Verbatim to Clean Read Transcript
Paste a verbatim transcript – or upload the recording – and let AI strip the ums, false starts, and repetition into a smooth read.
Accepts a transcript you paste in – or an audio/video file, or a link · returns a clean, readable transcript with the filler and false starts removed.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I turn a verbatim transcript into a clean one?
To turn a verbatim transcript into a clean read, paste the text into Pepys (or upload the recording and it transcribes first) and AI removes the filler words, false starts, and repetition while keeping every point intact, in 99+ languages. Timestamps stay aligned. Your first 60 minutes are free, no card required.
How verbatim to clean transcript works
Paste your transcript
Drop in the verbatim transcript – or upload the recording and Pepys transcribes it for you first.
Clean it up
AI strips the ums, uhs, false starts, and repetition while keeping the speaker's meaning and timing.
Review and export
Skim the clean read, fix anything inline, then export to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, or PDF.
A verbatim transcript captures every um, every restart, every "you know" – great for the record, rough to read. Pepys smooths it: paste the raw text and get back a clean read that keeps every point and quote but loses the noise, so a transcript you'd never share becomes one you can.
No transcript yet? Upload the recording and Pepys transcribes first, then cleans it. The edit stays faithful – it tightens phrasing, it doesn't invent words – and timestamps stay aligned. It works in 99+ languages, we never train on your content, and you pay only for what you process; 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
RawPaste a transcript or upload the recording – Pepys cleans either
Strips ums, false starts, and repetition while keeping every point intact
Faithful edit – it tightens the read, it doesn't rewrite what was said
99+ languages, auto-detected · we never train on your content · 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.
Verbatim to clean transcript – questions, answered
How do I turn a verbatim transcript into a clean one?
Paste your verbatim transcript on this page and Pepys removes the filler, false starts, and repetition into a smooth read in minutes. No transcript yet? Upload the recording first. Your first 60 minutes are free, no card.
Will it change what people actually said?
No. Pepys cleans the read – cutting ums, restarts, and repetition and tidying punctuation – without inventing words or altering meaning, so quotes stay accurate.
Do the timestamps still line up afterward?
Yes. The clean transcript keeps its timestamps aligned, so you can still jump to any moment or export a synced subtitle file.
Can I clean a transcript in another language?
Yes. Pepys auto-detects 99+ languages and cleans the transcript in its own language, with no setup.
Do you train on my transcript?
Never. We don't train AI on your transcripts, audio, or the cleaned output, and you can auto-delete your files after processing.
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