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Transcribe a Frame.io asset to text.

WhipScribe transcribes a Frame.io asset downloaded as an original or proxy, for paper edits and captions. 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 Frame.io gives you, and what to upload.

Download
The asset's ⋯ menu → Download, then the original or a proxy.
Many assets
Frame.io Transfer downloads folders, originals or proxies in bulk.
Review links
A Frame.io review or share link is a player page. Download and upload the file.
Typical size
Originals can be many GB; a proxy of an hour is usually under 1 GB.

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

Download a proxy

From the asset's ⋯ menu choose Download and pick the smallest proxy.

2

Drop it here

MP4 and MOV upload as they are, up to 5 GB.

3

Use the text

Export DOCX for paper edits, or SRT or VTT for captions on the cut.

Good to know

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

Example. An editor has a 70-minute raw interview in Frame.io. The 720p proxy is downloaded and transcribed in about two and a half minutes, and the DOCX is used for the paper edit.

What comes back

More than a wall of text.

The same four things for every Frame.io 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 70-minute raw interview is 70 minutes, so the $4 pack (300 minutes) covers it 4 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

Frame.io to text, answered.

Can I paste a Frame.io review link?

No. It opens a player page. Download the asset and upload it.

Original or proxy?

A proxy. It gives the same transcript and uploads much faster.

Will the captions match the final cut?

Only if you transcribe the final cut. Download the finished version for captions, or the raw clips for paper edits.

What does transcribing Frame.io 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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Drop the recording. Read the summary in minutes.

Free preview, no signup to try. Up to 10 hours or 5 GB in one file.

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