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Transcribe a Brightcove video to text.

WhipScribe transcribes a Brightcove video from its source file or MP4 rendition and returns a WebVTT text track. Packs: $4 for 300 minutes, $18 for 3,000, $32 for 6,000; Workspace $19 a month. Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file. Measured turnaround: about 2 minutes per audio hour. 99 languages. Checked 2 Nov 2026.

Free preview of the opening minutes Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file 99+ languages TXT · DOCX · SRT · VTT · JSON

The file you have

What Brightcove gives you, and what to upload.

Best source
The original file you uploaded to Brightcove, if you still have it.
From Video Cloud
Media module → the video → its video files: an MP4 rendition can be downloaded when the ingest profile created one. Masters cannot be downloaded from Studio.
Player links
A Brightcove player or page URL is not a media file. Upload the file.
Captions
Brightcove Player uses WebVTT text tracks.

There is no link to paste for this one. Get the file onto your phone or computer first, then upload it in the box above.

How it works

Three steps, the first one is the only one that takes any thought.

1

Get the file

Use your source file, or download the MP4 rendition from the video's files in the Media module.

2

Drop it here

Any rendition works; the smallest uploads fastest and gives the same transcript.

3

Add the text track

Export VTT, then in the Media module open the video's text tracks and upload it as captions; set it to Published.

Good to know

What trips people up, and what to do about it.

Example. A marketing team needs captions for a 22-minute customer webinar hosted on Brightcove. The smallest MP4 rendition is downloaded, transcribed in under a minute, and the VTT is added as a published text track.

What comes back

More than a wall of text.

The same four things for every Brightcove recording, whatever its length.

A transcript with timestamps

Every line carries its time. Click a line to hear that second again, or search a name or phrase and jump to each place it was said.

A summary, chapters and key quotes

A brief with the takeaways, chapters with their start times, and the quotes worth keeping. Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters.

Questions answered from the recording

Ask where a topic came up or what was decided, and get the answer with the time it was said, instead of scrolling the whole text.

Every export

TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, JSON from the same transcript: a document to edit, caption files for video, plain text to paste, structured data for your own tools.

Pricing

Free preview. Packs from $4, and the minutes never expire.

A 22-minute hosted webinar is 22 minutes, so the $4 pack (300 minutes) covers it 13 times over. Every recording gets a free preview, and in 31 countries, or for recordings of an hour or more in most others, a summary you can read before paying; a pack opens the full transcript and every export. Packs are one-time purchases with no subscription and no seat fee.

Pick a pack to open secure checkout. Workspace is $19 a month for unlimited transcription (300-hour fair-use mark). Full pricing

What we measured, last 30 days

3,332 recordings, 2,490 audio hours, 65 languages detected. An hour of audio came back in 3.1 minutes for half of the recordings and within 17.5 minutes for nine in ten, measured from the moment the file landed to the finished transcript. Refreshed 2026-10-28; method on how we test.

FAQ

Brightcove to text, answered.

Can I paste a Brightcove player link?

No. Upload the original video or an MP4 rendition downloaded from the Media module.

Which caption format does Brightcove use?

WebVTT. Export VTT from the transcript and add it as a text track.

Why can I not download the video?

Downloads need an MP4 rendition, which depends on the ingest profile used. Use the source file you uploaded instead.

What does transcribing Brightcove recordings cost?

The preview is free, and so is the summary in 31 countries or for recordings of an hour or more. A pack opens the full transcript: $4 for 300 minutes, $18 for 3,000 minutes, $32 for 6,000 minutes. Packs are one-time, credits never expire, and Workspace is $19 a month if you transcribe every week.

How long can the recording be?

One file can run up to 10 hours or 5 GB. The box on this page takes files up to 500 MB; a larger file continues on the main upload page, which uploads it in parts. Most recordings come back in about two minutes per hour of audio.

Is the recording kept private?

Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training. You can delete a recording and its transcript at any time.

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