Transcribe a keynote into an article
Upload a keynote recording and get a clean, timestamped transcript plus an AI summary you can shape into an article – in minutes.
Accepts your keynote recording – MP4 video, MP3, M4A or any audio/video file · returns a timestamped transcript with an AI summary you can shape into an article.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I turn a keynote into an article?
To turn a keynote into an article, upload the recording to Pepys and it transcribes the talk into clean, timestamped text in minutes, in 99+ languages, with an AI summary and built-in chat so you can pull the throughline, the best quotes, and a draft. Your first 60 minutes are free, no card required.
How keynote transcription works
Upload the keynote
Drop in the recording – conference video, room audio, or a live capture, any format.
Get the transcript
AI transcribes the whole talk into clean, timestamped text in minutes.
Shape the article
Read the AI summary, ask chat for an angle or pull quotes, then export to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, or PDF.
A great keynote is a finished article waiting to be written – you just have to get the words out of the room first. Pepys transcribes the whole talk into clean, timestamped text in minutes, so the argument, the data points, and the lines that landed are all in front of you instead of buried in 45 minutes of video.
From there it's a draft, not a chore. A built-in AI summary surfaces the throughline and the strongest quotes, and you can ask chat to outline a recap, pull a pull-quote, or tighten an angle – every line anchored to a timestamp so you can check it against the talk. Works in 99+ languages, we never train on your audio, and 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
RawThe whole talk as clean, timestamped text – the source for your article in minutes
AI summary surfaces the throughline and the best quotes to build around
Built-in chat to outline a recap, pull a quote, or test an angle – no separate ChatGPT trip
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.
Keynote transcription – questions, answered
How do I turn a keynote into an article?
Upload the keynote recording on this page – Pepys transcribes it into timestamped text and writes an AI summary in minutes, then chat helps you shape it into a draft. Your first 60 minutes are free, no card required.
Can it pull the best quotes for me?
Yes. The AI summary highlights the strongest lines, and built-in chat can pull a clean quote bank – each one carrying a timestamp so you can confirm it against the talk.
How long can the keynote be?
There's no length limit – a 20-minute talk or a two-hour session both work. Long recordings are chunked and stitched automatically with correct timestamps.
Can I transcribe a keynote in another language?
Yes – language is auto-detected across 99+ languages, and you can translate the finished transcript to write the article in a different language than the talk.
Do you keep my recording?
Only as long as needed to transcribe it, and you can auto-delete it after. We never train AI on your audio, transcripts, or summaries.
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