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Convert audio or video into text transcriptions - a free online service for speech recognition

Key Advantages

Accuracy
Accuracy

Turn any audio into accurate text, no matter the sound quality (example) and (example)

Speaker Diarization
Speaker Diarization

Get a transcription with speakers identified — you can rename them (example)

Lightning Fast
Lightning Fast

Transcribe one hour of audio or video in just 10 minutes!

Many languages
Many languages

Transcribe audio and video in 90+ languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, etc.

Security & Privacy
Security & Privacy

Your privacy is our top priority. We do not store your files or transcriptions after you delete them. All data is encrypted during uploading to ensure your information remains secure.

Subtitles Ready
Subtitles Ready

Download transcript as subtitles and use them with your video.

Video file to text is the easiest way to turn what people say on screen into clear, searchable writing. Speech2Text is an online tool that transcribes your video files — interviews, lectures, screen recordings, and social clips — quickly and accurately.

6 reasons to convert a video file to text with Speech2Text

— Works with common video formats, so you can upload files from phones, cameras, or screen recorders without extra conversion.

— Supports many popular languages used in business, research, and education, so you can work with international content.

— Recognizes natural speech with high accuracy, even when speakers talk quickly or there is moderate background noise.

— Can separate different voices in the same video, which is especially useful for interviews, panel discussions, and meetings.

— Adds optional timestamps so you always know when a specific quote was said and can jump back to that moment in the video.

— Processes long recordings much faster than manual typing, letting you turn a full hour of content into text in a fraction of that time.

How to convert a video file to text online

  1. Upload the video file from your computer, phone, or cloud storage.

  2. Select the language and enable any options you need, such as timestamps or speaker labels.

  3. Start recognition and wait while the system converts the video file to text.

  4. Review the transcript, make quick edits, and export it as a document or subtitle file.

Why turn words from a video file into text

  • Use the transcript as a base for articles, blog posts, newsletters, and presentation materials.

  • Analyze interviews, focus groups, or research recordings without replaying the same parts over and over.

  • Quickly prepare subtitles to make your videos accessible and easier to watch with the sound off.

  • Share key moments with your team by copying text snippets into chats, tickets, or project tools.

Try video file to text online today

There is no need to transcribe recordings by hand. Upload your next video, let Speech2Text handle the video file to text conversion, and see how much faster it is to work with a written transcript.

You can start on a free tier, then expand as you add more interviews, lessons, and marketing content to your workflow.

FAQs

Upload your video file to Speech2Text, choose the language and options such as timestamps or speaker labels, then start recognition. In a few minutes, the service will process the video file to text and show the transcript in an editor.

Yes. You can convert video files to text within a free quota. This lets you test the quality on real interviews, lectures, or webinars before deciding if you need a paid plan for regular or high-volume use.

Most common formats from phones, cameras, and screen recorders are accepted. If the video file plays normally on your device, you can usually upload it and get a text transcript without converting it first.

Yes. The system restores punctuation and breaks the text into readable paragraphs. After the video file to text conversion, you can adjust wording, fix names, and format the document as needed.

It does. You can enable speaker separation so the transcript shows who is talking in meetings, panel discussions, and interviews. This makes it easier to follow the conversation and quote specific participants.

Yes. After you convert a video file to text, you can export the result as a document for Word or as subtitle files, depending on how you plan to use the transcript.

Recordings are processed on secure infrastructure, and you control what stays in your account. You can delete uploaded video files and finished transcripts at any time to meet your internal privacy and compliance requirements.