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Unuhi i nā leo lōʻihi. A hiki i 10 hola.ʻAʻohe wā pau.

Hāʻale ana ka hapa nui o nā mea hana ma luna o 2 hola a i ʻole 2 GB. Hoʻokaʻawale kā mākou pipeline i nā faila lōʻihi i nā ala hana like, hoʻohui hou me nā hōʻailona manawa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a hoʻopuka i hoʻokahi unuhi paʻakikī — me nā inoa kamaʻilio. ʻO Pro a me Business e ʻae a hiki i 10 hola no ka faila. Hoʻohui ʻo Business i ka palena o ka nui (5 GB vs 2 GB) a me ka pila priority.

Drop a file, or pick one

MP3 · WAV · M4A · MP4 · MOV · MKV · OGG · OPUS · FLAC · WEBM — up to 100 MB anonymously

Paste a link, we’ll fetch the audio

YouTube · TikTok · Vimeo · Twitter · SoundCloud · Spotify · 50+ more

Record straight from your browser

Sign up takes 30 seconds — recording opens right after, in the dashboard.

No card required~90s per 60-min fileSRT · VTT · DOCX · TXTFiles auto-deleted in 24h

↓ Watch what happens

Audio in. Transcript out.

Drop a file, paste a URL, or record live — text appears back with speaker labels and timestamps. Same pipeline whether the source is a file, a URL, or your microphone.

Microphone · liveREC 00:07.41
en-US auto-detected16 kHz mono
~90s
Transcript · streaming2 speakers · 47:08
S1

Thanks for making the time. I want to start with framing — what was the original hypothesis behind the project?

S2

Honestly, maybe forty percent. The shape held — the mechanics underneath had to be rebuilt almost entirely.

S1

What flipped it for you? Was there one customer call, one piece of data

~95% accuracy on clean audioSRT · DOCX · TXT · JSON

↓ This is the dashboard

This is what loads when the job finishes.

Same layout as the real dashboard — Summary, full Transcript, Speakers tab, Exports. Key points and action items extracted automatically. Auto-tags on every job.

Try it on your own file — it's free

Three real options · honest comparison

Built-in dictation, AI speech-to-text, or a human transcriber.

Three legitimate ways to get text from spoken audio in 2026. Each is best for different work. Honest numbers below — no claim that AI matches a professional human transcriber on hard audio.

Option 01

Built-in dictation

Live, free, on-device. Handy for short bursts while you talk.

Accuracy · clear English~85%
Speaker separationNo
TimestampsNo
Languages~30
60-min fileLive only
CostFree
Best forShort voice notes while you walk. Hands-free messaging. Dictating an email at a stoplight.
Option 02

AI speech-to-text

~30× faster than realtime. 100+ languages. Speaker labels. The sweet spot for most work.

Accuracy · clear English95%+
Speaker separationYes (Pro+)
TimestampsPer sentence
Languages100+ auto
60-min file~90 s
Cost · per min$0.03
Best forInterview recordings · meeting notes · podcast transcripts · YouTube subtitles · batch jobs · API automation · field journalism.
Option 03

Human transcriber

Gold-standard accuracy when the audio is hard or the stakes are legal.

Accuracy · clear English98–99%
Speaker separationManual
TimestampsPer turn
LanguagesPer transcriber
60-min file4–8 hours
Cost · per min$1–3
Best forLegal depositions · medical dictation · archival oral history · anything where 95%+ accuracy is non-negotiable.

Built-in dictation figures from public iOS / Android speech API benchmarks. Human transcriber rates from US/UK industry surveys 2024–2025.

Accuracy · real-world numbers

95%+ on clear English. It holds up on real-world recordings too.

Modern transcription reaches 95%+ word accuracy on clear English at 128 kbps and above, comparable to a human transcriber on the same recording. The audio coming in sets the ceiling — cleaner source, cleaner transcript. The breakdown below covers the recordings we actually see in production.

97%+
Clean studio audio

USB or studio microphone in a treated room. Single speaker at conversational distance. The headline number.

95%+
Clear English at 128 kbps+

Podcast masters, interview recordings, well-mic'd meetings. The sweet spot for most professional work.

93%
Real-world podcast

Field-recorded interviews, podcast episodes at 64–128 kbps, multi-speaker recordings. Usable for editorial without a review pass.

91%
Meeting room recording

Ceiling mic, omnidirectional capture, mild reverb, multiple speakers at distance. Plan a rename pass on the speaker chips.

Common questions

7 things people ask about this.

01He aha ka nui loa a me ka lōʻihi o ka faila?+
Business: 5 GB no ka faila, a hiki i 10 hola no ka leo. Pro: 2 GB no ka faila, a hiki i 10 hola no ka leo. Free: 100 MB no ka faila, a hiki i 30 minuke no ka faila, 30 minuke ka huina o kēlā mahina. ʻAe nā papahana a pau i nā ʻano like: MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, OGG, MP4, MOV, WEBM, MKV.
02E pau anei ka manawa o kaʻu leo i ka wā hoʻouka a hana paha?+
ʻAʻole. Hoʻouka ʻia nā faila ma luna o 2 GB i ka waihona ma o kahi URL i kau ʻia — ʻaʻole pau ka manawa o ka noi ma ka ʻaoʻao mākaukau. Hoʻohana ka hana i kahi pila hana mau: inā pani ʻoe i ka mākaukau, hoʻomau ka hana a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi leka uila i ka wā e mākaukau ai ka unuhi.
03Pono aniau e ʻoki i kaʻu faila ma mua o ka hoʻouka ʻana?+
ʻAʻole. Hoʻokaʻawale ka pipeline i nā faila i loko i nā ʻāpana kau like, hana iā lākou i ka manawa like, a hoʻohui hou i hoʻokahi hoʻopuka me nā hōʻailona manawa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Pono wale ka ʻoki lima inā ʻoi aku ka faila ma mua o ka palena o ka papahana.
04Hana anei ka hoʻokaʻawale inoa kamaʻilio ma kahi leo 10 hola?+
ʻAe. Holo ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma ka faila holoʻokoʻa ma hope o ka pau ʻana o nā ʻāpana a pau, ʻaʻole kūʻokoʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo SPEAKER_01 ma ka hola 1 ka mea like me SPEAKER_01 ma ka hola 9. ʻO ka drift ma lalo o hoʻokahi kuhi hewa i kēlā hola ma nā leo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia.
05Ehia ka wikiwiki o ka hana ʻana i kaʻu faila?+
Ma kahi o 4× wikiwiki ma mua o ka manawa maoli — no laila, he 60 minuke kahi leo 4 hola. Hiki ke pila nā faila nui loa (>6 hola) ma hope o nā hana ʻē aʻe i nā hola paʻa; ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka hana ʻana i nā hola ʻole.
06Hiki aniau e hoʻouna i nā faila lōʻihi lehulehu ma o ka API?+
ʻAe. POST i kēlā faila ma ke ʻano he hana kūʻokoʻa i /api/v1/jobs a kuhikuhi i kahi URL webhook. Hana ʻia nā hana i ka manawa like (ma lalo o nā palena like o ka papahana). Holo ʻo Business a hiki i 50 mau hana like; Pro a hiki i 20. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā hoʻouna ma luna o ka palena hana ma ke ʻano he `pending` a hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia i ka wā e kaʻawale ai kahi — ʻaʻole ʻoe e kaupalena ʻia ma ka hoʻouna.
07Aia anei kahi ala manuahi e hoʻāʻo ai ma mua o ka hoʻonui ʻana?+
ʻAe — hāʻawi ka papahana Free i 30 minuke i kēlā mahina, ʻaʻohe pono kāleka. E hoʻohana me kahi ʻāpana 30 minuke o kāu leo lōʻihi e nānā i ka pololei ma mua o ke kākoʻo ʻana i kahi papahana uku.

Drop something in. See what comes out.

Hoʻouka a hiki i 5 GB, 10 hola. ʻAʻohe ʻoki, ʻaʻohe wā pau, nā inoa kamaʻilio ma nā wahi a pau.

Hoʻomaka i ka unuhi manuahi