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Free AI speech to text: turn audio and video into editable text with OpenAI Whisper.

Founded year: 2026
Country: United States of America
Funding rounds: Not set
Total funding amount: Not set

Description

Audio Convert is an online speech to text tool that converts audio and video recordings into accurate, editable text using OpenAI Whisper. Audio Convert covers the whole transcription task rather than the first draft alone: source intake, AI transcription, human review, and export all happen on the same page.

Key features
- Three input paths: upload a saved file (MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, MOV, WEBM up to 1GB), record live in the browser, or paste a supported media URL.
- AI transcription in 100+ languages with automatic language detection, powered by OpenAI Whisper.
- Speaker identification and timestamps, so conversations stay traceable back to the source audio.
- An in-browser transcript editor for searching passages, correcting misheard names and technical terms, and renaming speakers.
- Export options for the next step: TXT for notes, SRT and VTT for captions, DOCX or PDF for editing, JSON for structured transcript segments.
- Paid plans add AI Summary, AI Analytics, Chat with AI over a transcript, translation across 100+ languages, and email delivery.

Use cases
Journalists verify interview quotes against timestamps. Video creators build caption files for YouTube and short-form clips. Students and researchers convert lectures and field recordings into searchable notes. Podcasters produce episode transcripts and show notes. Remote teams turn meeting recordings into editable minutes. Developers pull JSON transcript segments into downstream tools.

Pricing
Audio Convert is freemium: five free transcription minutes to start, then recurring plans from $4.90/mo billed annually, or one-time minute packs for occasional batches.

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