To convert AVI to text, upload the video to TranscriptX from your device, Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive. There is no need to convert it to MP4 first. The AI transcribes the speech and shows punctuated paragraphs with timestamps. Fix any word with Edit, then click Copy, or click Download for a TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT or VTT file.
An AVI to text converter listens to the speech in an AVI video and writes it out as text. AVI is one of the oldest video formats still in use: you find it on clips from older digital cameras and camcorders, in Windows-era recordings, and in archives of lectures, family videos and films.
Typing up one hour of speech by hand takes about four hours. TranscriptX reads the audio track of the AVI for you and returns a transcript in seconds to minutes, depending on the length, so you spend your time using the words instead of pausing and rewinding.
Click Upload and choose From this device, Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive. Upload the AVI as it is; no need to convert it to MP4 or extract the audio first.
TranscriptX detects the language and writes out the speech as paragraphs, each with a timestamp, so you can find any moment in the video.
Play the parts you care about, and use Edit to fix names, numbers or terms the audio made hard to catch.
Click Copy to put the text on your clipboard. To save a file, click Download, the button next to Copy, and pick .txt, .docx, .pdf, .srt or .vtt.
TranscriptX is free every day and you can try it without an account. Open the page, upload your AVI and read the transcript in the same browser tab. There is no app to install, so it works the same on a Windows PC, a Mac, a Chromebook, an iPhone or an Android phone.
Sign in to keep your transcripts in History across devices. For long videos or daily use, the <a href="/pricing/">Pro plan</a> adds a stronger model, speaker labels, noise reduction and unlimited transcription.
Click Download next to the Copy button and choose the file your next step needs. Use .txt for plain text you can paste anywhere, .docx (AVI to Word) to edit in Word or Google Docs, and .pdf to share a read-only copy.
To caption the same video, download .srt (AVI to SRT) or .vtt. Each subtitle line carries its own timing, so you can load the file next to the AVI in your video player or editor, or upload it with the video on YouTube and most other platforms.
Any AVI with speech in it. The ones people convert most:
Many older digital cameras and camcorders saved video as AVI. Turn birthday speeches, family interviews and trip commentary into text you can keep and search.
Course recordings and conference talks stored as AVI become notes and quotes with timestamps.
Tutorials and demos captured with Windows recording tools that save AVI turn into written steps or a help article.
Pull exact quotes with their timestamps. For research and press interviews, use <a href="/interview-transcription/">Interview Transcription</a>.
Older films, training videos and recordings kept in AVI become text you can search instead of scrubbing through the video.
A recorded meeting or presentation saved as AVI becomes a written record of what was said and decided.
A transcript you can work with, not just a block of words:
Sentences, commas and paragraph breaks are added for you, so the text reads like writing.
Each paragraph shows where it starts in the video. Turn timestamps on to find a moment in the AVI, or off for clean reading text.
On the Pro plan, videos with two or more people come back with each speaker labelled.
Write notes, checklists and timestamped bookmarks in the Notes tab next to the text.
Fix a word, a name or a number directly in the transcript before you copy or export it.
Accuracy depends on the sound in the video, not on the picture or the file format. A clear voice close to the microphone, one speaker at a time and little background noise give a transcript that needs few corrections. Older recordings often have a built-in camera mic, hiss or a speaker far away, and those cause more errors.
Before you rely on the text, check names, numbers and technical terms against the video using the timestamps. On the Pro plan, noise reduction helps with noisy recordings.
Not every video is an AVI. TranscriptX also accepts MP4, MOV, MKV and WebM video, and audio such as MP3, WAV and M4A, so you rarely need to convert a file before uploading. See <a href="/mp4-to-text/">MP4 to Text</a> and <a href="/mov-to-text/">MOV to Text</a>, or use <a href="/video-to-text/">Video to Text</a> for any video and <a href="/audio-to-text/">Audio to Text</a> for audio.
Uploaded files are deleted automatically, and your videos and transcripts are not used to train AI models. You can delete a single transcript, or all your data, at any time from your account. See the <a href="/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a> for details.
Yes. TranscriptX is free every day and you can try it without an account. The <a href="/pricing/">Pro plan</a> is for heavy use.
No. Upload the AVI as it is. TranscriptX reads the audio inside the video.
Yes. After the transcript appears, click Download and choose .docx. It opens in Word and Google Docs.
Yes. Click Download and choose .srt, or .vtt for web players. Each line keeps its timing.
Upload it from Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive, and check your plan's file size on the <a href="/pricing/">pricing page</a>. For very long recordings, see <a href="/transcribe-large-audio-files/">Transcribe Large Audio Files</a>.
Yes. The spoken language is detected automatically, and the transcript comes back in that language.
Upload an AVI and get an editable transcript with timestamps. Copy the text, or download it as TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT or VTT.
Need the full guide, including old recordings, files that won't upload and subtitles? Read <a href="/blog/how-to-transcribe-avi-files/">how to transcribe AVI files</a>. Free to try, no account needed.
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