, without downloading anything: paste the link into our free YouTube transcript generator and the transcript appears in seconds.
Does it label who is speaking in the video?+
Yes. Speakers are separated automatically and shown as Speaker 1, Speaker 2, and so on, each with a timestamp, which makes interviews, panels and meetings readable.
Can I get subtitles (SRT or VTT)?+
Not yet. You get the transcript as plain text or Markdown with timestamps. Subtitle files are on our list.
Which languages can it transcribe?+
26: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Russian, Hindi, Czech, Danish, Greek, Finnish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Chinese in simplified and traditional. Auto-detect works; picking the language is a little more accurate.
Is my video stored?+
No. The video is sent to the transcription service, the transcript comes back to your browser, and the file is deleted. Finished transcripts stay in your browser for 24 hours, or in your Recordd library if you sign in and save them; delete them any time. Nothing is used to train AI.
How accurate is the video transcription?+
It uses a current AI speech model with automatic punctuation. Clear speech from one or two people comes out very well; background music, crosstalk and echo make it worse. Choosing the spoken language instead of auto-detect helps.
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