Clean Up a Raw Transcript
Upload audio or paste a link and let AI strip out the ums, false starts, and filler – readable text that still says exactly what was said.
Accepts MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4 and other audio/video files – or a link · returns a clean, readable transcript with filler and false starts removed.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I clean up a transcript?
To clean up a transcript, upload your audio or paste a link into Pepys and it transcribes the recording, then removes filler words, stutters, and false starts while keeping the meaning intact – clean, readable text in minutes, in 99+ languages. Your first 60 minutes are free, no card required.
How transcript cleaner works
Upload audio or paste a link
Drop in a recording or paste a link – any format, any language, no length limit.
Get the cleaned text
AI transcribes the audio, then strips the ums, repeats, and false starts while keeping every point intact.
Review and export
Compare against the timestamps, edit anything inline, then export to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, or PDF.
Real speech is messy – ums, you-knows, half-finished sentences, and the same point made three times. A verbatim transcript captures all of it, which is great for the record and painful to read. Pepys cleans it up: upload the audio or paste a link and the filler, stutters, and false starts come out, so the text reads like considered prose without changing what was actually said.
The cleanup runs over the transcript as a same-language pass, so nothing gets translated or paraphrased into a new meaning – just tidied. You keep the timestamps to check anything against the source, it works in 99+ languages, we never train on your audio, and you pay only for what you transcribe; 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
RawStrips ums, repeats, and false starts – keeps the meaning
Same-language cleanup – it tidies the words, it doesn't rewrite them
Timestamps kept so you can check the clean text against the source
99+ languages, auto-detected · we never train on your audio · credits never expire
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.
Transcript cleaner – questions, answered
How do I clean up a transcript?
Upload your audio or paste a link on this page. Pepys transcribes it and runs an AI cleanup pass that removes filler, stutters, and false starts while keeping the meaning. Your first 60 minutes are free, no card required.
Does cleaning change what was said?
No. The cleanup is a same-language pass that removes filler and tidies phrasing without paraphrasing the meaning. You keep the timestamps to check the result against the original audio.
Can I get the verbatim version too?
Yes – the underlying transcript stays available, so you have both the cleaned, readable text and the full word-for-word version with timestamps.
Does it work in other languages?
Yes. Language is auto-detected across 99+ languages and the cleanup runs in the same language the speech was in, so nothing gets translated by accident.
Do you keep my audio?
Only as long as needed to process it, and you can auto-delete it after. We never train AI on your audio, transcripts, or the cleaned text.
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