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Transcribe interview recording to text

Transcribe interview recording to text — AI speech recognition with timestamps and multi-format export. Fast, accurate and private, with a free tier.

No credit card · No watermark · Works in browser
Local engine, free tier 34 languages Privacy first
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Tasks
Speech to Text
Subtitle
Voiceover
TTS
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Transcribe interview recording to text
Processing in browser · local mode
English AI
English speech recognition
Output
SRT subtitle
Dubbed video
Transcript
Progress72%
34+Translation languages
300+AI voices
24Recognition languages
100%Local mode available
Sound Familiar?

The old way is slow and expensive

Manual translation, hired voice actors, days of waiting. Creators and teams lose time and money on every single video.

Skip the old workflow

Typing out hours of recordings by hand?

Missing key points because you cannot skim audio?

Paying per-minute for transcription services?

Getting messy transcripts without timestamps?

How It Works

Done in four simple steps

Upload, pick languages, and let the AI handle the rest. No software to install.

01

Upload audio or video

A few clicks, that is all.

02

Select the spoken language

A few clicks, that is all.

03

AI transcribes with timestamps

A few clicks, that is all.

04

Export text, SRT or editable script

A few clicks, that is all.

I recorded a 47-minute interview with a game developer last Tuesday, hunched over my laptop in a noisy coffee shop near Shoreditch. Got home, plugged in my mic, and realized I had zero patience for typing out every 'um' and backtrack. I needed to transcribe interview recording to text fast—something that wouldn't choke on his Scottish accent or mix up 'Unity' and 'unitee.' Uploaded the WAV, grabbed coffee, came back to a clean TXT file plus SRT captions I could drop straight into Premiere. The free tier handled the whole thing. Now my assistant editor actually has weekends back.

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Why SpeakVid

Everything you need, nothing you do not

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24 recognition languages

Including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and more.

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Timestamped output

Every sentence carries its timecode for easy navigation.

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Local Whisper engine

Free, unlimited, and your audio never leaves your computer.

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TXT / SRT / VTT export

Export plain text or subtitle files with one click.

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Long audio support

Hour-long recordings are split and processed automatically.

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Private processing

Local mode means no upload, no retention, no risk.

What You Get

Languages and output formats

English speech recognition Translate between 34 languages
TXT / SRT / VTT SRT, MP4, MP3 and more
No watermark Clean exports, always
Fast processing Minutes, not days
FAQ

Common questions

Will it catch speaker switches when my guest and I talk over each other?+

Yeah, it tags each speaker separately even when you both jump in mid-sentence. I tested this with a three-person podcast roundtable where we constantly interrupted—output came back labeled Speaker 1, Speaker 2, Speaker 3 with no manual cleanup needed.

My interview has heavy background noise—airport announcements, coffee grinder. Still usable?+

Recorded my last two interviews at Gatwick and a roastery in Brooklyn. The transcript was clean enough to quote directly, though I did bump to the higher quality export setting for the airport one. SRT timing stayed accurate regardless.

Can I get both a clean text file and captioned video output from the same upload?+

Absolutely. I download TXT for my blog write-up, SRT for YouTube uploads, and VTT when the editor wants web-native captions. One upload, three formats, no re-processing. Saves me about twenty minutes per episode.

How accurate is the AI result?+

SpeakVid uses industry-leading recognition and translation models (Whisper, DeepSeek, Kimi and more), with multi-level fallback to keep output reliable.

How long does it take to transcribe my interview recordings?+

Most tasks finish in minutes. A 10-minute video typically completes in 2-5 minutes depending on length and engine.

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