# Media2Text product reference Canonical site: https://media2text.app/ Publisher: Media2Text Public support email: support@media2text.app Public Discord community: https://discord.gg/qJCMCjpHb Last updated: 2026-10-01 ## What Media2Text does Media2Text converts audio and video recordings into searchable, editable text. The transcription workspace supports speaker-labelled segments, timestamps, synchronized playback, transcript search and editing, and multiple export formats. The workspace also supports AI summaries, source-linked mind maps and a separate translated transcript track. AI features use account-level allowances and may depend on plan and availability. ## Supported inputs Audio formats: AAC, AMR, AWB, FLAC, M4A, MKA, MP2, MP3, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WAV, WEBA, WEBM and WMA. Video formats: 3GP, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPG, TS, WEBM and WMV. Public-link import is in Beta for concrete public media URLs from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and Vimeo. Each supported link is resolved and checked before task creation. Platform homepages, profiles, live streams, playlists, private or login-gated media, region-restricted media and DRM content are not supported. Availability can still change between verification and final extraction. Limits: paid plans have unlimited uploads and are limited only by available transcription minutes. Up to 2 lifetime transcription tasks share 75 minutes in total, without sign-up or a credit card. Signing in keeps the same allowance, including guest usage; no extra minutes are added. This one-time allowance never resets. The trial is available for up to 2 lifetime tasks sharing 75 minutes in total per account/browser/device risk identity, including guest usage, and does not renew. Each source file may be up to 6 GB; paid tiers allow files up to 5 hours 15 minutes. ## Languages Media2Text documents 60 supported languages, with automatic language identification and multilingual-speech support. The 60 documented languages are Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese and Welsh. ## Workspace and outputs The workspace provides searchable and editable transcript segments, speaker labels and renaming, speaker visibility controls, segment timestamps, synchronized audio playback, playback speed and volume controls, find and replace, and export controls. Word-level timestamps are used when the selected transcription engine returns reliable word timing; when they are unavailable, subtitle cue generation uses segment timing. Export formats: TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, CSV, TSV, JSON, SRT and VTT. Export options vary by format and can include speaker names, timestamps, JSON structure and subtitle cue layout. ## AI summaries, mind maps and translation AI summaries are generated from transcript segments in Overview. The workspace offers General, Meeting, Course, Interview and Podcast summary types and a summary-language selector. Generated points include source references for checking the supporting transcript. Summary and mind map generation are separate actions; a generated result is not a substitute for checking important names, figures and quotations. Mind maps organize transcript content into topics and subtopics with source references. The view supports zoom, fit-to-view and fullscreen. Mind map exports are PNG, SVG, PDF, Markdown, XMind, OPML and JSON; these are separate from transcript export formats. Transcript translation creates a separate track while retaining speaker labels and timestamps. Original, Translation and Side by side views let the reader compare versions. Transcript exports offer Original, Translation or Bilingual content where supported by the selected format. Translation does not dub audio, and transcript-based AI outputs do not analyze silent video scenes. AI summaries and mind maps require an account and use separate generation allowances from transcription minutes. Translation of the corresponding owned transcript is available to guests and signed-in users without a separate minute allowance or monthly minute cap. Availability varies by plan and service status. A free transcription trial is not unlimited free AI generation. See the workspace and current pricing for the applicable allowance. ## Video privacy and processing For supported video workflows, the browser extracts the audio track locally. The original video stays on the user's device and is not uploaded for transcription. Prepared audio is uploaded securely for transcription and retained according to the published privacy and retention terms. ## Pricing All prices below are in US dollars. Current checkout terms take precedence if this document and the checkout page ever differ. - One-time free trial: $0. Up to 2 lifetime transcription tasks share 75 minutes in total, without sign-up or a credit card. Signing in keeps the same allowance, including guest usage; no extra minutes are added. This one-time allowance never resets. The allowance does not renew. - Lite one-time pack: $12.25 paid once. Includes 315 transcription minutes valid for 90 days, unlimited uploads, and can coexist with a subscription. - Plus one-time pack: $18.90 paid once. Includes 630 transcription minutes valid for 90 days, unlimited uploads, and can coexist with a subscription. - Basic monthly: $9.50 per month. Includes 1,260 transcription minutes per month and unlimited uploads. Extra usage is $9.50 per 525 minutes. - Basic annual: $68.40 billed annually, equivalent to $5.70 per month. Includes 1,260 transcription minutes per month and unlimited uploads. - Standard monthly: $19.00 per month. Includes 3,150 transcription minutes per month and unlimited uploads. Extra usage is $14.25 per 1,050 minutes. - Standard annual: $136.80 billed annually, equivalent to $11.40 per month. Includes 3,150 transcription minutes per month and unlimited uploads. - Pro monthly: $28.50 per month. Includes 6,300 transcription minutes per month and unlimited uploads. Extra usage is $19.00 per 3,150 minutes. - Pro annual: $205.20 billed annually, equivalent to $17.10 per month. Includes 6,300 transcription minutes per month and unlimited uploads. ## Frequently asked questions ### Can Media2Text be used for free? Yes. Up to 2 lifetime transcription tasks share 75 minutes in total, without sign-up or a credit card. Signing in keeps the same allowance, including guest usage; no extra minutes are added. This one-time allowance never resets. ### Does Media2Text export subtitles? Yes. SRT and VTT subtitle exports are supported alongside text, document and structured-data formats. ### Does Media2Text upload the original video? For supported video workflows, the browser extracts audio locally. The original video is not uploaded for transcription. ### How quickly are results available? Results are usually ready within minutes, depending on recording length, current service load and source accessibility. ## Citation pages - AI summaries, mind maps and translation workflow: https://media2text.app/blog/transcript-summary-mind-map-translation/ - Interview transcription guide: https://media2text.app/blog/how-to-transcribe-an-interview/ - SRT subtitle creation guide: https://media2text.app/blog/how-to-create-srt-subtitles/ - Meeting transcription and minutes guide: https://media2text.app/blog/meeting-transcription-minutes/ - Product and pricing: https://media2text.app/ - Audio transcription: https://media2text.app/audio-to-text/ - Video transcription and local audio extraction: https://media2text.app/video-to-text/ - Speech transcription: https://media2text.app/speech-to-text/ - MP3 transcription: https://media2text.app/mp3-to-text/ - Public video-link transcription and access limits: https://media2text.app/video-link-to-text/ - YouTube transcription: https://media2text.app/youtube-to-text/ - TikTok transcription: https://media2text.app/tiktok-to-text/ - Instagram Reels transcription: https://media2text.app/instagram-reels-to-text/ - Audio-to-SRT workflow: https://media2text.app/audio-to-srt/ - Video-to-SRT workflow: https://media2text.app/video-to-srt/ - Facebook video to text: https://media2text.app/facebook-video-to-text/ - X (Twitter) video to text: https://media2text.app/twitter-video-to-text/ - Vimeo to text: https://media2text.app/vimeo-to-text/ - WAV to text: https://media2text.app/wav-to-text/ - M4A to text: https://media2text.app/m4a-to-text/ - MP4 to text: https://media2text.app/mp4-to-text/ - MOV to text: https://media2text.app/mov-to-text/ - Podcast transcription: https://media2text.app/podcast-transcription/ - Lecture transcription: https://media2text.app/lecture-transcription/ - Zoom, Teams and Google Meet recordings to text: https://media2text.app/zoom-recording-to-text/ - Voice memo to text: https://media2text.app/voice-memo-to-text/ - Subtitle generator: https://media2text.app/subtitle-generator/ - Translate video subtitles: https://media2text.app/translate-video-subtitles/ - Otter.ai alternative comparison: https://media2text.app/otter-ai-alternative/ - Free browser tools: https://media2text.app/tools/ - SRT to VTT converter: https://media2text.app/tools/srt-to-vtt/ - Subtitle time shifter: https://media2text.app/tools/subtitle-time-shift/ - SRT to text converter: https://media2text.app/tools/srt-to-text/ - Video to audio extractor: https://media2text.app/tools/video-to-audio/ - Localized YouTube, TikTok and audio transcription pages: Japanese /ja/, Spanish /es/ and Portuguese /pt/ (for example https://media2text.app/es/audio-to-text/) - About Media2Text: https://media2text.app/about/ - Security and data flow: https://media2text.app/security/ - 2026 ASR benchmark and methodology: https://media2text.app/research/asr-benchmark-2026/ - Privacy: https://media2text.app/privacy/ - Terms: https://media2text.app/terms/ - [Public video transcription and MP3-to-SRT tutorial; 8 languages](https://media2text.app/blog/youtube-tiktok-instagram-transcription/)