WMA is what older Windows dictation hardware and Windows-era recording software left behind, and a great many archives are still full of it. Upload the file in any browser and download cues timed from word-level timestamps — no Windows machine and no conversion step required. Past 500 MB, use the upload page. packs from $4, credits never expire · preview before you sign up · $8 buys 1,000 minutes, with no expiry.
How it works
An old file format meets a browser upload box.
From a dictation recorder, a network share or a backup drive. Up to 500 MB here; larger batches of a single long file carry on at the upload page.
Words arrive individually timestamped, roughly a few minutes of waiting per hour of dictation, and the preview asks for no account.
SRT and VTT for timed text; DOCX, TXT, JSON and Markdown when what you actually want is the dictation written out.
WMA specifics
Dictation was recorded at low bitrates on purpose, so a WMA is compact: an hour of speech at typical dictation settings is a few dozen megabytes, and even a ten-hour file stays far below the 5 GB ceiling. The limit these files meet is the 10-hour one per upload, never size.
Some WMA files bought from long-closed music stores carry rights protection that prevents any software from reading the audio. Dictation, voice recordings and meeting captures never do — they were written by the recorder, not sold. If a protected file is refused, that is why, and there is nothing on this side to change about it.
Typically a video assembled around an excerpt, a caption track beside a web player, or an editor timeline. Often the point is not cues at all but a readable document, in which case take the DOCX. See audio to SRT, video to SRT for a file with picture, YouTube to SRT for a public link, the caption generator as the front door, and the WMA format page.
Where the file goes
A real .docx comes out of the same job, so a recorded letter or report becomes something you can edit and send.
A folder of archived dictation gains text, and each transcript stays in your library.
A VTT track beside a player gives a historical recording readable words for anyone who cannot use the audio.
Word-level timing points at the second a phrase was spoken, which is what makes an old recording citable.
Pricing
a pack from $4 opens the full transcript in full at any length. Then 1,000 minutes for $8, 2,000 for $12, 5,000 for $24 — suited to archive work done in batches.
| Recording | $8 pack | $12 pack | $24 pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-minute dictation | $0.05 | $0.04 | $0.03 |
| 45-minute recording | $0.36 | $0.27 | $0.22 |
| 2-hour archived meeting | $0.96 | $0.72 | $0.58 |
| 6-hour call archive | $2.88 | $2.16 | $1.73 |
Figures show the share of a pack each recording uses. See pricing.
FAQ
Upload it on this page from any browser, read the preview without signing up, open the full transcript with a free account, and download the SRT.
No. The upload runs in the browser, so a WMA can be captioned from a Mac, a phone or a Linux machine just as easily.
Rights-protected WMA files, mostly old music purchases, cannot be read by any software. Dictation and voice recordings are not protected and upload normally.
No. Speakers are separated in the transcript view on screen. The SRT, VTT, TXT and DOCX downloads contain only the words and their timings, while JSON carries speaker information.
Up to 10 hours per file. These files are small enough that the 5 GB ceiling is never the one you meet.
Six hours of recordings uses $2.88 of the $8 pack, or $1.73 at the $24 pack rate. Credits are bought once and do not expire.
Instant preview, no signup. The first file is free, at any length.