MP3 to text punctuated and timestamped.
The most common file and the most common frustration: an MP3 that's too long for the free converters. Drop it here — the opening minutes are a free preview, and a pack from $4 (300 minutes) transcribes the rest, at any length up to 10 hours.
What you get
Why MP3s trip up most converters.
Length isn't the problem here
Most free tools cap at 25 MB or ten minutes, which is roughly one podcast segment. A two-hour MP3 is ordinary here — the ceiling is 10 hours or 5 GB, and long jobs queue server-side rather than timing out in the tab. Files over 500 MB continue on the upload page.
Variable bitrate handled
VBR MP3s, recordings from phone apps, and files with broken duration headers are exactly what makes timestamps drift in cheaper tools. Audio is normalised before transcription, so the timings line up from the first word to the last.
One mixed track, transcribed as it is
An MP3 is one mixed channel. Whipscribe transcribes it as it is, with a timestamp on every line, so you can find any moment of the interview and check it against the audio. Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters.
Formats that go somewhere
DOCX for a writer, SRT and VTT for an editor, JSON for a pipeline, TXT for everything else. Every cue timed to the speech, so subtitles land where they are spoken.
The usual MP3 experience
Where MP3 converters give up.
✗ A typical MP3 converter
Works on the three-minute test file. Then you feed it the real recording.
- 25 MB or 10-minute ceiling
- Upload fails silently on long files
- Timestamps drift on VBR files
- Everyone becomes one speaker
- TXT only, no subtitle formats
✓ Whipscribe
Sized for real recordings rather than demo clips.
- 10 hours or 5 GB per file
- Job continues if you close the tab
- Audio normalised before transcription
- Transcribed from the mixed track
- TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX, JSON
Sample output
Timestamped. Click-to-seek. Exportable.
A recorded conversation from a single MP3 track, split back into speakers.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $4 (300 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$4/300 min
5 hours of audio — $0.80 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 300 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$18/3,000 min
50 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 3,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- All export formats
- AI chat over the whole transcript
Bulk pack
$32/6,000 min
100 hours of audio — $0.32 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 6,000 minutes of audio
- Summary, chapters and key quotes
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
MP3 conversion questions, answered.
Is there a file-size limit?
10 hours or 5 GB per file. The box on this page takes files up to 500 MB; larger files continue on the upload page. Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes; a pack from $4 (300 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export. A 10-hour recording at a normal bitrate is well under a gigabyte, so that covers essentially any MP3.
What if my MP3 is a link rather than a file?
Paste the URL instead. We fetch the audio server-side, so you don't have to download a two-hour file just to upload it again.
Will it separate two people on one track?
Yes. A single-track MP3 of an interview transcribes cleanly, with a timestamp on every line. Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters; overlapping speech is the hard case for every engine.
Can I get subtitles from an MP3?
Yes — SRT and VTT export timed to the speech, which is what you want if the MP3 is the audio bed for a video you're about to caption.
What does it cost?
One-time minute packs — $4 for 300 minutes, $18 for 3,000, $32 for 6,000 — with credits that never expire. No subscription.
Related
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