MOV is Apple's container: what an iPhone films, what QuickTime saves when you record the screen, what an editor hands back as ProRes. Upload one, read what was said, and download it as a genuine .docx. One free transcript to start, complete up any length · from there, 1,000 minutes cost $8 and never expire.
How it works
One decision matters: send the video, or only its sound.
Under 500 MB, drop the MOV straight in. Between that and 5 GB, use the upload page. Above 5 GB, take the audio out, as below.
The transcript lines up with the recording, timestamp by timestamp, and a click replays any of them. Fix a line while signed in and it stays.
DOCX with timestamps or without, plus SRT and VTT if the video needs captions. All from the one transcript.
About MOV
An hour of speech is tiny. An hour of ProRes is not.
iPhones and iPads film to MOV, QuickTime Player writes it when recording a screen, and editors export ProRes masters in the same container.
iPhone 1080p is around 40 MB a minute; 4K at 60 frames is ten times that. ProRes 422 HQ at 1080p passes 1.5 GB a minute, so an hour never fits 5 GB.
In QuickTime Player, File then Export As then Audio Only gives a small .m4a of the same recording. Send that: same words, same timings, a fraction of the upload.
The codec inside the MOV is not the problem; the volume of picture data is. Whatever the video track holds, only audio is read.
| MOV source | Per minute | One hour | Inside 5 GB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| iPhone 1080p at 30 fps | ~40 MB | ~2.4 GB | About two hours |
| iPhone 4K at 60 fps | ~400 MB | ~24 GB | About twelve minutes |
| ProRes 422 HQ, 1080p | ~1.6 GB | ~96 GB | About three minutes |
Which is why Export As, Audio Only exists. Ten hours reduced to its soundtrack is usually under 400 MB.
Common uses
Filmed once, read many times.
The edit needs the picture; the write-up needs words a producer can mark up on a train.
Turn a walkthrough into written documentation and keep the video as the optional version.
Watch back once, then work from the page: cut the digressions, keep the line that landed.
Camcorder transfers become readable, and searchable, without sitting through hours of tape.
Pricing
A ProRes master and the small audio export you make from it cost the same, because minutes are counted from running time. The first transcript is on the house, complete, for at any length.
A 12-minute product demo is under $0.10 on the $8 pack. A two-day shoot with six hours of usable footage is 360 minutes, roughly $2.90. The pricing page has the detail.
FAQ
Upload the MOV here, wait for the transcript, then export DOCX. Preview needs no account, and $0.99 opens your first transcript in full.
Open it in QuickTime Player and use File, Export As, Audio Only. That gives a small .m4a of the same recording, and it produces an identical transcript.
The audio inside a ProRes MOV transcribes like any other. Size is the only obstacle, and exporting the audio removes it.
No. Speaker labels sit beside the lines in the transcript view on the page. The DOCX download carries the spoken text, and JSON is the export that includes speaker information.
Yes. SRT and VTT export from the same transcript at no extra cost, with timings that match the recording.
Yes, a real Word document. It opens in Word, Pages, Google Docs and LibreOffice, and you can restyle and comment in it.
No, only what was spoken. A screen recording where you demonstrated in silence produces nothing to read.
Ten hours per file, within 5 GB. For high-resolution footage, the audio-only route is the practical way to reach that length.
Instant preview, no signup. Export Audio Only first if the file is enormous.