Free tool
Free audio to text, with speakers
Drop an audio or video file and get a transcript with speaker labels and timestamps. One free file up to 30 minutes, on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Free on Apple devices
Open this page on your iPhone, iPad or Mac
The free transcriber saves your transcript to the AI Transcribe library, and the app that opens it runs on Apple devices. Scan the code with your iPhone to get the app, or read the sample transcript below.
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How it works
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Drop a file
MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, MP4 or MOV, up to 30 minutes. Nothing to install.
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Read the first minutes
The first 2 minutes are transcribed right away, with each speaker labelled.
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Save the full transcript
Sign in with your email, no password. The whole file is transcribed and saved to your library.
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Keep going in the app
Open it in AI Transcribe on iPhone or Mac for summaries, action items, meeting notes and chat.
What you get
A transcript that knows who said what
Every line gets a speaker label and a timestamp, and the language is detected for you. Here is part of a 12:31 team call, as the tool returns it.
- Speakers labelled on every line
- Timestamps you can jump to in the library
- Export as TXT, Markdown, SRT or VTT from your library
Sarah00:00:04
Okay, everyone is here. Let’s start with the beta, because that decides the launch date.
Mike00:00:12
The build is stable, but the release checklist still has six open items. Two of them are App Store screenshots.
Ana00:00:23
Support needs the FAQ before anyone outside the team sees it. I can have a draft by Thursday.
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Sarah00:00:31
Then let’s move the launch to the 12th and give ourselves one more round of testing.
After the transcript
Summaries, action items and meeting notes
Open the transcript in AI Transcribe on iPhone or Mac and run any of 20+ AI tools on it: a summary, action items by owner, meeting minutes, a follow-up email, or ask it anything. The app takes files up to 3 hours and records meetings in the room, with a free trial.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. Each account gets one free transcription of a file up to 30 minutes, with speaker labels and timestamps. There is no card to enter. For more files, longer recordings and the AI tools, the AI Transcribe app has a free trial and a Pro subscription.
Why only on Mac, iPhone and iPad?
Your transcript is saved to your AI Transcribe library, and the app that opens it runs on Apple devices. On Windows or Android you can still read the sample on this page, and you can open the tool on your iPhone.
Which files work?
Any common audio or video file: MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, AIFF, CAF, MP4, MOV and WebM. For a video, only the audio track is used.
How accurate is it?
It uses the same cloud speech model as the AI Transcribe app, with automatic language detection across 32 languages and a speaker label on every line. Clear audio with one person talking at a time gives the best result.
What happens to my file?
The file is uploaded over an encrypted connection and transcribed in the cloud. If you do not save the transcript, the file and the preview are deleted within 24 hours. If you save it, it stays in your library until you delete it there or in the app.
Do I need an account?
Not for the preview. To read the whole transcript you sign in with your email and a 6-digit code. That is also what keeps the free tier fair: one free file per account.
My file is longer than 30 minutes.
The AI Transcribe app takes files up to 3 hours and recordings up to 2 hours, with a free trial. Import the file there.
Guides by file type
Free files are limited to 30 minutes and one per account.