Audio & Video Transcription: MP3, MP4 & Podcast to Text
Pricing
from $1.13 / 1,000 transcript, per minute of audios
Transcribe audio and video files to text with AI: MP3, MP4, WAV, M4A and more, from direct links or podcast RSS feeds. Word timestamps, speaker labels, SRT/VTT subtitles, 90+ languages, up to 10 hours per file. No login or API key.
You can access the Audio & Video Transcription: MP3, MP4 & Podcast to Text programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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