Free Transcription – Audio & Video to Text
Upload a file or paste a link and turn any recording into clean, timestamped text – your first 60 minutes are free.
Accepts audio or video files – MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4, MOV and more · returns a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I transcribe audio or video for free?
Pepys transcribes audio and video to text for free: upload a file or paste a link and AI returns a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes, in 99+ languages, with an AI summary and chat built in. Your first 60 minutes are free with a free account, no card – or try it with no signup at all.
How free transcription works
Add your recording
Upload an audio or video file, or paste a link – any format, any language, no card needed.
Get your transcript
AI transcribes it into clean, speaker-labeled text with timestamps, ready in minutes.
Read, edit, export
Skim the AI summary, edit inline, then export to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, or JSON.
Most free transcribers cap you at a few minutes, watermark the result, or push you to a subscription the moment the audio gets long. Pepys takes a different line: your first 60 minutes are genuinely free, the transcript comes out clean and complete, and you can even try it with no signup before you create an account.
Drop in a meeting, an interview, a lecture, or a voice memo and get back accurate, speaker-labeled text with timestamps and an AI summary. It works in 99+ languages, long files are chunked and stitched automatically, and after the free minutes 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
RawFirst 60 minutes free – clean output, no watermark, no subscription trap
Audio or video, file or link – one tool for every recording you have
Speaker labels, timestamps, AI summary, and chat all included
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.
Free transcription – questions, answered
How do I transcribe audio or video for free?
Upload a file or paste a link on this page – your first 60 minutes are free with a free account, no card, and you can try it with no signup. Pepys returns a clean, timestamped transcript in minutes.
What's the catch with the free minutes?
None. The first 60 minutes are free and the transcript is full quality – no watermark, no trimmed output. After that it's pay-as-you-go, credits never expire, and there's nothing to cancel.
What files and links does it accept?
Common audio and video formats like MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4, and MOV, plus links from supported platforms. Long files are chunked and stitched automatically with correct timestamps.
Can it transcribe other languages?
Yes – language is auto-detected across 99+ languages, and you can translate the finished transcript into another language afterward.
Is my recording private?
Yes. We never train AI on your audio, transcripts, or summaries, and you can auto-delete your files after processing.
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