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Speech to Text - Voice Typing & Transcription

Take notes with your voice for free, or automatically transcribe audio & video recordings. secure, accurate & blazing fast..

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Dictate Notes

Start taking notes, on our online voice-enabled notepad right away, for free.

Transcribe Recordings

Automatically transcribe audios & videos - upload files from your device or link to an online resource (Drive, YouTube, TikTok and more).

Speechnotes is a reliable and secure web-based speech-to-text tool that enables you to quickly and accurately transcribe your audio and video recordings, as well as dictate your notes instead of typing, saving you time and effort. With features like voice commands for punctuation and formatting, automatic capitalization, and easy import/export options, Speechnotes provides an efficient and user-friendly dictation and transcription experience. Proudly serving millions of users since 2015, Speechnotes is the go-to tool for anyone who needs fast, accurate & private transcription. Our Portfolio of Complementary Speech-To-Text Tools Includes:

Voice typing - Chrome extension

Dictate instead of typing on any form & text-box across the web. Including on Gmail, and more.

Transcription API & webhooks

Speechnotes' API enables you to send us files via standard POST requests, and get the transcription results sent directly to your server.

Zapier integration

Combine the power of automatic transcriptions with Zapier's automatic processes. Serverless & codeless automation! Connect with your CRM, phone calls, Docs, email & more.

Android Speechnotes app

Speechnotes' notepad for Android, for notes taking on your mobile, battle tested with more than 5Million downloads. Rated 4.3+ ⭐

iOS TextHear app

TextHear for iOS, works great on iPhones, iPads & Macs. Designed specifically to help people with hearing impairment participate in conversations. Please note, this is a sister app - so it has its own pricing plan.

Audio & video converting tools

Tools developed for fast - batch conversions of audio files from one type to another and extracting audio only from videos for minimizing uploads.

Our Sister Apps for Text-To-Speech & Live Captioning

Complementary to Speechnotes

Reads out loud texts, files & web pages

Reads out loud texts, PDFs, e-books & websites for free

Speechlogger

Live Captioning & Translation

Live captions & translations for online meetings, webinars, and conferences.

Need Human Transcription? We Can Offer a 10% Discount Coupon

We do not provide human transcription services ourselves, but, we partnered with a UK company that does. Learn more on human transcription and the 10% discount .

Dictation Notepad

Start taking notes with your voice for free

Speech to Text online notepad. Professional, accurate & free speech recognizing text editor. Distraction-free, fast, easy to use web app for dictation & typing.

Speechnotes is a powerful speech-enabled online notepad, designed to empower your ideas by implementing a clean & efficient design, so you can focus on your thoughts. We strive to provide the best online dictation tool by engaging cutting-edge speech-recognition technology for the most accurate results technology can achieve today, together with incorporating built-in tools (automatic or manual) to increase users' efficiency, productivity and comfort. Works entirely online in your Chrome browser. No download, no install and even no registration needed, so you can start working right away.

Speechnotes is especially designed to provide you a distraction-free environment. Every note, starts with a new clear white paper, so to stimulate your mind with a clean fresh start. All other elements but the text itself are out of sight by fading out, so you can concentrate on the most important part - your own creativity. In addition to that, speaking instead of typing, enables you to think and speak it out fluently, uninterrupted, which again encourages creative, clear thinking. Fonts and colors all over the app were designed to be sharp and have excellent legibility characteristics.

Example use cases

• Voice typing
• Writing notes, thoughts
• Medical forms - dictate
• Transcribers (listen and dictate)

Transcription Service

Start transcribing

Fast turnaround - results within minutes. Includes timestamps, auto punctuation and subtitles at unbeatable price. Protects your privacy: no human in the loop, and (unlike many other vendors) we do NOT keep your audio. Pay per use, no recurring payments. Upload your files or transcribe directly from Google Drive, YouTube or any other online source. Simple. No download or install. Just send us the file and get the results in minutes.

• Transcribe interviews
• Captions for Youtubes & movies
• Auto-transcribe phone calls or voice messages
• Students - transcribe lectures
• Podcasters - enlarge your audience by turning your podcasts into textual content
• Text-index entire audio archives

Key Advantages

Speechnotes is powered by the leading most accurate speech recognition AI engines by Google & Microsoft. We always check - and make sure we still use the best. Accuracy in English is very good and can easily reach 95% accuracy for good quality dictation or recording.

Lightweight & fast

Both Speechnotes dictation & transcription are lightweight-online no install, work out of the box anywhere you are. Dictation works in real time. Transcription will get you results in a matter of minutes.

Super Private & Secure!

Super private - no human handles, sees or listens to your recordings! In addition, we take great measures to protect your privacy. For example, for transcribing your recordings - we pay Google's speech to text engines extra - just so they do not keep your audio for their own research purposes.

Health advantages

Typing may result in different types of Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI). Voice typing is one of the main recommended ways to minimize these risks, as it enables you to sit back comfortably, freeing your arms, hands, shoulders and back altogether.

Saves you time

Need to transcribe a recording? If it's an hour long, transcribing it yourself will take you about 6! hours of work. If you send it to a transcriber - you will get it back in days! Upload it to Speechnotes - it will take you less than a minute, and you will get the results in about 20 minutes to your email.

Saves you money

Speechnotes dictation notepad is completely free - with ads - or a small fee to get it ad-free. Speechnotes transcription is only $0.1/minute, which is X10 times cheaper than a human transcriber! We offer the best deal on the market - whether it's the free dictation notepad ot the pay-as-you-go transcription service.

Dictation - Free

• Online dictation notepad
• Voice typing Chrome extension

Dictation - Premium

• Premium online dictation notepad
• Premium voice typing Chrome extension
• Support from the development team

Transcription

$0.1 /minute.

• Pay as you go - no subscription
• Audio & video recordings
• Speaker diarization in English
• Generate captions .srt files
• REST API, webhooks & Zapier integration

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Privacy policy.

We at Speechnotes, Speechlogger, TextHear, Speechkeys value your privacy, and that's why we do not store anything you say or type or in fact any other data about you - unless it is solely needed for the purpose of your operation. We don't share it with 3rd parties, other than Google / Microsoft for the speech-to-text engine.

Privacy - how are the recordings and results handled?

- transcription service.

Our transcription service is probably the most private and secure transcription service available.

• HIPAA compliant.
• No human in the loop. No passing your recording between PCs, emails, employees, etc.
• Secure encrypted communications (https) with and between our servers.
• Recordings are automatically deleted from our servers as soon as the transcription is done.
• Our contract with Google / Microsoft (our speech engines providers) prohibits them from keeping any audio or results.
• Transcription results are securely kept on our secure database. Only you have access to them - only if you sign in (or provide your secret credentials through the API)
• You may choose to delete the transcription results - once you do - no copy remains on our servers.

- Dictation notepad & extension

For dictation, the recording & recognition - is delegated to and done by the browser (Chrome / Edge) or operating system (Android). So, we never even have access to the recorded audio, and Edge's / Chrome's / Android's (depending the one you use) privacy policy apply here.

The results of the dictation are saved locally on your machine - via the browser's / app's local storage. It never gets to our servers. So, as long as your device is private - your notes are private.

Payments method privacy

The whole payments process is delegated to PayPal / Stripe / Google Pay / Play Store / App Store and secured by these providers. We never receive any of your credit card information.

More generic notes regarding our site, cookies, analytics, ads, etc.

• We may use Google Analytics on our site - which is a generic tool to track usage statistics.
• We use cookies - which means we save data on your browser to send to our servers when needed. This is used for instance to sign you in, and then keep you signed in.
• For the dictation tool - we use your browser's local storage to store your notes, so you can access them later.
• Non premium dictation tool serves ads by Google. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings . Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting https://youradchoices.com/
• In case you would like to upload files to Google Drive directly from Speechnotes - we'll ask for your permission to do so. We will use that permission for that purpose only - syncing your speech-notes to your Google Drive, per your request.

Video to Text

Automatically transcribe video to text.

Do you want to convert speech in your video to text? Do you want to edit that text easily and use it anywhere? With Flixier you can transcribe video to text in your browser in minutes. Use the text in any way you like, send it to colleagues, edit it in Word or add it as a YouTube video description to reach more people.

From video to text in minutes

The easy to use interface in Flixier lets you get started in minutes. Even more, to generate video from text we process your videos in the cloud meaning that the process is super fast and it doesn’t require any of your computer’s resources.

Transcribe any video to text

Flixier is extremely flexible allowing you to transcribe any video to text. You can upload an MP4, MOV, AVI, MPEG or any other video file format and Flixier will automatically convert it for you and make it ready to be transcribed to text.

Transform YouTube video to text

Besides being able to handle any video you upload from your computer Flixier can also transcribe YouTube videos to text. Just copy and paste a link to a YouTube video inside Flixier and we will import it in seconds.

Use your text anywhere

When you transcribe video to text inside Flixier you get plenty of options to take advantage of it. Use it as a video subtitle, download it and import it in Google Docs or Word, send it as an email or use it as a YouTube video description.

Upload your video to Flixier

Just click the Transcribe button above to upload your video to Flixier, no account is needed. 

After the video finished uploading just click the “Generate” button to start the conversion process. This can take a few minutes depending on the length of your video. When done you will see the text on the left side of the screen. 

After the conversion is complete you can make edits to the text if needed and then press the download button at the bottom left of the screen to download in Text or Subtitle formats.

Why use Flixier to Transcribe Video to Text

Add subtitles to video.

The best part of transcribing video to text is that you can use it to add subtitles to video . In Flixier this gets even better because you can edit the subtitles by changing the text, fonts or colors. This will also make your videos more engaging and increase their reach.

Add audio to video

Another great option in Flixier is the possibility to add audio to video , you can choose any audio you like from our built-in library, record your voice inside Flixier or add your own video. The best part is that you can also transcribe this audio to text.

Transcribe video to text free

Transcribe video to text for free without having to skimp on features. Flixier offers almost all features to free users so you don’t have to worry about spending if you are just starting out with creating video.

Edit with powerful tools

Use Flixier to cut, trim and crop your videos, make them ready for social media and make them look professional with the help of our transitions, overlays and animated texts, intros and calls to action.

What people say about Flixier

I’ve been looking for a solution like Flixier for years. Now that my virtual team and I can edit projects together on the cloud with Flixier, it tripled my company’s video output! Super easy to use and unbelievably quick exports.

My main criteria for an editor was that the interface is familiar and most importantly that the renders were in the cloud and super fast. Flixier more than delivered in both. I've now been using it daily to edit Facebook videos for my 1M follower page.

I'm so relieved I found Flixier. I have a YouTube channel with over 700k subscribers and Flixier allows me to collaborate seamlessly with my team, they can work from any device at any time plus, renders are cloud powered and super super fast on any computer.

Frequently asked questions.

To convert video to text online you can use a tool like Flixier. Upload your video first, then click the Transcribe button to transcribe the video to text. The final step is to download that text file and use it however you like. 

Flixier is great for extracting video to text because it processes the videos in the cloud at super speed without eating up any of your computer’s hardware. Even more, you don’t need to install it as it works directly in your browser making for a very fast and easy to use experience.

To automatically transcribe video to text add your videos to the Flixier library either from your computer, YouTube, Zoom or Twitch. Then use the Transcribe feature and your text will be ready in minutes. When the text shows up on your screen you can download it and use it however you want. 

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Transcribe YouTube Video

Turn speech into text for all your YouTube videos. Make your channel accessible!

Transcribe your YouTube videos and make them accessible!

VEED lets you quickly transcribe your YouTube videos online. Do it straight from your browser with minimal effort and cost. Create text transcriptions or add auto-subtitles permanently to your videos in one click. VEED automatically converts speech to text, and you can transcribe your video and even translate it to over 100 languages! All automatically.

Save your YouTube video transcript as a text file (.txt) to see accurate video to text transcription. After that, you can tap into all of the other editing options VEED has in store for you! Downloading transcription files is available to our premium subscribers. Check our pricing page for more info.

How to transcribe YouTube videos:

1 upload or start with a template.

Upload your video to VEED, or you can start with our highly customizable video templates, then add your video.

2 Generate transcription

Click ‘Subtitles’ > ‘Auto Subtitles’. Then press ‘START’. Your transcript will be generated, automatically

3 Edit & save

To edit, click on the subtitles and start typing. You can also edit the design of the subtitles, click on ‘styles’ and pick from the VEED design options. When finished, click ‘Options’, then ‘Download Subtitles’ in ‘.TXT format’ to download your text transcript.

Watch this video to learn more about our transcription tool:

Make your YouTube video searchable on Google!

By adding a transcription or subtitles to your YouTube video, you will make it searchable on Google or other search engines with its additional text element. Boost your search rankings and generate more clicks to appear higher up on results pages!

Create accessible teaching materials

Text transcripts are super useful for creating teaching and learning materials! Text transcripts can be a useful resource to bolster or underpin learning. They can also be a useful way to study conversational speech. They are great for learning foreign languages. You can also create video captions to ensure an inclusive viewing experience. Text transcripts create a whole host of extended learning opportunities!

Perfect for podcasts

Converting video or audio to text is a great way of keeping a record of what was said in your podcast. Transcripts also create keyword/topic searchability for users and listeners. Give listeners and users the option to quickly refer back to your podcast and find those key moments!

Frequently Asked Questions

Upload the YouTube video, click ‘Subtitles’ > ‘Auto Subtitles’, press ‘START’ and your video to text transcription will begin!

Once your video is uploaded and you have clicked ‘Subtitles’ > ‘Auto Subtitles’, ‘START’ your text transcriptions are automatic! It depends on the length of the video but the transcriptions happen super fast via our cloud-based servers.

No. You should not download videos from YouTube. You can upload your own content to VEED for automatic transcription. Always follow YouTube's terms of service.

Discover more:

• Interview Transcription
• MP4 to Text
• Transcribe Lectures to Text

What they say about VEED

Veed is a great piece of browser software with the best team I've ever seen. Veed allows for subtitling, editing, effect/text encoding, and many more advanced features that other editors just can't compete with. The free version is wonderful, but the Pro version is beyond perfect. Keep in mind that this a browser editor we're talking about and the level of quality that Veed allows is stunning and a complete game changer at worst.

I love using VEED as the speech to subtitles transcription is the most accurate I've seen on the market. It has enabled me to edit my videos in just a few minutes and bring my video content to the next level

Laura Haleydt - Brand Marketing Manager, Carlsberg Importers

The Best & Most Easy to Use Simple Video Editing Software! I had tried tons of other online editors on the market and been disappointed. With VEED I haven't experienced any issues with the videos I create on there. It has everything I need in one place such as the progress bar for my 1-minute clips, auto transcriptions for all my video content, and custom fonts for consistency in my visual branding.

Diana B - Social Media Strategist, Self Employed

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More than a YouTube video transcriber

We can help you with so much more than just transcribing YouTube videos. Our editing software makes it easy to edit your video. Personalize your text by choosing the font, style, and layout. We can help you add subtitles and captions automatically, add filters and effects to your videos, slow down your videos, split subtitles, speed up your videos, draw on your videos, translate your videos into another language, and much more. VEED is a flexible and intuitive video editing tool, designed with you in mind. Try our online editing software to transform your YouTube video into exciting text transcriptions!

TurboScribe

Unlimited audio & video transcription, convert audio and video to accurate text in seconds..

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Since switching to TurboScribe - I transcribe everything without thinking . Large numbers of small files or several HUGE files it handles it. It saved me money, enabled me to offer more services and a TON of time. My once a year review is done, but I feel Turboscribe deserves is hands down.

I formerly had students transcribe audios (8 hrs. work for 1 hr. audio). Your program is literally saving me thousands of hours . The accuracy is actually better than when I had human help doing it. Yours is an incredibly useful piece of software.

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Subtitles for videos in over 130 languages in super quality. So all my future videos will have at least English subtitles. And also some older videos.

For example, my #ChatGPT course is getting an upgrade where I'm adding English subtitles to all videos.

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Easily the best AI transcription service I've used. Intuitive, quick, and super helpful features for anyone with a high volume workload.

What is TurboScribe?

TurboScribe is an AI transcription service that provides unlimited audio and video transcription. TurboScribe converts audio and video files to text in 98+ languages with extremely high accuracy.

How much does it cost?

TurboScribe Unlimited costs $10/month (billed yearly) or $20/month (billed monthly).

Is TurboScribe really unlimited?

Yes! TurboScribe really is unlimited. There are no caps on overall usage. The only "rule" is you can't share your login/account with others.

Can I upload large files?

Yes! TurboScribe is built to handle massive uploads. Each uploaded file can be up to 10 hours long and 5GB in size. Unlimited members can upload up to 50 files at a time.

Is TurboScribe secure?

Yes. Your transcripts, uploaded files, and account information are encrypted and only you can access them. You can delete them at any time. We use Stripe to securely process payments and we don't store your credit card number.

For more information about security and privacy, check out our Security & Privacy FAQ .

Which audio / video formats do you support?

TurboScribe supports the vast majority of common audio and video formats, including MP3, M4A, MP4, MOV, AAC, WAV, OGG, OPUS, MPEG, WMA, WMV, AVI, FLAC, AIFF, ALAC, 3GP, MKV, WEBM, VOB, RMVB, MTS, TS, QuickTime, and DivX.

Can I export my transcript?

Yes! Transcripts can be downloaded in the following formats: PDF, DOCX, captions & subtitles (SRT/VTT), CSV, and TXT.

You can also export multiple files at the same time with Bulk Actions .

Which languages do you support?

TurboScribe converts speech to text in over 98 languages using the highest accuracy AI transcription technology.

Languages like English are the most accurate, typically with human levels of performance and strong recognition of specialized, domain-specific vocabulary. Voice to text accuracy varies by language. You'll get the best results in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Turkish, Hebrew, Greek, Czech, Vietnamese, and Korean. You are encouraged to use the free tier to experiment.

What about accents, background noise, and poor audio quality?

While clean and clear audio produces the best results, TurboScribe generally does well with accents, background noise, and lower audio quality.

If you're transcribing files with very poor audio quality, TurboScribe has a built-in audio restoration tool. It can be enabled via the "Restore Audio" option (under "More Settings") when uploading files. This uses AI to remove background noise and enhance human speech. Audio restoration takes an extra 2-3 minutes per hour of audio/video.

Is speaker recognition free?

Yes! Speaker recognition is free! It can be enabled via the "Speaker Recognition" checkbox (under "More Settings") when uploading files. It will take an extra minute or two (per hour of audio) to create a transcript labeled with speakers.

Can I translate transcripts and subtitles to other languages?

Yes! You can translate transcripts or subtitles to 134+ languages. Click the "Translate" button when viewing any transcript to open the Translation Tool. Then select your desired language and file format to download a translated transcript or subtitles.

You can also transcribe audio or video files (in any language) directly to English by selecting "Transcribe to English" under "More Settings" when uploading files.

How much can I transcribe?

We don't have caps on overall usage and our systems are designed to enable you to convert at least 720 hours of audio or video to text per month.

That means you could use TurboScribe to transcribe your entire life (24 hours per day x 30 days per month = 720 hours, or 43,200 minutes)! As one customer said, "I transcribe everything without thinking."

If you're transcribing very high volumes (> 720 hours per month, or top 0.1% of usage), we wrote up a helpful guide to help you get the most out of TurboScribe.

How do I cancel my subscription?

You can cancel your subscription at any time by navigating to "Account Settings" and clicking "Manage Subscription". You'll have full access to TurboScribe through the end of the current billing period.

Who is behind TurboScribe?

I have more questions..

Email me at [email protected] with any questions and I will get back to you ASAP. I want to hear from you!

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Security and Privacy: Frequently Asked Questions

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VIDEO TO TEXT

Transcribe videos to text with subtitles, translations, and compatible text file formats.

Start for free. 

Upload a video

Get a transcript.

It’s as simple as that. Kapwing converts video to text with an AI-powered automatic transcription software. 

Upload videos up to 2 hours, fast

No need to split your videos up in order for it to upload. This video to text converter supports full-length videos up to 2 hours of footage, making it perfect for meetings, webinars, and podcast transcriptions . 

Download subtitle files in various formats

Get the most accurate video transcriptions to repurpose video content for every channel you have. Convert videos to text files like .VTT, .SRT, .TXT so you can use your video transcript anywhere. 

Translate speech to text in more than 75 languages

The secret to building an audience? Content localization. Part of atomizing content is translating it to reach a wider audience. Use this video to text converter to transcribe, translate, and edit your video for more reach. 

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CEO of Moxie Nashville

Instantly transcribe videos from YouTube, events, webinars, and more

Speed up your workflow and automatically transcribe videos. With your transcript, start editing video by editing text or skim through the text to find video highlights instantly.

Podcast Transcripts 

Transcribe podcasts to get the full show notes. 

YouTube Transcripts 

Get the transcript of a YouTube video, instantly and accurately.

Google Meet Transcripts

Generate a transcript from a Google Meet screen recording.

Interview Transcripts

Get a written record of an interview to keep the meeting fresh in-mind.

Zoom Transcripts 

Generate a transcript from a Zoom screen recording. 

“Kapwing is probably the most important tool for me and my team. [It's] smart, fast, easy to use and full of features that are exactly what we need to make our workflow faster and more effective. We love it more each day and it keeps getting better.”

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How to Transcribe a Video to Text

Upload your video file or paste the URL link to the video you want to transcribe to text.

Open the "Transcript" tab and select "Trim with Transcript." Then, adjust your preferred language setting and click "Generate Transcript."

Once you’ve generated the text, click the download icon (a downwards-pointing arrow), and download a .VTT, .SRT, or .TXT text format.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I turn a video into a text file?

Converting a video into a text file is easy with a reliable video to text converter. Using a tool like Kapwing, you can simply upload your video, and the converter will generate a text file with an accurate transcription.

Can I convert video to text for free?

Absolutely! You can convert video to text for free using Kapwing's online video to text converter. With a high recommendation from over 3,000 users with 4.9+ star Google reviews, Kapwing offers a free and efficient solution. Just upload your video, and the converter will provide you with an accurate text transcription at no cost.

Where can I transcribe a video to text?

Accessible on any device, Kapwing's video to text converter makes sure you get an accurate text transcript in under a minute. Whether you're converting a YouTube video or any other video, simply upload the file, and the video transcription software will handle the process for you.

What's different about Kapwing?

Kapwing is free to use for teams of any size. We also offer paid plans with additional features, storage, and support.

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Cockatoo supports transcription in a wide range of languages, making it easy to convert audio to text in your preferred language.

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Transcribe audio from a video file using Speech-to-Text

This tutorial shows how to transcribe the audio track from a video file using Speech-to-Text.

Audio files can come from many different sources. Audio data can come from a phone (like voicemail) or the soundtrack included in a video file.

Speech-to-Text can use one of several machine learning models to transcribe your audio file, to best match the original source of the audio. You can get better results from your speech transcription by specifying the source of the original audio. This allows Speech-to-Text to process your audio files using a machine learning model trained for data similar to your audio file.

In this document, you use the following billable components of Google Cloud:

• Speech-to-Text

To generate a cost estimate based on your projected usage, use the pricing calculator . New Google Cloud users might be eligible for a free trial .

Before you begin

This tutorial has several prerequisites:

• You've set up a Speech-to-Text project in the Google Cloud console.
• You've set up your environment using Application Default Credentials in the Google Cloud console.
• You have set up the development environment for your chosen programming language.
• You've installed the Google Cloud Client Library for your chosen programming language.

Prepare the audio data

Before you can transcribe audio from a video, you must extract the data from the video file. After you've extracted the audio data, you must store it in a Cloud Storage bucket or convert it to base64-encoding.

Extract the audio data

You can use any file conversion tool that handles audio and video files, such as FFmpeg .

Use the code snippet below to convert a video file to an audio file using ffmpeg .

Store or convert the audio data

You can transcribe an audio file stored on your local machine or in a Cloud Storage bucket .

Use the following command to upload your audio file to an existing Cloud Storage bucket using the gsutil tool .

If you use a local file and plan to send a request using the curl tool from the command line, you must convert the audio file to base64-encoded data first.

Use the following command to convert an audio file to a text file.

Send a transcription request

Use the following code to send a transcription request to Speech-to-Text.

Local file request

Refer to the speech:recognize API endpoint for complete details.

To perform synchronous speech recognition, make a POST request and provide the appropriate request body. The following shows an example of a POST request using curl . The example uses the Google Cloud CLI to generate an access token. For instructions on installing the gcloud CLI, see the quickstart .

See the RecognitionConfig reference documentation for more information on configuring the request body.

If the request is successful, the server returns a 200 OK HTTP status code and the response in JSON format:

To learn how to install and use the client library for Speech-to-Text, see Speech-to-Text client libraries . For more information, see the Speech-to-Text Go API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Speech-to-Text, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

To learn how to install and use the client library for Speech-to-Text, see Speech-to-Text client libraries . For more information, see the Speech-to-Text Java API reference documentation .

To learn how to install and use the client library for Speech-to-Text, see Speech-to-Text client libraries . For more information, see the Speech-to-Text Node.js API reference documentation .

To learn how to install and use the client library for Speech-to-Text, see Speech-to-Text client libraries . For more information, see the Speech-to-Text Python API reference documentation .

Additional languages

C# : Please follow the C# setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the Speech-to-Text reference documentation for .NET.

PHP : Please follow the PHP setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the Speech-to-Text reference documentation for PHP.

Ruby : Please follow the Ruby setup instructions on the client libraries page and then visit the Speech-to-Text reference documentation for Ruby.

Remote file request

To avoid incurring charges to your Google Cloud account for the resources used in this tutorial, either delete the project that contains the resources, or keep the project and delete the individual resources.

Delete the project

The easiest way to eliminate billing is to delete the project that you created for the tutorial.

Go to Manage resources

• In the project list, select the project that you want to delete, and then click Delete .
• In the dialog, type the project ID, and then click Shut down to delete the project.

Delete instances

Go to VM instances

• Select the checkbox for the instance that you want to delete.
• To delete the instance, click more_vert More actions , click Delete , and then follow the instructions.

Delete firewall rules for the default network

Go to Firewall

• Select the checkbox for the firewall rule that you want to delete.
• To delete the firewall rule, click delete Delete .

What's next

• Learn how to get timestamps for audio.
• Identify different speakers in an audio file.

Try it for yourself

If you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how Speech-to-Text performs in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.

Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License , and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License . For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies . Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Last updated 2024-03-27 UTC.