Less data to upload
The browser extracts and prepares audio locally. That can make a large video much smaller to transfer than uploading its complete visual stream.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION & SUBTITLES
Turn video into text without sending the whole video.
Media2Text prepares the audio track in your browser for supported video files, then transcribes the sound into editable text and timed subtitles. The original video stays on your device.
Transcribe a video →From footage to a working transcript
Navigate by time
Timestamped segments help editors, reviewers and researchers return to the precise part of the recording behind each line.
Caption-ready formats
Export SRT or WebVTT for a captioning workflow, or choose TXT when you need an editable transcript without timing syntax.
How video transcription works
- Drop in a supported video. Choose MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, WMV, MPEG/MPG, TS or 3GP from your device.
- Let the browser prepare the sound. Media2Text checks for an audio track and prepares audio locally. A silent video cannot be transcribed.
- Review with playback. Follow highlighted transcript segments as the audio plays, correct the text and export the format you need.
Useful for creators, interviews and recorded sessions
Video-to-text is valuable when the spoken content must be reused. Creators can prepare captions and descriptions, journalists can find quotations, and teams can search a recorded demonstration. Because words remain linked to time, the transcript can also act as an index into a long recording.
Transcription does not describe silent visual action. It converts the video's spoken audio, so visual descriptions, on-screen text and accessibility narration require a separate review. Always verify names, figures and publication-critical lines against the source.
Video-to-text questions
Is the complete video uploaded?
For supported browser processing, no. Media2Text prepares an audio track locally and uploads the prepared audio required for transcription, not the original video.
Can I convert video to SRT?
Yes. Choose SRT for widely supported timed captions or VTT for common web-video workflows.
What happens if a video has no audio?
The workflow should stop because there is no speech signal to convert. A transcript cannot be created from silent visual content alone.
Turn the transcript into notes you can use
Media2Text supports AI summaries, source-linked mind maps and transcript translation. Review the spoken details first, then choose a summary for key points, a mind map for related topics or a separate translated track. Read the AI summary, mind map and translation workflow for the exact controls, exports and plan-dependent allowances.
Video to text for different kinds of footage
Recorded calls and webinars
Screen recordings from video calls are often long and mostly speech. Because Media2Text extracts the audio track inside your browser, a large MP4 or MOV recording does not need to be uploaded in full. Only the prepared audio is sent for transcription, which saves time on slower connections and keeps the original video on your device.
Creator footage and short clips
Creators often need both a script-like transcript and captions. Transcribe the final edit rather than raw takes so the timing matches what viewers will see, then export SRT or VTT. The video to SRT page explains subtitle-specific choices such as cue length and line breaks. For MP4 and MOV specifics, see MP4 to text and MOV to text; for meeting recordings, see Zoom, Teams and Meet recordings.
Recording team calls? See meeting transcription and minutes.
Interviews and documentary material
For interview footage, rename speakers before you review, and use synchronized playback to check quotes against the recording. A timestamped DOCX or PDF export is a practical handover format for editors who want to mark selects on paper.
Supported video formats and size limits
Supported video formats include 3GP, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPG, TS, WEBM and WMV. Each source file can be up to 6 GB. If your browser cannot decode a particular file, re-exporting it as MP4 with a standard AAC audio track usually solves the problem. A video without an audio track cannot produce a transcript, because the result is based on speech rather than on what appears on screen.
If the video is already online, you may not need the file at all. The video link to text workflow accepts a concrete public media URL from supported platforms and checks it before a task is created.
What you get after processing
The workspace shows speaker-labelled segments with timestamps, synchronized playback with speed control, transcript search and find and replace. You can export TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, CSV, TSV, JSON, SRT or VTT. With an account you can also generate an AI summary or a source-linked mind map, and anyone can create a translated transcript track that keeps the original timing.
Trial and paid usage
New to transcription? The practical guide to converting audio and video to text covers preparation, review and export choices step by step.
The free trial covers up to 2 lifetime transcription tasks sharing 75 minutes in total, needs no credit card and does not reset. Paid plans have unlimited uploads, are limited by transcription minutes and accept files up to 5 hours 15 minutes. Minutes are counted from the audio duration, so a long video with a short spoken section still uses its full length; trimming the video before upload is the simplest way to save minutes.