Free Online Transcription for Video and Audio

Frequently asked questions

• What is transcribe.mov?

  transcribe.mov is an online transcription service that converts audio and video files into text – free to try, then pay per minute. Our advanced AI-powered transcription tool ensures accurate and instant transcriptions, saving you time and effort.

• How much does it cost to use transcribe.mov?

  You can transcribe files up to 10 minutes for free without an account, and get 30 free minutes when you sign up. For more, buy minutes as you go – no subscription: 120 minutes for $5.90, 300 minutes for $10.90 or 600 minutes for $19.90. Minutes never expire.

• Do you offer discounts for non-profits, educators or researchers?

  Yes – 30% off every pack. Email contact@transcribe.mov from your organisation's address and you'll have your discount code within a day.

• How accurate are the transcriptions?

  transcribe.mov uses Whisper large-v3 (the turbo build) – the open model that OpenAI benchmarks per language. On read speech it makes roughly one error in 11 words in English and one in 18–21 in Spanish, German, Portuguese or Russian; clean studio audio is better, noisy or overlapping speech is worse, and independent tests of real meetings land around 11 % word error. You get the whole file, verbatim, with punctuation and speaker labels (registered users); you fix names and terms in the editor.

• How do I get the best results?

  Record close to the speaker in a quiet room – one voice at a time transcribes best. Upload the original file; don’t re-encode or compress it (phone .m4a and camera .mov are fine as they are). Clear speech matters more than file quality: accents and cross-talk cost more accuracy than bitrate ever will. Silence and music are filtered automatically.

• Is my data secure with transcribe.mov?

  Absolutely! We take data security and confidentiality seriously. Your uploaded files and transcriptions are kept secure and private. We do not share your data with third parties, and all files are deleted from our servers after processing.

• What file formats does transcribe.mov support?

  transcribe.mov supports a wide range of audio and video file formats, including MP3, WAV, MP4, MOV, AVI, and many more. Our platform is designed to be versatile and compatible with various media formats.

• Can I transcribe content in languages other than English?

  Yes! transcribe.mov supports multiple languages, making it suitable for a global audience. Whether your content is in English, Spanish, French, or any other language, our AI transcription tool can handle it.

• What languages are supported?

  We are supporting currently more than 99 languages: English (US and UK variations), Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), German, Spanish (Spain and Latin America variations), Russian, Korean, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Turkish, Polish, Catalan, Dutch, Arabic, Swedish, Italian, Indonesian, Hindi, Finnish, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Greek, Malay, Czech, Romanian, Danish, Hungarian, Tamil, Norwegian, Thai, Urdu, Croatian, Bulgarian, lithuanian, Latin, Maori, Malayalam, Welsh, Slovak, Telugu, Persian, Latvian, Bengali, Serbian, Azerbaijani, Slovenian, Kannada, Estonian, Macedonian, Breton, Basque, Icelandic, Armenian, Nepali, Mongolian, Bosnian, Kazakh, Albanian, Swahili, Galician, Marathi, Punjabi, Sinhala, Khmer, Shona, Yoruba, Somali, Afrikaans, Occitan, Georgian, Belarusian, Tajik, Sindhi, gujarati, Amharic, Yiddish, Lao, Uzbek, Faroese, Haitian Creole, Pashto, Turkmen, Nynorsk, Maltese, Sanskrit, Luxembourgish, Myanmar, Tibetan, Tagalog, Malagasy, Assamese, Tatar, Hawaiian, Lingala, Hausa, Bashkir, Javanese, Sundanese.

• How long does it take to transcribe a file?

  Registered and paid users get GPU processing: a one-hour file is usually done in about five minutes. Files uploaded without an account run in our standard queue, which can take longer than the file itself when the queue is busy.

• What types of content can I transcribe with transcribe.mov?

  Our platform is versatile and can handle various types of content. Whether you need transcriptions for interviews, lectures, podcasts, webinars, or any other audio or video content, transcribe.mov is up to the task.

• Do I need to sign up to use transcribe.mov?

  Not for files up to 10 minutes – upload and go. With a free account you get 30 free minutes, faster processing, speaker labels and a history of your transcripts.

• Can I edit the transcribed text if needed?

  Yes, you have the option to edit the transcribed text after processing. While our AI aims to provide accurate results, manual review and editing may be necessary for specialized content.

• Can I create subtitles from the transcription?

  Yes, you can download the transcription in various formats, including SRT and VTT, to create subtitles for your videos. This feature is especially useful for content creators and video producers.

• Does it show different speakers?

  Yes – for registered and paid users, transcribe.mov identifies and labels the different speakers, making it easier to follow conversations and interviews.

Facts updated August 2026