How to Convert Audio to Text
A useful transcript starts before you press upload. The source recording, language setting and review process all affect the result.
1. Start with the original recording
Use the closest available source rather than a file that has been downloaded and recompressed several times. Clear speech with limited room echo gives the transcription model more information to work with.
2. Choose or detect the spoken language
Automatic mode can identify more than 90 languages. Seven common languages also have manual presets, which can improve consistency for short clips and accented speech.
3. Review with synchronized playback
Read the transcript while the recording plays. Word-level timing lets you click uncertain terms and verify names, figures or technical vocabulary at the exact moment they were spoken.
4. Export for the next task
Use TXT for plain copy, DOCX or PDF for documents, SRT or VTT for captions, and JSON for structured word timing, speaker information and detected sound events.