Documentation
Pepys is AI transcription software for turning audio, video, links, cloud recordings, and podcast feeds into searchable, timestamped transcripts. These docs cover the product, integrations, REST API, and MCP server. For long-form walkthroughs, see the guides.
Popular docs
Start with the routes people use most
- Your first transcriptionDrop in a recording or paste a link, then read the transcript, export it, or ask it questions.
- Transcribe recordings from Google DriveConnect Drive once, then pull audio and video straight from the cloud into a transcript, including the shared links people send you.
- Connect ChatGPT and Claude to PepysPepys runs an MCP server, so an AI agent can transcribe a file or a pasted link on its own and use the transcript as context.
- MCP serverA Model Context Protocol server so an agent can transcribe on its own, then read the transcript back as context.
Using Pepys
Set up your account, transcribe recordings, and connect the apps that hold them.
Getting Started
Create an account, run your first transcription, and understand what credits buy.
- Create your accountA free account takes a minute and comes with 60 minutes of transcription – no card, no subscription.
- Your first transcriptionDrop in a recording or paste a link, then read the transcript, export it, or ask it questions.
- Credits and free minutesPay for the minutes you use, not a subscription: 1 credit = 1 minute, and the balance never expires.
Integrations
Drive, OneDrive, Zoom, Telegram, Zapier, Chrome, and connecting an AI agent.
- Transcribe recordings from Google DriveConnect Drive once, then pull audio and video straight from the cloud into a transcript, including the shared links people send you.
- Transcribe recordings from OneDriveConnect Microsoft OneDrive once, then transcribe a recording from the cloud, including files shared with you from SharePoint.
- Transcribe Zoom cloud recordingsConnect Zoom once, then pick a meeting's cloud recording and get a transcript back – no download, no re-upload, no bot in the call.
- Turn Telegram voice notes into transcriptsLink a chat once and Pepys answers in it: send a voice note, an audio file, or a video and the transcript comes back as a reply.
- Transcribe the page you are on from ChromeOne click on any video, podcast, or audio page opens Pepys with that link and transcribes it – speaker labels, summary, and a chat about the transcript.
- Connect ChatGPT and Claude to PepysPepys runs an MCP server, so an AI agent can transcribe a file or a pasted link on its own and use the transcript as context.
Building with Pepys
Use API keys, uploads, webhooks, podcast endpoints, and the hosted MCP server.
API & MCP
The v1 REST API and the MCP server, from authentication to webhooks.
- AuthenticationOne key, one header, and every endpoint under a single base URL.
- Create a transcriptionStart an async job from a link, a podcast feed, or a file you have already uploaded.
- Get a transcriptionPoll the job, or let a webhook tell you when it is finished, then read the text and segments.
- Direct uploadsThree calls: ask for a presigned URL, PUT the bytes, then transcribe the reference you got back.
- WebhooksGet a signed POST the moment a job finishes, with a constant-time HMAC check on your side.
- PodcastsA podcast is an RSS feed, and each episode's audio is its enclosure – so a feed URL is a valid source.
- Errors and limitsThe status codes the API returns, what each one means, and the ceilings on a single source.
- MCP serverA Model Context Protocol server so an agent can transcribe on its own, then read the transcript back as context.
Still stuck?
Email contact@pepys.co with the email on your Pepys account and, where relevant, the job title – or see the support page.