# Video to text

> Upload a recording, a lecture, an interview or a screen capture. The speech is written down with a timestamp on every line, and you take it away as plain text or as subtitles.

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

## Upload a video file

Have a link instead? Paste it on the [video transcript generator](https://clipscript.app/) for TikTok, Reels, Shorts, Facebook and X, or the [YouTube transcript](https://clipscript.app/youtube-transcript) page.

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 convert a video to text?

Upload the file above. Only the length is read in your browser; the file goes to our transcription worker, where Whisper large v3 turbo listens to the soundtrack and writes it down line by line, each line with the second it starts. You can read it with or without times, copy it, or save it as .txt, .srt or .vtt. A video up to 3 minutes is free three times a day without signing up; longer ones, up to 10 minutes and 100 MB, are 3 credits a minute.

- **Video files:** MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, MKV
- **Out:** Text, timed text, SRT, VTT
- **Free:** 3 a day, up to 3 min
- **Paid:** 3 credits a minute, up to 10 min

## What people turn into text here

- **Lectures and lessons** Searchable notes from a recorded class: find the minute a topic came up by its timestamp instead of scrubbing through the video.
- **Interviews** Quotes you can copy word for word. There are no speaker labels, so mark who says what as you read; the timestamps show where each answer starts.
- **Your own videos** A script of what you said, for a description or subtitles. Signed in, one click under the transcript writes a [blog post](https://clipscript.app/youtube-to-blog-post), a summary or [YouTube tags](https://clipscript.app/youtube-tag-generator) from it.
- **Screen recordings** A walkthrough or a demo, turned into written steps someone can follow without playing it.

## Video to text in three steps

1. **Choose the file** Drag it onto the box or pick it. A phone video of ten minutes is usually under the 100 MB limit; a larger file can be exported as audio and sent through the [MP3 to text](https://clipscript.app/mp3-to-text) page instead.
2. **Name the language if you know it** Automatic works for most videos. Naming the language helps when the first seconds are music, or the speaker switches language.
3. **Take the text away** Copy it as it is, keep the timestamps, or download subtitles. Signed in, the transcript also stays in your library.

## Video to text questions

### Is there a free video to text converter here?

Yes: three videos a day, each up to 3 minutes, need no account and cost nothing. A longer video, or a fourth one, is 3 credits a minute after you sign in; 1,500 credits are $15. A run that fails is not charged.

### Does it read text that appears on screen?

No. It writes down what is said, not what is shown. Titles, slides and captions burned into the picture are not read.

### What about a video with music under the voice?

The model writes the voice and usually ignores the music, but loud music or lyrics can slip into the text. Read those lines against the video; we have not measured how often it happens.

### How long can the video be?

Up to 10 minutes and 100 MB with credits, 3 minutes on a free run. For something longer, cut it into parts with any editor and upload them one by one.

### Is my video kept?

No. The file is read once and deleted within two hours. Only the transcript stays, and only you can see it.

### What is the difference from the MP4 page?

None in the tool: both take the same files. The [MP4 to transcript](https://clipscript.app/mp4-to-transcript) page is about that one format; this one is for any video file you have.

## Turn a video into text

Upload a file. Three a day are free.

[Upload a video](https://clipscript.app/)