Transcribe a Google Drive File
Paste a Google Drive audio or video link and turn it into searchable, timestamped text.
Accepts a Google Drive link to an audio or video file · returns a searchable, timestamped transcript you can edit and export.
Use a link to an individual file that you have permission to transcribe. Connect the Google account that can access it; folder links cannot be imported.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do you transcribe a Google Drive file?
To transcribe a Google Drive file, copy its file link, paste it into Pepys, and connect the Google account that can access it. Pepys imports the recording and returns editable, timestamped text in 99+ languages. Use an individual file link; Google Drive folder links are not supported.
How Google Drive transcription works
Copy the file link
Open the audio or video file in Google Drive and copy its link.
Paste it into Pepys
Paste the link here and connect the Google account that has access to the file.
Review and export
Edit the transcript, rename speakers, and export it as TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, or JSON.
A recording in Google Drive should not need to be downloaded and uploaded again before you can transcribe it. Copy the file link, paste it into Pepys, and authorize the Google account that can open it.
Pepys validates access to the selected file, imports the recording, detects the spoken language, and adds timestamps. You can clean up the text, label speakers, use the AI summary, and export the finished transcript.
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
RawImport a Google Drive recording without downloading it first
Use the Google account that already has access to the file
Turn audio or video into editable text in 99+ languages
Export to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, or JSON
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, 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
- or any file
Export to any format
- TXT
- Markdown
- DOCX
- SRT
- VTT
- JSON
Timestamps, speaker labels, and subtitle timing carry through to every export.
Google Drive transcription – questions, answered
How do I transcribe a Google Drive file?
Copy the link to an individual audio or video file in Google Drive, paste it on this page, and select Transcribe. Pepys asks you to connect the Google account that can access the file.
Which Google account should I connect?
Connect the Google account that can open the linked file. If the file belongs to another account or organization, that account must grant access before Pepys can import it.
Can I paste a Google Drive folder link?
Not yet. Paste a link to one audio or video file. Signed-in users can also choose files with the Google Drive picker in the Pepys uploader.
Which Google Drive files can Pepys transcribe?
Most common audio and video formats work, including MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4, and MOV. The connected Google account must be able to access the file.
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