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Upload an iPhone or QuickTime MOV and get an accurate, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes.

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Accepts a MOV video file (iPhone, QuickTime, Mac screen recordings) · returns a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript.

60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio

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How do I convert a MOV to text?

To convert a MOV to text, upload the .mov video to Pepys and it transcribes the spoken audio into a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes, in 99+ languages, with an AI summary built in. No format conversion needed – Pepys reads the audio straight from the MOV. Your first 60 minutes are free, no card required.

How mov to text works

01

Upload your MOV

Drop in the .mov straight from your iPhone or Mac – Pepys extracts the audio for you, no re-encoding.

02

Get your transcript

AI transcribes the spoken audio into clean, speaker-labeled text with timestamps in minutes.

03

Edit and export

Read the AI summary, tidy anything inline, then export to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, or JSON.

MOV is the default for iPhone clips, QuickTime captures, and Mac screen recordings – great for video, useless when you actually need the words. Pepys turns the talking into text: upload the .mov and get back an accurate, speaker-labeled transcript you can search, quote, and paste, without exporting the audio first.

Every transcript is timestamped and ships with an AI summary, so a long demo or recorded call collapses into a few key points. It works in 99+ languages with auto-detect, runs in your browser with nothing to install, and you pay only for what you transcribe – credits never expire and we never train on your video.

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.

reel-voiceover.mp4

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

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  • Upload the raw .mov – no exporting audio or converting formats first

  • Speaker labels, timestamps, and an AI summary built into every transcript

  • Handles long videos – we chunk and stitch large MOV files automatically

  • 99+ languages, auto-detected · we never train on your video · credits never expire

Any language – 99+ detected automatically

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.

  • YouTubeYouTube
  • TikTokTikTok
  • InstagramInstagram
  • FacebookFacebook
  • SpotifySpotify
  • Apple PodcastsApple Podcasts
  • or any file

Export to any format

  • TXT
  • Markdown
  • DOCX
  • PDF
  • SRT
  • VTT
  • JSON

Timestamps, speaker labels, and subtitle timing carry through to every export.

Mov to text – questions, answered

How do I convert a MOV to text?

Upload your .mov on this page – the first 60 minutes are free, no card. Pepys transcribes the spoken audio into clean, timestamped text in minutes, ready to edit and export.

Do I need to convert the MOV first?

No. Pepys reads the audio directly from the .mov, so iPhone clips, QuickTime captures, and Mac screen recordings all work without any re-encoding on your end.

Will it label who's speaking?

Yes – transcripts come speaker-labeled with timestamps, so you can follow who said what across the whole video and jump straight to any moment.

Can I transcribe a MOV in another language?

Yes – language is auto-detected across 99+ languages, and you can translate the finished transcript into another language.

Do you keep my MOV?

Only as long as needed to transcribe it, and you can auto-delete it after. We never train AI on your video or transcripts.

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