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Upload a video or audio file and get back a timestamped text transcript. Real server-side speech recognition — not a client-side approximation — up to 500 MB and 30 minutes per file, free, no signup, no watermark.

  • Timestamped transcript
  • Up to 30 minutes
  • Copy or download .txt/.md
  • No signup

Files are deleted from our server within 24 hours.

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  • Runs in your browser. Files never reach our servers.
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  • Works offline once the page is loaded.
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How it works

  1. 1

    Upload your video or audio

    Drop a file up to 500 MB and 30 minutes, or pick one from your device. MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, MP3, WAV, M4A, and most common containers work.

  2. 2

    We transcribe it on our server

    The file uploads directly to our storage, then a server-side speech-recognition model transcribes it — no browser CPU limits, no waiting on your own machine.

  3. 3

    Read, copy, or download

    The transcript appears with timestamps for every line. Copy it to your clipboard, or download it as a plain .txt or a formatted .md file.

Why a server-side transcript beats a browser one

Browser-based speech recognition (the Web Speech API) is unreliable across browsers, can't process a file that isn't actively playing, and has no offline mode. This tool runs a real speech-recognition model on our server against the actual audio bytes of your file, so the result doesn't depend on your browser, your microphone permissions, or you sitting through real-time playback while it listens.

What you get back

Every line of the transcript carries a timestamp, so you can jump straight to the moment something was said instead of reading the whole thing to find it. Download the plain-text version for pasting into docs and search, or the Markdown version for a transcript that already reads well as a formatted document.

Skip the upload entirely

If you're about to record something specifically to transcribe it, record it directly in Clipy instead. Every Clipy recording gets a transcript automatically — no upload step, and it stays attached to the recording's share page instead of living only in a downloaded file.

Common questions

How long can the file be?

Up to 30 minutes and 500 MB. Longer files are rejected with a clear error rather than silently truncated.

What languages does it support?

The transcription model auto-detects the spoken language across roughly 40 languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Hindi, and several CJK languages.

Is the transcript accurate?

Accuracy depends on audio quality, but the underlying model is the same one Clipy uses for every recording's automatic transcript — it's a production speech-recognition pipeline, not a demo.

Is my file stored anywhere?

Your upload is deleted after successful transcription; unsuccessful uploads are cleared by scheduled cleanup. Transcript results expire from our server after 24 hours. Anonymous results are accessible using the private job link; signed-in results also require the account that created them. Download your text before closing the page.

Can I edit the transcript before downloading it?

This tool produces a read-only transcript. If you need an editable, caption-sized version, use the subtitle generator instead — it lets you edit each cue before exporting.

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