Transcribe a video file from a URL
Paste a direct video link and get an accurate, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes – no download needed.
Accepts a direct link to a video file (MP4, MOV, WebM and similar) · returns a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I transcribe a video from a URL?
To transcribe a video from a URL, paste a direct link to the video file into Pepys and it fetches the audio and returns a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes, in 99+ languages, with an AI summary built in. No download or signup needed to try it, and your first 60 minutes are free.
How video url to text works
Paste the video URL
Copy a direct link to the video file and paste it in – nothing to download or install.
Get the transcript
Pepys fetches the audio and transcribes it into clean, speaker-labeled text with timestamps in minutes.
Read, edit, or export
Skim the full text, fix anything inline, then export to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, or JSON.
Sometimes the video lives at a URL, not on your drive – a file on cloud storage, a CDN, or a shared link. Instead of downloading gigabytes first, paste the direct link and Pepys fetches the audio for you, then returns a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript of everything spoken.
It works for webinars, recorded calls, lectures, and any hosted clip, in 99+ languages, with an AI summary built in so a long video becomes a short recap. Free with an account; no card required; your first 60 minutes are free, you pay only for what you transcribe, 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.
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 direct link – no need to download the file first
Speaker labels, timestamps, and an AI summary built in
Long videos handled automatically – we chunk and stitch large files
99+ languages, auto-detected · we never train on your video · 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 Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Rumble, Kwai, a Twitch or Kick clip, 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
- Rumble
- Kwai
- Twitch
- Kick
- Spotify
- Apple Podcasts
- Dropbox
- Box
- or any file
Export to any format
- TXT
- Markdown
- DOCX
- SRT
- VTT
- JSON
Timestamps, speaker labels, and subtitle timing carry through to every export.
Video url to text – questions, answered
How do I transcribe a video from a URL?
Paste a direct link to the video file on this page and Pepys fetches the audio and returns a clean, timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript in minutes. A free account is required before transcription.
What kind of link works?
A direct link to the video file itself – the kind that points straight at an MP4, MOV, or WebM. For platform pages like YouTube or TikTok, use the matching tool for that platform instead.
Do I need to download the video first?
No – paste the URL and Pepys retrieves the audio for you, so you skip downloading a large file just to transcribe it.
Can I transcribe a video in another language?
Yes – language is auto-detected across 99+ languages, and you can translate the finished transcript into another language.
Do you keep the video?
Only as long as needed to transcribe it, and you can auto-delete the file after. We never train AI on your video, audio, or transcripts.
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