# MP3 to text

> Drop an MP3 from a podcast, a recorder app or a lecture. Every sentence comes back written down with the time it was said, to copy or keep as a file.

Source: https://clipscript.app/mp3-to-text · Updated: 2026-11-03 · Publisher: ClipScript

## Upload an MP3

Paste a public video link; the audio is fetched and written down as text with timestamps, exported as TXT, SRT or VTT.

## How do you transcribe an MP3 to text?

Drop the MP3 above. Your browser reads how long it is and shows the price, which is nothing for a recording up to 3 minutes, three times a day. The file then goes to our transcription worker, Whisper large v3 turbo writes the speech down, and the transcript appears here with a timestamp per line. Copy it, or save it as .txt, .srt or .vtt. Longer recordings, up to 10 minutes and 100 MB, are 3 credits a minute once you sign in.

- **Best for:** Podcasts, memos, lectures, calls
- **Also takes:** M4A, WAV, OGG, OPUS, FLAC, AAC
- **Free:** 3 a day, up to 3 min
- **Paid:** 3 credits a minute, up to 10 min

## From an MP3 to a transcript you can use

1. **Find the file** Podcast apps, voice recorders and call recorders can usually export or share an MP3. An M4A from an iPhone voice memo works as it is; there is no need to convert it.
2. **Upload and pick the language** Automatic detection is fine for one language. Name it when the recording opens with a jingle or silence, which can make the first lines come out in the wrong language.
3. **Read it once, then copy** Names, brand words and numbers are where speech models slip. The timestamp beside each line takes you to that second of the recording to check it.

## MP3 to text questions

### Is this MP3 to text converter free?

For three recordings a day of up to 3 minutes each, yes, with no account. After that it is 3 credits a minute, rounded up, up to 10 minutes; 1,500 credits are $15, which is 500 minutes. Failed runs are refunded.

### Does the bitrate matter?

Less than the recording itself: a clear voice near the microphone matters far more than whether the MP3 was saved at 64 or 320 kbps. We have not measured where a very low bitrate starts to hurt.

### Can it transcribe a whole podcast episode?

Up to 10 minutes at a time for now. Cut a long episode into parts of 10 minutes or less in any audio editor and upload each one; the timestamps start again at 0:00 in each part.

### Does it label who is speaking?

No. The text runs on from one voice to the next. For a two-person show, the timestamps help you mark where each speaker takes over.

### Is the recording kept?

No. It is deleted within two hours of the run, and the transcript is visible only to you.

### I have a video, not an MP3.

Use [video to text](https://clipscript.app/video-to-text): it takes MP4, MOV, WebM and MKV directly.

## Transcribe an MP3

Drop the file. Three a day are free.

[Upload an MP3](https://clipscript.app/)