MOV is the QuickTime container: iPhone and iPad footage, Mac screen recordings, Final Cut exports. Drop one in and download subtitles timed word by word. Over 500 MB continues at the upload page, and there is a route below for the very large ones. First transcript on the house, any length · instant preview, signup optional · 1,000 minutes for $8, never expiring.
How it works
Nothing to install on the Mac, and nothing to time by hand.
Up to 500 MB uploads in the box above. Beyond that, carry on at the upload page — or read the next section first, because MOV files get heavy fast.
The dialogue comes back with a timestamp on each word, about a few minutes of waiting per hour of footage, previewable with no account.
SRT for Final Cut, Premiere Pro and Resolve, VTT for browser players, plus TXT, DOCX, JSON and Markdown from the same job.
MOV specifics
MOV files are heavier than almost anything else people upload. Recorded at 4K and 60 frames a second, an iPhone writes hundreds of megabytes per minute, so the 5 GB ceiling can arrive inside fifteen minutes of footage. At 1080p the same ceiling sits a bit over an hour away. Final Cut exports in a mastering codec are heavier still.
Subtitles are made from speech, and the speech is a tiny fraction of the file. Put the MOV through the free extract audio from video tool and upload what comes out: a file small enough to send in seconds, on precisely the same timeline. Every cue still lands on the right frame when the SRT goes back against the picture in your editor.
Pull the audio, upload that, and caption the whole interview in one pass; if you want words rather than cues, the same job exports DOCX or TXT. Also here: video to SRT for any container, MP4 to SRT for the MP4 equivalent, audio to SRT for sound-only files, YouTube to SRT for a link, the caption generator for the rest, and the MOV format page.
Where the file goes
An SRT imports as a caption track, already timed, so nobody types cues against the timeline.
Learning platforms and browser players take VTT, so a walkthrough recorded on a Mac ships with captions.
Most feeds start silent. Subtitles give a clip recorded on an iPhone a chance to be understood before the sound is on.
Word-level timing points at the moment a line was said, so finding it means reading.
Pricing
Packs from $4 and readable in full at any length. Then one-time packs of 1,000 minutes for $8, 2,000 for $12 or 5,000 for $24.
| Recording | $8 pack | $12 pack | $24 pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-minute screen recording | $0.12 | $0.09 | $0.07 |
| 40-minute interview | $0.32 | $0.24 | $0.19 |
| 2-hour shoot | $0.96 | $0.72 | $0.58 |
| 4-hour event | $1.92 | $1.44 | $1.15 |
Price follows the length of the recording, not the size of the file. See pricing.
FAQ
Drop it into the box on this page, preview the transcript with no signup, open it in full with a free account, and download the SRT.
Because 4K footage at a high frame rate runs to hundreds of megabytes a minute. The picture is what fills the file, and the subtitles do not need it.
Run it through the free extract audio from video tool and upload the audio instead. It keeps the original timeline, so the cues still match the footage.
No. SRT, VTT, TXT and DOCX downloads contain the words and their timings. Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters.
Final Cut, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve all import SRT as a caption track. VTT is there too for anything that plays in a browser.
A 2-hour shoot uses $0.96 of the $8 pack, $0.72 at the $12 rate, or $0.58 at the $24 rate, and credits never expire.
Instant preview, no signup. A free account unlocks your first transcript, at any length.
For uploads and links alike: see video transcription services, how to transcribe audio to text online and our transcription service with prices and turnaround.