FLAC to Text
Upload a lossless FLAC file and transcribe it into accurate, timestamped text – a clean transcript in minutes.
Accepts a FLAC audio file (and other audio/video formats) · returns a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I convert a FLAC file to text?
To convert FLAC to text, upload the FLAC file to Pepys and it transcribes the lossless audio into a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes, in 99+ languages, with an AI summary built in. No converting to MP3 first, and your first 60 minutes are free, no card required.
How flac to text works
Upload your FLAC
Drop in the lossless FLAC file – no need to convert it to MP3 first.
Get your transcript
AI transcribes the FLAC into clean, speaker-labeled text with timestamps in minutes.
Edit and export
Edit inline, then export to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, or JSON.
FLAC keeps every detail of the recording, which makes it a favorite for archived interviews, field audio, and music sessions – but a pristine file is still useless until you can read it. Pepys transcribes FLAC directly: upload the file and get back an accurate, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes.
You don't have to down-convert to MP3 or strip the file first – Pepys reads the lossless audio as-is. There's no software to install and no subscription; your first 60 minutes are free, 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 lossless FLAC directly – no converting to MP3 first
Speaker labels, timestamps, and an AI summary on every transcript
Long FLAC files handled automatically – we chunk and stitch them for you
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.
Flac to text – questions, answered
How do I convert a FLAC file to text?
Upload your FLAC on this page – the first 60 minutes are free, no card. Pepys transcribes it into clean, timestamped text in minutes, which you can edit and export.
Do I need to convert FLAC to MP3 first?
No. Pepys reads the lossless FLAC directly, so you can upload the original file without converting or compressing it.
Can I transcribe a FLAC in another language?
Yes – language is auto-detected across 99+ languages, and you can translate the finished transcript into another language afterward.
Do you keep my FLAC 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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