Format & Punctuate a Transcript
Upload audio or paste a link and let AI add the punctuation, capitalization, and structure that raw speech leaves out.
Accepts MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4 and other audio/video files – or a link · returns a properly punctuated, well-structured transcript.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I format and punctuate a transcript?
To format a transcript, upload your audio or paste a link into Pepys and it transcribes the recording, then adds proper punctuation, capitalization, and sentence structure – turning a run-on of words into clean, readable text in minutes, in 99+ languages. Your first 60 minutes are free, no card required.
How transcript formatter works
Upload audio or paste a link
Drop in a recording or paste a link – any format, any language, no length limit.
Get the formatted text
AI transcribes the audio and applies punctuation, capitalization, and sentence breaks for clean, readable text.
Review and export
Edit anything inline, keep the timestamps for reference, then export to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, or PDF.
Raw machine output and dictated text often arrive as one long, unpunctuated stream – no commas, no periods, every word lowercase. That's nearly impossible to read. Pepys fixes it: upload the audio or paste a link and the transcript comes back properly punctuated and capitalized, with sentences that start and stop where they should.
The formatting is a same-language text pass – it adds the structure speech leaves out without rewording or translating what was said. You keep the timestamps to map text back to audio, 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
RawAdds punctuation, capitalization, and sentence breaks automatically
Same-language pass – it structures the words, it doesn't reword them
Timestamps preserved so formatted text still maps to the audio
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 formatter – questions, answered
How do I format and punctuate a transcript?
Upload your audio or paste a link on this page. Pepys transcribes it and runs an AI pass that adds punctuation, capitalization, and sentence structure for clean, readable text. Your first 60 minutes are free, no card required.
Will it change the wording?
No. Formatting is a same-language pass that adds the punctuation and structure speech leaves out – it doesn't reword or translate. You keep the timestamps to check the result against the audio.
Can I already have a transcript, or do I need audio?
Pepys works from your audio or a link, transcribing and formatting in one go, so you get a clean, punctuated transcript without a separate step.
Does it work in other languages?
Yes – language is auto-detected across 99+ languages, and formatting is applied in the same language the speech was in.
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 or transcripts.
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