CAF to Text – Apple Core Audio Transcription
Upload a .caf recording from your Mac or iOS app and get a clean, timestamped transcript in minutes.
Accepts a CAF (.caf) audio file (and other audio/video formats) · returns a clean, timestamped transcript.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I convert a CAF file to text?
To convert a CAF to text, upload your .caf (Apple Core Audio Format) file to Pepys and it transcribes the audio into a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes, in 99+ languages, with an AI summary built in. Your first 60 minutes are free, no card required.
How caf to text works
Upload your .caf
Drop in the Core Audio file – we decode and prepare the audio automatically.
Get your transcript
AI transcribes the recording into clean, speaker-labeled text with timestamps in minutes.
Edit and export
Fix anything inline, then export to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, or JSON.
CAF is Apple's Core Audio Format – the container some Mac and iOS apps use for recordings, and one that few transcription tools will even open. Pepys handles it natively: upload the .caf and it decodes the audio and transcribes it into accurate, speaker-labeled text, no conversion to MP3 or WAV first.
Language is auto-detected across 99+ of them, long recordings are chunked and stitched automatically, and every transcript comes with timestamps, an AI summary, and built-in chat. Your first 60 minutes are free, you pay only for what you transcribe, credits never expire, and we never train on your audio.
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
RawReads .caf natively – no converting to MP3 or WAV first
Speaker labels, timestamps, and an AI summary built in
Handles long recordings – we chunk and stitch large files automatically
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 YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, 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
- Spotify
- Apple Podcasts
- or any file
Export to any format
- TXT
- Markdown
- DOCX
- SRT
- VTT
- JSON
Timestamps, speaker labels, and subtitle timing carry through to every export.
Caf to text – questions, answered
How do I convert a CAF file to text?
Upload your .caf on this page – the first 60 minutes are free, no card. Pepys decodes the Core Audio file and transcribes it into clean, timestamped text in minutes, ready to edit and export.
Do I need to convert the .caf first?
No. Pepys decodes CAF for you and transcribes it directly, so you don't have to export it to MP3, WAV, or any other format beforehand.
Can I transcribe a .caf in another language?
Yes – language is auto-detected across 99+ languages, and you can translate the finished transcript into another language afterward.
Is my recording kept private?
We keep your file 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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