Transcribe an Instagram Reel
Reels are fast, concise, and often the only place a creator shares valuable advice — which makes them miserable to quote and impossible to search. Because Instagram does not allow direct link fetching, save the Reel to your device and drop it in here: you get an instant length and word count estimate free, and the full timestamped transcript after a one-tap signup, ready to copy or turn back into subtitles.
- 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
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Save & upload
Save the video from Instagram to your device, then upload the file here.
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Transcribe
AI transcribes with timestamps and optional speaker labels, usually in minutes.
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Export
Copy the text, or export TXT, SRT, VTT, PDF or DOCX.
Why ScribeToAny
- Tailored for short-form 9:16 vertical Reels: extracts rapid speech, punchlines, and voiceovers from viral clips.
- Direct link pasting is blocked by Instagram's login wall — save the Reel to your camera roll or desktop and drag it here for instant local estimation.
- Picks up everyday slang and multilingual creator speech with automatic punctuation; very new slang may need a quick check.
- Download synchronized SRT/VTT caption files with precise timestamps to boost Reel engagement and sound-off watch time.
Frequently asked questions
Can I paste an Instagram Reel link directly?
No. Instagram restricts automated server-side link scraping, so pasting a Reel link directly cannot fetch the video. The reliable workflow is to save the Reel to your device first: tap Share then Download in the Instagram app (or use any web video downloader), then drop the MP4 file into the estimator above for an instant preview.
How is this different from the captions Instagram already shows?
Instagram’s captions are burned into the viewing experience: they appear a line at a time and there is no way to copy, search or download them. What you get here is the full text as a file, with timestamps attached, which is a different object entirely.
Can I get subtitles I can repost with?
Yes — export SRT or VTT and the cue timings come with it, so the file lines up with the video as-is. If you are reposting to a different audience, the free Translate action can put the transcript into any of 134+ languages first, on every plan. The translation keeps the original timings, so a translated SRT lines up with the video too.
My Reel has music over the voice — will it still work?
Usually, if the voice is clearly louder than the music. Trending audio played loudly under speech, or lyrics sung over it, lowers accuracy and may leak into the transcript. Turn on Restore audio for busy mixes and check the lines in the editor, where a click replays the moment.
Can I get animated on-screen captions?
Not here — you get an SRT or VTT file with the timings. Import it into CapCut, Premiere Pro or Instagram's own editor to style or burn the captions onto the Reel.