Transcribe an Audio File from a URL
Paste a direct link to an audio file and get a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes – no download needed.
Accepts a direct link to an audio file (MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG…) · returns a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I transcribe audio from a URL?
To transcribe audio from a URL, paste the direct file link into Pepys and it fetches the audio and returns a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes, in 99+ languages, with an AI summary built in. No need to download the file first. No signup needed to try it; your first 60 minutes are free.
How audio url to text works
Paste the audio URL
Copy a direct link to the audio file and paste it in – Pepys fetches it for you, nothing to download.
Get the transcript
AI transcribes the audio into clean, speaker-labeled text with timestamps, ready in minutes.
Read, summarize, or export
Skim the transcript, read the AI summary, then export to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, or JSON.
When the audio already lives at a web address, downloading it just to upload it again is a waste of time. Paste the direct link and Pepys fetches the file for you, then returns a clean, speaker-labeled transcript – ideal for an MP3 on a server, a hosted recording, or any audio you can link to.
Every transcript comes with timestamps and an AI summary, and long files are chunked and stitched automatically so the timeline stays correct. It works across 99+ languages, we never train on your audio, and you pay only for the minutes you transcribe; credits never expire.
Clean paragraphs. No more um's and ah's.
The left is what Pepys hands back – logical paragraphs with the filler stripped out, punctuated and readable. The right is the raw, one-line-per-segment dump most transcribers leave you with.
um so yeah everyone keeps telling you to like lead with your best line right but uh honestly if you give away the whole answer in the first second you know there's basically no reason for anyone to keep watching so the hook isn't kind of the smartest thing you say it's like a loop you open that they need to close and um that's the part that actually keeps people around
RawPaste a direct link – no downloading and re-uploading the file
Handles long audio – we chunk and stitch large files so timestamps stay correct
Speaker labels, timestamps, and an AI summary built in
99+ languages, auto-detected · we never train on your audio · credits never expire
Any language – 99+ detected automatically
- English
- 中文
- Español
- العربية
- हिन्दी
- Français
- 日本語
- Português
- Русский
- Deutsch
- 한국어
- Italiano
- বাংলা
- Türkçe
- فارسی
- Tiếng Việt
- தமிழ்
- Polski
- ไทย
- Українська
- Nederlands
- עברית
- Ελληνικά
- తెలుగు
- Bahasa Indonesia
- اردو
- Svenska
- मराठी
- Română
- Magyar
- Čeština
- ગુજરાતી
- Kiswahili
- ქართული
- Tagalog
- አማርኛ
Works with the platforms you live in.
Paste a link from Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Rumble, Kwai, a Twitch or Kick clip, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts, or drop in any audio or video file. We transcribe it once, then you export it however your workflow needs.
- YouTube
- TikTok
- Rumble
- Kwai
- Twitch
- Kick
- Spotify
- Apple Podcasts
- Dropbox
- Box
- or any file
Export to any format
- TXT
- Markdown
- DOCX
- SRT
- VTT
- JSON
Timestamps, speaker labels, and subtitle timing carry through to every export.
Audio url to text – questions, answered
How do I transcribe audio from a URL?
Paste the direct link to the audio file on this page and Pepys fetches it and returns a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes. A free account is required before transcription.
What kind of link works?
A direct link to the audio file itself – an MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, FLAC, or OGG that opens or downloads the file. If you have the file on your device instead, you can upload it directly.
Is there a length limit?
Your first 60 minutes are free. Long files are handled automatically – we split them and stitch the transcript back together with correct timestamps.
Can I transcribe audio in another language?
Yes – language is auto-detected across 99+ languages, and you can translate the finished transcript into another language.
Do you keep my audio?
Only as long as needed to transcribe it, and you can auto-delete it after. We never train AI on your audio or transcripts.
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