Most online transcription tools ask you to upload the whole video. For a 1 GB screen recording that means a long wait, a lot of bandwidth, and handing your raw footage to a server you don't control. When I built Voxcribe, I wanted to fix exactly that.
The idea: only send the audio
A video file is mostly picture data. Speech recognition only needs the audio track. So Voxcribe pulls the audio out in your browser and sends only that (much smaller) audio for transcription. The video itself never leaves your device.
In practice this means:
- A 30-minute MP4 that weighs hundreds of MB turns into a few MB of audio.
- Uploads finish in seconds instead of minutes on slow connections.
- Sensitive footage (client calls, internal demos) stays local.
What you get back
Every line in the transcript has a timestamp. Click a line and the player jumps to that moment, so you can fix names, product terms or accents while you listen. Language is detected automatically, and if the guess is wrong you get a free re-run.
Supported inputs: MP4, MOV, WEBM, MKV, AVI for video and MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC for audio.
Export is TXT for free. Paid plans add subtitle-ready SRT/VTT and DOCX.
Free tier, honestly
- Your first file (up to 10 minutes) works with no account.
- A free account gets 120 minutes a month.
- Uploaded audio is deleted after 7 days.
Who it's for
I use it for meeting notes, turning tutorials into blog drafts, and making subtitles for short clips. If you record interviews, podcasts or lectures, the edit-while-you-listen view is where most of the time savings come from.
Try it
Drop a file at voxcribe.net — no install. I'd love feedback on accuracy for your language and on the editor; comments here are welcome.
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