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Drop the MP4 as it is; there is no need to pull the audio out first. The speech comes back as a timestamped transcript with chapters, and as caption files that match the video's timing.
The file you have
Sometimes a link works. Upload the file, or paste a link if the video is already online: a Google Drive link set to 'Anyone with the link', a direct address ending in .mp4, or a public video page.
How it works
Or, over 500 MB, upload it from the main page, which sends it in parts.
About two minutes of processing per hour of video once the upload is in.
TXT or DOCX to read and edit; SRT or VTT to caption the same video.
Good to know
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vn audio.mp3, gives a small file with the same transcript.What comes back
The same four things for every MP4 recording, whatever its length.
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 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.
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.
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
A 95-minute webinar is 95 minutes, so the $4 pack (500 minutes) covers it 5 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
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
Drop the MP4 in the box on this page (up to 500 MB), or upload it from the main page for files up to 5 GB. The speech is transcribed with timestamps.
No. The audio is read from the MP4. Extracting it yourself only helps when the video is over 5 GB or your connection is slow.
Yes. Export SRT or VTT from the finished transcript; the timings match the file you uploaded.
The video has no speech on its first audio track: it is silent, music only, or your voice was recorded on a second track.
Same engine. That page is the quick converter; this one covers large and long video files, audio tracks and captions.
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.
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.
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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