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WAV files are big, and that is the only hard thing about them. Drop one here as it is, 24-bit or 32-bit float included: up to 500 MB in this box, up to 5 GB on the main upload page, and you read the summary free.
The file you have
Sometimes a link works. Upload the file, or paste a direct link to it if it already sits online (an address ending in .wav, or a Google Drive link set to 'Anyone with the link'). For a large WAV a link saves you the upload.
How it works
Under 500 MB: drop it in the box on this page. Over that: use the main upload page, which sends large files in parts.
No need to convert to MP3 or change the bit depth. Stereo files are mixed to one track for transcription.
Free preview and summary; a pack opens the full transcript with TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON.
Good to know
What comes back
The same four things for every WAV 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 three-hour meeting is 180 minutes, so the $4 pack (500 minutes) covers it twice. 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 it in the box on this page if it is under 500 MB, or use the main upload page for anything up to 5 GB. The transcript comes back with timestamps in about two minutes per hour of audio.
No. WAV is read directly at any common sample rate and bit depth. Converting only helps if you want a faster upload.
Yes. Both are read directly.
Save it as MP3 or FLAC first; the speech is unchanged and the file shrinks five to ten times. Any audio editor does this, and so does one ffmpeg line: ffmpeg -i recording.wav recording.mp3.
It is the same engine. That page is the quick converter for a short clip; this one is about long and large WAV recordings, their sizes and what to do near the limits.
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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