TranscriptX is a free AI transcription tool that turns video and audio into text. Paste a link or drop a file, get clean paragraphed text in seconds, switch timestamps on when you need them, and export to TXT, DOCX or PDF. No account required.
AI transcription converts spoken language from a video or audio recording into written text. You upload the file, and the AI writes out what was said instead of you typing it by hand.
The value is in what the text unlocks. A one-hour interview is hard to search, quote or summarize while the words stay inside an audio file. As a transcript, that same hour becomes text you can scan in seconds, pull exact quotes from, translate, turn into subtitles, or hand to ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude for analysis.
TranscriptX runs that conversion free, in the browser, with no account required.
TranscriptX handles any recording with speech in it, in over 100 languages, with no limit on file size.
Tutorials, presentations, webinars, courses and recorded calls become readable text you can search and repurpose.
Podcasts, MP3s, recorded conversations and lectures convert into a written version that is easier to archive and reuse.
Voice memos and spoken notes become editable text — useful when talking is faster than typing but the idea still needs to be written down.
Speaker separation labels who said what, so a four-person meeting reads as a real record of decisions and action items rather than one block of text.
Speaker labels and timestamps let journalists and researchers find a quote, jump back to that moment in the audio, and verify it against the source.
Turn lessons into written study material you can search by term, review and condense into notes.
One episode becomes show notes, a newsletter, an article and social copy — all from a single transcript.
Paste a public video link and get the spoken content as text for research, learning, quoting or repurposing.
Drop in a video, audio file or voice recording, or paste a public YouTube or TikTok link. There is no file size limit and no account to create.
TranscriptX detects the spoken language automatically across 100+ languages, separates speech from background noise, and identifies each speaker as it writes the words out with punctuation and sentence breaks.
Read it through and fix anything the audio made hard to catch. Names, numbers and technical terms are the ones worth checking before you publish or quote from it.
Hit Copy to paste it anywhere, or Download for a file — exactly what you see on screen, with timestamps if you switched them on.
All three turn speech into text, but they are built for different jobs.
It is everything that was said, written out as text you read separately from the video rather than alongside it. Choose a transcript when the words themselves are the point — when you want to search for an idea, pull an exact quote, study the material or analyze what was discussed. Export it as TXT, DOCX or PDF.
Captions are synced to playback so each line appears as it is spoken — for viewers who cannot hear the audio, or when a video autoplays on mute. TranscriptX gives you the text and timestamps to build them in your subtitle tool.
Subtitles also appear during playback, but their usual job is language: showing what the speaker said to viewers who do not speak it. Start from the transcript, translate the lines, then build them in your subtitle tool.
The result is clean, paragraphed text that reads like an article. Hit Copy to paste it anywhere, or Download to get TXT, DOCX or PDF — exactly what you see on screen, with timestamps if you switched them on. All free.
You do not need to download a video to transcribe it. Paste a public link and TranscriptX reads the audio from the video itself, then returns the spoken content as text you can search, quote and reuse.
Copy the URL of any public YouTube video and paste it into TranscriptX. A two-hour lecture, interview or tutorial comes back as text in over 100 languages, with each speaker labelled, so you can find the one idea you came for instead of scrubbing through the timeline looking for it. Researchers use this to quote a source accurately, students to turn a lecture into study notes, and writers to build an article out of a video that already explained the topic well. If YouTube is most of your work, the YouTube Transcript tool is built around this exact job.
Paste a public TikTok link and the spoken words come back as text before the video scrolls out of your feed. Short-form video moves fast, and the useful part is usually a single line — the hook that made you stop, the claim in a product review, the step someone explained in nine seconds. Having it as text means you can save it, study why it worked, and write your own version rather than trying to remember it. The TikTok Transcript tool handles short-form video specifically.
Yes. AI transcription on TranscriptX is free to use, with no account to create and no limit on file size.
No. TranscriptX runs in the browser. There is no software to download and no account to register.
Over 100 languages. TranscriptX detects the spoken language automatically, so you do not need to select it before uploading.
Three: TXT, DOCX and PDF — exactly what you see on screen, with timestamps if you switched them on. No subtitle formats.
Yes. TranscriptX labels each speaker separately, so meetings, interviews and multi-person podcasts come back showing who said what.
Yes. Upload the recording and each speaker is labelled in the transcript, which is what turns a long discussion into a usable record of decisions and action items.
Yes — switch on "Show timestamps" on the result. By default you get clean paragraphs; switched on, each paragraph starts with a [mm:ss] mark, and Copy/Download follow it.
Copy the URL of a public YouTube video, paste it into TranscriptX, and the spoken content comes back as text you can copy or export. There is a dedicated YouTube Transcript tool if you do this often.
Accuracy depends mostly on the recording. Clear speech, steady volume and low background noise produce the best results, while overlapping speakers, echo or loud music reduce it. Review names, numbers and technical terms before you publish.
Speech to text is the recognition step that turns spoken words into written ones. AI transcription is the full workflow around it: recognizing the speech, punctuating it, labelling speakers, adding timestamps and exporting a file you can use.
No. TranscriptX gives you text to read, quote and feed to AI — it does not export subtitle formats. If you need positions in time, switch timestamps on.
Yes. Export or copy the text and paste it into any AI assistant to summarize, extract action items, analyze themes or turn it into an article.
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Upload a video, audio file or voice recording, or paste a YouTube or TikTok link. TranscriptX returns a transcript in over 100 languages, with speaker labels and optional timestamps.
Export it as TXT, DOCX or PDF to read and edit. No account, no cost.