Free tool: Captions and audio

Video to text converter

Turn a video or voice recording into a plain-text transcript you can copy, edit, or repurpose into posts, scripts and show notes.

Runs entirely in your browser. Your file is never uploaded: the open-source model is downloaded once to your device and does the work locally. No signup needed.

How to use it

  1. 1Choose a video or audio file up to 10 minutes long.
  2. 2Select the spoken language and start. The model downloads once, then runs on your device.
  3. 3Copy the transcript or download it as a .txt file.

About this video to text

Transcripts are the fastest way to repurpose a video: pull quotes for posts, turn a webinar into a blog outline, or find the 30 seconds worth clipping into a short. This converter gives you the full text of a recording without uploading it to anyone.

It uses the same open-source Whisper speech model as our subtitle generator, run locally in your browser. You get the text as paragraphs, plus the option to grab timestamped SRT captions from the subtitle generator if you need timing.

For YouTube videos you own, download the file from YouTube Studio and drop it in. We do not scrape other people's videos.

Frequently asked questions

Is this video to text converter really free?
Yes. It runs on your own device, so there is no server cost to pass on and no signup.
Can I convert a YouTube video to text?
For your own videos, download the file from YouTube Studio and use it here. YouTube also shows auto-generated transcripts under the video description for many public videos.
How accurate is the transcription?
Whisper is close to human accuracy on clear English speech. Music, crosstalk and heavy accents reduce accuracy, so skim the result before you publish it.
Can I turn the transcript into short videos?
Yes. Paste the key points into Menivor as a topic and it writes and renders vertical videos with a voiceover and captions.

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Skip the busywork: get finished videos

Paste a link or type a topic. Menivor writes the hook and script, records the voiceover, adds footage and word-by-word captions, and renders ready-to-post vertical videos in 1080 x 1920.

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