Any Video to Text

M4A to text,in seconds.

Drop an M4A and get the full transcript with timestamps. Voice memos, iPhone recordings, podcasts, lectures and calls, in about 100 languages.

Free files up to 30 minNo sign-upPrivate file stays on your deviceTXT · SRT · VTT

What you get back

A real result: 18:15 of speech. Your file comes back in the same view.

President Kennedy's Speech at Rice University

NASA Video

From captions18:15EN
But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal?
And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain?
Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?
Why does Rice play Texas?
We choose to go to the moon.
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things,
not because they are easy, but because they are hard,
because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills,
because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept,
one we are unwilling to postpone,
and one we intend to win, and the others, too.
Timestamps onCopy textTXTSRTVTT

President Kennedy's Speech at Rice University, 1962. Public domain, from NASA's YouTube upload.

How do I convert an M4A to text for free?

Drop the file on the box on this page. Your browser pulls out the audio and Whisper speech recognition returns the transcript, about 30 to 45 seconds for every 10 minutes of audio. Free for files up to 30 minutes, 5 a day, with no sign-up, and the file itself is never uploaded.

PriceFree: 5 a day, no sign-up. Credits (no subscription): $5 for 200, $15 for 1,000, $39 for 5,000.
Works withMP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC and WebM audio; MP4, MOV and WebM video
LengthUp to 30 minutes free, up to 2 hours with credits (1 credit per 10 minutes)
HowWhisper speech recognition; the file stays on your device
SpeakersOptional speaker labels (who said what), renameable, 3 credits per 10 minutes
LanguagesAbout 100, detected automatically
ExportCopy, TXT, SRT or VTT, with or without timestamps
Sign-upNot needed. Google sign-in only to buy credits

How it works

  1. Choose your M4A

    Drop it on the box or pick it from your computer or phone.

  2. We transcribe it

    Your browser reads the audio and sends it, compressed, to AI speech recognition. The file itself is never uploaded.

  3. Copy or download

    Plain text, text with timestamps, or SRT and VTT subtitle files.

rice-speech.vttSubtitles
WEBVTT

00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:06.000
We choose to go to the moon.

00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:18.000
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things,

00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:22.000
not because they are easy, but because they are hard,
The same transcript as a VTT subtitle file (SRT too), ready for a video editor or YouTube.

How to convert M4A to text

  1. Drop your M4A file on the box above, or press choose a file.
  2. Wait a few seconds: about 30 to 45 seconds for every 10 minutes of audio.
  3. Copy the transcript, or download it as TXT, SRT or VTT.

What is an M4A file?

M4A is the audio format Apple uses for iPhone Voice Memos, many recording apps and iTunes audio. It's AAC audio in an MP4 container, so it's small and good quality, and it works here without converting it first.

From an iPhone memo? See voice memo to text. Other formats: MP3 to text, WAV to text, MP4 to text.

Questions

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Do I need to convert M4A to MP3 first?

No. Drop the M4A as it is.

Is this M4A to text converter free?

Yes. 5 files a day up to 30 minutes each, with no account. Credits from $5 remove the daily limit and allow files up to 2 hours.

Do you keep my M4A file?

No. It never leaves your device; only a compressed copy of its audio is sent for transcription, and nothing is stored.

Is it really free?

Yes. You get 5 free transcripts a day with no account and no watermark. If you need more, credits start at $5 for 200 transcripts, with no daily limit, videos up to 2 hours and a bulk tool for lists and whole channels. No subscription.

How accurate is the transcript?

When the video has captions we use them as they are, which is the most accurate option. When it doesn't, the audio is transcribed by AI speech recognition (Whisper), which handles accents, fast talk and background music well. Names and slang can still need a quick check.

Which languages work?

Speech-to-text works in about 100 languages and detects the language for you. Captions come in whatever language the creator or platform added.

Can I get timestamps or subtitles?

Yes. Turn on Timestamps to see the time of each line, or download the transcript as an SRT or VTT subtitle file for video editors and YouTube.

Do you store my videos?

No. We never download or keep the video. We keep the text transcript of public videos for 30 days so the next person who asks for the same video gets it instantly. Files you upload never leave your device: only their audio track is sent for transcription, and neither the audio nor the transcript is kept.

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