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Transcribe a ScreenFlow recording to text.

A .screenflow document is a project, not a video. Export it once (MP4, or audio only), drop the export here, and get the narration as a transcript, a chaptered summary and a caption file.

Free preview and summary Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file 99+ languages TXT · DOCX · SRT · VTT · JSON

The file you have

What ScreenFlow saves, and what to export.

Project file
A .screenflow document: your recordings plus the edit. It only opens in ScreenFlow and cannot be uploaded.
Export for transcription
File → Export. Any MP4 preset works; the Lossless – Audio Only preset writes an AIFF with just the sound.
Typical size
An MP4 export is a few hundred megabytes an hour. An audio-only AIFF is about 600 MB an hour, so for long sessions the MP4 can actually be the smaller upload.

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

Export the screencast

File → Export, pick an MP4 preset (or Lossless – Audio Only) and save.

2

Drop the export here

MP4 and AIFF both upload as they are.

3

Caption and document

Export SRT for the video host and DOCX for the written version of the tutorial.

Good to know

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

Example. A 25-minute product demo exported with the Web – High preset is a 180 MB MP4. The transcript is ready in about a minute; the VTT goes to the video host and the chapter list becomes the timestamps in the YouTube description. Checked 4 October 2026: an AIFF uploaded through this site came back as text.

What comes back

More than a wall of text.

The same four things for every ScreenFlow 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 25-minute demo is 25 minutes, so the $4 pack (500 minutes) covers it 20 times over. Every recording gets a free preview and 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

1,901 recordings, 830 audio hours, 64 languages detected. An hour of audio came back in 3.7 minutes for half of the recordings and within 19.7 minutes for nine in ten, measured from the moment the file landed to the finished transcript. Refreshed 2026-10-02; method on how we test.

FAQ

ScreenFlow to text, answered.

Can I upload a .screenflow file?

No. It is a project document that only ScreenFlow reads. Export it as MP4 or audio only and upload the export.

Does the audio-only AIFF export work?

Yes, AIFF is read directly. It is uncompressed, so it is bigger than an MP4 of the same recording.

How do I caption the screencast with the result?

Export SRT or VTT from the transcript and attach it where the video is hosted, or import the SRT in an editor that supports caption tracks.

What does transcribing ScreenFlow recordings cost?

The preview and the summary are free. A pack opens the full transcript: $4 for 500 minutes, $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes, $24 for 5,000 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.

Keep going

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