Audio to Text

Convert any audio to text in minutes — podcasts, meetings, lectures, interviews, voice notes. PrismaScribe's AI transcribes with 98%+ accuracy in 99+ languages, with speaker labels, timestamps, and export to TXT, SRT, VTT, PDF, Word, and Markdown.

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Convert audio to text — AI transcription with speaker labels and timestamps

How to Convert Audio to Text

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Audio transcription in PrismaScribe — transcript editor with speaker labels
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Upload your audio

Drag and drop your audio file or video file, paste a YouTube link, or paste a shareable link from Google Drive or Dropbox. PrismaScribe accepts 15+ input formats — MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, MP4 and more — with file sizes from 250 MB up to 5 GB depending on your plan. Nothing to install; it runs in your browser.
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AI processing

Automated speech recognition converts the audio to text fast — about 2 min of processing per hour of audio. It detects the language automatically across 99+ languages, separates and labels speakers, adds word-level timestamps for precise navigation, and tags audio events like laughter, applause, and music. Background noise and accents are handled.
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Download your transcript

Review and fix anything in the built-in editor — correct errors, rename speakers, highlight insights, add notes — then export as TXT, SRT, VTT, PDF, Word, and Markdown. From the same transcript you can also generate AI summaries, quizzes, and flashcards in one click, and repurpose the text into blog posts, emails, or whitepapers.
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Why PrismaScribe for Audio to Text

98%+ Accuracy on Clear Audio

Accuracy reaches up to 99% in ideal conditions — clear audio, widely-spoken languages. Advanced AI models handle a range of accents and background noise, so you spend less time editing and more time creating.

99+ Languages, Auto-Detected

Convert audio recordings to text in 99+ languages with automatic detection — no need to pick the language first, even when speakers switch languages mid-conversation. Built for global teams and multilingual content.

Hours of Audio in Minutes

Automated transcription does in minutes what manual transcription takes hours to do. Roughly 2 min of processing per hour of audio — upload, walk away, get notified.

Speaker Labels for Up to 32 Speakers

Speaker identification (diarization) tells different speakers apart and labels each one, with word-level timestamps so you can jump straight to any moment. Audio event tags flag laughter, applause, and music for extra context.

Every Audio Format, Any Source

15+ input formats — MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, MP4 and more — plus YouTube links and shareable links from Google Drive or Dropbox. Short clips or long audio files, it's all the same upload.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Your audio is encrypted at rest and in transit, your data is isolated and never used to train AI models, and handling follows GDPR-compliant practices. You can delete files anytime.
Upload audio from a file, a YouTube link, Google Drive, Dropbox, or a live call
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Upload Audio From Any Source

Most audio to text converter tools are picky about formats and sources. PrismaScribe isn't — drop in an audio file or video file in any of 15+ formats (MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, MP4 and more), paste a YouTube link to transcribe online content, or paste a shareable link from Google Drive or Dropbox. File sizes run from 250 MB to 5 GB depending on your plan.

Recording a live call instead? The PrismaScribe meeting bot joins your Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams call, captures every word, and hands back a transcript — no manual note taking.

PrismaScribe transcript editor with AI summaries, quizzes, and flashcards
Built In

More Than a Transcript

Get the transcript, then do something with it. The built-in editor lets you correct errors, rename speakers, highlight insights, and add notes — no exporting to fix a typo. When it's right, export as TXT, SRT, VTT, PDF, Word, and Markdown for easy sharing.

From the same transcript, generate AI summaries, quizzes, and flashcards in one click — handy for study materials, brainstorming sessions, or turning a recording into blog posts, show notes, and emails. One audio file, a stack of usable text.

Who Uses Audio to Text

One audio transcription tool, a lot of workflows. Pick a use case to see how it fits.

Turn every episode into searchable text.

  • Voice recordings become show notes, captions, and blog posts.
  • Searchable transcripts boost SEO and discoverability.
  • Improve accessibility for your whole audience.
Podcaster turning an episode into a searchable transcript
Searchable, editable, shareable text from an audio recording

Why Convert Audio to Text?

Audio is hard to search, slow to skim, and impossible to copy-paste. Turning it into text fixes all of that — your content becomes searchable, easy to edit, easy to analyze, and easy to share. Search a transcript for an exact keyword instead of scrubbing through an hour of recording. Repurpose a podcast into a blog post, a meeting into action items, a lecture into study notes.

It's also an accessibility win — text alternatives give Deaf and hard-of-hearing people equal access to spoken content, and let neurodivergent readers move at their own pace. And on the web, transcripts make audio and video content indexable, which widens your reach. Automating speech-to-text turns hours of manual work into a couple of minutes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about converting audio to text

PrismaScribe's free plan gives you 0.5 hours of transcription per month (15-minute daily cap), files up to 250 MB, all 15+ audio and video formats, 99+ languages, speaker labels, timestamps, and every export format — no credit card. Upload an audio file or paste a YouTube link, let the AI process it, and download your transcript. For more volume, paid plans start at $7/month.
Not directly — ChatGPT works with text, not audio files; it can't ingest a recording or produce a transcript on its own. You'd need a transcription tool to convert the audio to text first. PrismaScribe does that — and it'll also summarize, quiz, or flashcard the transcript for you afterward.
Google's tools have free tiers — Live Transcribe (an Android app) handles short, real-time speech on a phone, Google Docs voice typing dictates as you talk, and Recorder is Pixel-only. None of them transcribe an uploaded audio file with speaker labels, timestamps, or export options. For file-based audio transcription, you need a dedicated audio to text converter — PrismaScribe has a free plan for exactly that.
"No limit" usually means no free tier — most truly unlimited transcription is paid. PrismaScribe's free plan has caps (0.5 h/month, 15 min/day, 250 MB) but no expiration and no credit card; paid plans go up to 40 hours/month. If you need a lot of audio transcribed, the paid plans are still inexpensive.
Yes — that's the whole point. Upload the audio (or paste a YouTube, Google Drive, or Dropbox link) and automated speech recognition turns it into text in about 2 min per hour of audio, with automatic language detection, speaker labels, and word-level timestamps. For live calls, the meeting bot joins Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams and transcribes automatically.
On clear audio in widely-spoken languages, expect 98%+ accuracy — up to 99% in ideal conditions — with speaker identification and audio event detection. Advanced AI models handle a range of accents and background noise; heavy crosstalk or poor recording quality lowers it. You can fix anything in the built-in editor before exporting.
15+ input formats: MP3, MP4, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG and more. You can also paste a YouTube link to transcribe a video's audio directly, or a shareable link from Google Drive or Dropbox. Export to TXT, SRT, VTT, PDF, Word, and Markdown.
Yes — speaker identification (diarization) tells different speakers apart and labels up to 32 of them per file, with word-level timestamps so you can locate each speaker's parts. Accuracy is best with clear audio and distinct voices; you can rename or reassign speakers in the editor.
Your audio is encrypted at rest and in transit, your data is isolated and never shared with third parties or used to train AI models, and handling follows GDPR-compliant practices. You can delete files anytime. Note that PrismaScribe is not HIPAA compliant for regulated healthcare data.
Two options: upload pre-recorded files for fast batch processing, or connect the meeting bot to transcribe a live Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams call as it happens. Operating systems have basic built-in dictation for short speech; PrismaScribe gives you professional-grade accuracy, speaker labels, and full transcripts.
Yes — upload a video file (MP4, MOV and more) and PrismaScribe transcribes the audio track, or paste a YouTube link and it pulls the audio for you. Same speaker labels, timestamps, and export options.

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"We used to transcribe one episode a week by hand. Now I upload the whole season Sunday night and have clean, speaker-labeled transcripts — and the show notes basically write themselves from the AI summary."
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98%+ accuracy in 99+ languages
Speaker labels, timestamps, AI summaries
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