Audio Transcriber

Drop in a recording, get a clean editable transcript, then download it as TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, or Word.

100% private · runs in your browser

1. Upload audio

Supported formats: .mp3, .wav, .m4a, .ogg, .webm, .flac, .aac, .opus. Maximum file size: 200 MB. Long recordings work but transcription will take longer.

Drag & drop your audio file here, or

Speech recognition by transformers.js (Apache 2.0) running OpenAI’s Whisper (MIT) models. Word export via JSZip (MIT).
Open-source acknowledgements

About the Audio Transcriber

Audio Transcriber turns a recording into clean, editable text — and then exports it as plain TXT, Markdown with timestamps, Word, SRT, VTT, or raw JSON. Drop in an audio file, pick a model, transcribe, edit any lines that need fixing, and download. Click any timestamp to jump the audio player to that exact moment.

Everything happens inside your browser using OpenAI's Whisper models running through transformers.js. Your audio never leaves your device. The first run downloads the open-source speech model (40–250 MB depending on your choice), caches it permanently in the browser, and works fully offline from then on — including for any future recordings.

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No accounts, no upload queue, no per-minute charges — drop a file, pick a model, edit the result, and export. Everything stays on your device.

Common questions

How can I transcribe audio to text for free?

Drop in your audio file and OpenAI's Whisper model, running in your browser, types it out with timestamps. There is no per-minute charge and no monthly quota, because your own device does the transcribing.

Is there a time limit on free transcription?

No. Transcription services cap free minutes because server time costs them money; here the processing happens on your machine, so an hour-long meeting transcribes as freely as a voice memo.

How accurate is the transcription?

It uses OpenAI's Whisper, one of the most accurate speech recognition models available, and it handles accents and imperfect audio well. You can click any timestamp to replay that moment and fix the occasional miss right in the editor.

Do my recordings get uploaded to a server?

No. The Whisper model downloads to your device once, then your audio is transcribed locally. Confidential meetings and interviews never leave your machine, which is the whole point.

What formats can I export the transcript in?

Plain text, Markdown, and subtitle formats, so the same transcript can become meeting notes or captions. Timestamps come along where the format supports them.

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