🎧 Audio Transcriber — Speech to Text (Whisper) for Podcasts, Social & Uploads

$0.02 per minute transcribed · 🔒 no API key needed · 🌍 any language (auto-detect) · 📝 text + SRT + timestamps 🔗 View on Apify Store · 🇺🇸 English · 🇧🇷 Português

Transcribe audio to text using OpenAI Whisper running locally inside the Actor (faster-whisper) — no external API, no key, no rate limits. Just give any media URL — a podcast, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, SoundCloud, or a direct link to an audio file — and get accurate text, timestamped segments, SRT subtitles and auto-detected language. Audio is extracted automatically from video links too.

Who it's for: podcasters & content teams, journalists, researchers, accessibility/SEO teams, and developers building search or summarization on top of spoken audio.

▶️ Click Try for free — your first run returns a real transcript in seconds.

✨ Features

• 🎯 Real Whisper transcription (not just captions) — works on audio that has no subtitles.
• 🌍 99+ languages, auto-detected (or force one with the language field).
• 🔗 Any source — social networks, podcast hosts, or a direct audio-file link (mp3/wav/m4a/…).
• 📝 Rich output — full text, timestamped segments, ready-to-use SRT, word count, language.
• 🔒 Self-contained — Whisper runs in the container; you never need an API key.
• 💸 Fair pricing — pay per minute of audio actually transcribed.

📥 Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
mediaUrls	array	✅	Audio/media URLs (social/podcast link or direct audio file)
language	string	❌	ISO code (en, pt, es…). Empty = auto-detect
model	string	❌	tiny | base (default) | small — speed vs. accuracy
maxMinutesPerItem	integer	❌	Safety cap on minutes per URL (default 120)
proxyConfiguration	object	❌	Datacenter by default; use RESIDENTIAL if a network blocks the download

📤 Output (per item)

{
  "url": "https://…",
  "title": "Episode 12 — …",
  "language": "en",
  "durationSeconds": 612.4,
  "billedMinutes": 11,
  "text": "Full transcript text …",
  "segments": [{ "start": 0.0, "end": 4.2, "text": "…" }],
  "srt": "1\n00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,200\n…",
  "wordCount": 1840
}

🎯 Use cases

• Turn podcasts/interviews into searchable, quotable text.
• Generate SRT subtitles for social clips.
• Feed spoken audio into summarization / RAG / analytics.
• Accessibility transcripts for compliance.

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need an API key (OpenAI, etc.)? A: No. Whisper runs inside the Actor — you only provide URLs.

Q: Which sources work? A: Anything yt-dlp supports (1800+ sites) plus direct audio-file links. If a network blocks the download, enable RESIDENTIAL proxy.

Q: How is it billed? A: $0.02 per minute of audio transcribed (rounded up per item). A 10-minute podcast = $0.20.

Q: What about accuracy? A: base is a good default; switch to small for higher accuracy on tough audio.

💰 Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.02 per minute transcribed. No platform-usage charges — a fixed price per minute of real audio. Examples: 5 min = $0.10 · 30 min = $0.60 · 60 min = $1.20.

🔗 Related actors

• Video Transcriber — transcribe video from any network.
• YouTube Fast Scraper — metadata + captions.

📝 Changelog

• v1.0 — local Whisper (faster-whisper) transcription; text + segments + SRT; per-minute pricing.

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🇧🇷 Português

$0.02 por minuto transcrito · 🔒 sem chave de API · 🌍 qualquer idioma (detecção automática) · 📝 texto + SRT + timestamps 🇺🇸 English · 🇧🇷 Português

Transcreva áudio em texto com o Whisper rodando localmente no Actor (faster-whisper) — sem API externa, sem chave, sem rate limit. Passe qualquer URL de mídia — podcast, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, SoundCloud ou um link direto de arquivo de áudio — e receba texto, segmentos com timestamps, legendas SRT e idioma detectado. O áudio é extraído automaticamente também de links de vídeo.

Para quem é: podcasters e times de conteúdo, jornalistas, pesquisadores, times de acessibilidade/SEO e desenvolvedores que constroem busca ou resumo sobre áudio falado.

▶️ Clique em Testar grátis — sua primeira execução retorna uma transcrição real em segundos.

✨ Recursos

• 🎯 Transcrição Whisper real (não só legendas) — funciona em áudio sem legendas.
• 🌍 99+ idiomas, detectados automaticamente (ou force com language).
• 🔗 Qualquer origem — redes sociais, hosts de podcast ou link direto de arquivo.
• 📝 Saída rica — texto completo, segmentos com tempo, SRT pronto, contagem de palavras, idioma.
• 🔒 Autossuficiente — o Whisper roda no container; você nunca precisa de chave de API.
• 💸 Preço justo — pague por minuto de áudio realmente transcrito.

💰 Preço

Pay-per-event: $0.02 por minuto transcrito. Sem cobrança de uso de plataforma — preço fixo por minuto de áudio real. Exemplos: 5 min = $0.10 · 30 min = $0.60 · 60 min = $1.20.

❓ FAQ

P: Preciso de chave de API? R: Não. O Whisper roda dentro do Actor — você só fornece URLs.

P: Como é cobrado? R: $0.02 por minuto de áudio transcrito (arredondado por item). Um podcast de 10 min = $0.20.

📝 Changelog

• v1.0 — transcrição local com Whisper (faster-whisper); texto + segmentos + SRT; preço por minuto.