Video to Transcript
Upload a video or audio file, or paste a video link, and get back a full text transcript of everything spoken in it.
Click to choose a file, or drag & drop here
About this tool
Get a full text transcript from a video or audio file using Google's Gemini AI, either by uploading a file directly or pasting a video URL. Useful for turning a recorded lecture, interview, or meeting into searchable, editable text.
Transcription quality depends mainly on audio clarity — clean, single-speaker audio with minimal background noise transcribes closest to perfectly, while overlapping speakers, heavy accents, or noisy recordings will have more errors, since this reflects a general limitation of speech-to-text models rather than something specific to this tool. For multi-speaker recordings, expect to do a light manual pass to attribute who said what, since speaker labels aren't automatically added.
How to use it
- Upload a video/audio file, or paste a video URL.
- Click Transcribe.
- Wait while the AI processes the audio.
- Copy the transcript once it appears.
Example uses
- Transcribe a recorded lecture into text notes.
- Get a written transcript of a podcast episode.
- Turn an interview recording into a searchable text document.
- Create a text version of a recorded meeting for people who couldn't attend.
Frequently asked questions
Does it label who's speaking in a multi-speaker recording?
No — it returns a plain transcript of all spoken words without speaker labels, so for multi-speaker audio you'll want a light manual pass to attribute lines to each speaker.
What affects transcription accuracy the most?
Audio clarity above all — clean, single-speaker audio with little background noise transcribes closest to perfectly. Overlapping speech, heavy accents, or noisy recordings will have more errors.
Can I paste a YouTube link instead of uploading a file?
Yes — pasting a video URL is supported alongside direct file upload for common video platforms.