Convert Audio to Text
Turn any audio recording into accurate, searchable text without manual conversion. As our universal audio transcription hub, ScribeToAny accepts all major audio formats — including MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, and Opus — with specialized workflows for studio takes, voice memos, and podcasts. Powered by Whisper-class AI across ~98 languages with automated speaker separation.
- AI transcription
- 98 Languages
- Encrypted; we never train AI on your files
Start with your recording
Drop an audio or video file here, or click to choose.
What you get: a real transcript
Unedited output from a 64-second interview with two speakers (synthetic voices), transcribed with speaker detection on. Only the first lines are shown.
SPEAKER_00 (0:00) Welcome back to Small Shop Stories. SPEAKER_00 (0:02) Today I'm talking to Maya, who runs a tiny bakery on the SPEAKER_00 (0:05) corner of Mill Street. SPEAKER_01 (0:07) Thanks for having me. SPEAKER_01 (0:08) It's really small, just two ovens and a counter. SPEAKER_00 (0:12) So how does a normal day start for you?
1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,680 [SPEAKER_00] Welcome back to Small Shop Stories. 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,320 [SPEAKER_00] Today I'm talking to Maya, who runs a tiny bakery on the 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:06,320 [SPEAKER_00] corner of Mill Street.
Checked against the script, 4 of 189 words differed — a 2.1% word error rate, counting "80" written for "eighty" as an error — and all 14 speaker turns were labelled correctly. This was clean speech; noisy recordings and people talking over each other score lower. See the full transcript and how it was scored
How it works
- 1
Upload
Drop in an audio or video file, or paste a link. All common formats are accepted.
- 2
Transcribe
AI transcribes with timestamps and optional speaker labels, usually in minutes.
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Export
Edit segments online, then export TXT, SRT, VTT, TSV, CSV, JSON, PDF or DOCX.
Why ScribeToAny
- Wide format support: MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC, OGG, Opus and WMA upload as they are — no converting first.
- In-browser instant estimator parses media container headers on-device to preview duration and word count before uploading a single byte.
- Whisper-class AI speech recognition across ~98 languages with automated sentence boundaries and speaker diarization.
- Multi-format export: ready-to-use text documents (TXT, DOCX, PDF) and synchronized timestamp formats (SRT, VTT, CSV, JSON).
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between this general audio-to-text hub and format tools like MP3 or WAV?
This page is the umbrella entry point for converting any recorded sound into text. While our core Whisper engine processes all audio containers, format-specific tools highlight unique use cases: WAV for uncompressed studio takes, MP3 for podcast releases, M4A for Apple Voice Memos, and OPUS for chat voice notes. If your file is already sorted, our format tools provide dedicated tips for that workflow.
How accurate is the transcript?
On clean, clearly spoken audio, Whisper-class models get the large majority of words right, with punctuation and sentence breaks — but no automatic transcript is perfect, and accents, background noise and crosstalk all lower accuracy. For difficult recordings, keep the default Accurate mode and turn on Restore audio. Every segment stays editable in the browser, and clicking a sentence replays its audio so you can check anything in seconds.
Is it free?
Yes. Free accounts get 2 transcriptions per day, 100 minutes per month and files up to 30 minutes each, with no credit card required — enough for regular personal use. Paid plans raise the caps to 3000 minutes per month, 6 hours and 5 GB per file, and add up to 6 files transcribing in parallel.
What export formats are available?
Eight formats: plain text (TXT), subtitles with timing (SRT, VTT), spreadsheet-friendly tables (TSV, CSV), structured JSON with per-segment timestamps, and print-ready PDF and DOCX documents. You can toggle per-segment timestamps for the document formats, and the advanced export downloads several formats at once as a single ZIP — handy when a client wants the Word file and the subtitles together.
Which audio formats can I upload — and what if mine isn't one of them?
MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC, OGG, OPUS and WMA upload directly, as do MP4, MOV, WEBM, MPEG, WMV, MKV and AVI video. For anything else, convert the file to MP3 or WAV first. A good-quality MP3 doesn't cost accuracy, because every file is turned into 16 kHz mono audio before transcription anyway.