Turning speech into text unlocks a lot — searchable notes from an interview, a blog post from a podcast, a script from a voice memo, or show notes from a recording. Paid transcription tools do this, but the costs add up.
This free audio-to-text transcriber converts your audio or video into a clean written transcript using an AI model that runs entirely in your browser. No upload, no API cost and no sign-up.
How to use it
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Add your file
Drop in an audio or video file. The first run downloads a small AI model (about 40MB) to your browser and caches it.
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It transcribes locally
The speech-to-text model runs on your device and produces a full transcript — your file is never uploaded.
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Copy or download
Copy the text to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file to edit and reuse.
Why use this tool
No per-minute fees
The model runs in your browser, so you can transcribe as much as you like for free.
Copy or .txt download
Get your transcript as plain text, ready to paste into a doc, blog or script.
Private by default
Interviews, memos and sensitive recordings stay on your device.
Turn one recording into many things
A transcript is raw material you can repurpose endlessly. Creators turn podcast transcripts into blog posts and newsletters, pull quotes for social captions, generate show notes and chapter summaries, and build searchable archives of their interviews. Students and professionals use it for lecture and meeting notes. Because you get clean, editable text, it drops straight into your writing workflow.
How the in-browser model works
This tool runs a compact Whisper speech-to-text model compiled to WebAssembly, so the transcription happens on your own computer rather than a remote server. That keeps it free and private, with the trade-off that a small model is a little less accurate than a large paid service and long recordings take more time on slower machines. For clear speech it produces a strong draft; give it a quick edit to fix names, punctuation and any specialized terms.
Private by design — nothing is uploaded
Unlike most online converters that send your files to a remote server, this tool does all of its work directly inside your web browser. Your image, video or audio never leaves your device, there is nothing to delete afterwards, and there is no account to create. That makes it faster (no upload or download round-trip on top of the processing) and far safer for anything personal or client-confidential. When you close the tab, everything is gone.
Tips & best practices
- Turn a podcast episode into a blog post, newsletter or set of social captions from one transcript.
- Transcribe interviews to make them searchable and to pull exact quotes quickly.
- Convert voice memos into scripts or notes you can edit and reuse.
- Generate show notes and chapter summaries from the transcript of a recording.
- Give the draft a quick clean-up for punctuation and names — clear speech transcribes best.
- Everything runs on your device, so it is safe for sensitive interviews and private recordings.
Frequently asked questions
Is this transcription free?+
Yes. The AI model runs in your browser, so there are no subscription or per-minute costs.
Can I transcribe both audio and video?+
Yes. The tool reads the audio from any audio or video file your browser can open.
Is my recording uploaded?+
No. Everything runs on your device — your file is never sent to a server.
How accurate is the transcript?+
It is very good for clear speech and a solid draft for longer or noisier audio, which you can quickly clean up before using.
What languages are supported?+
The model handles many languages, though accuracy is highest for clear English audio. Results vary with recording quality.
About our free creator tools
This is one of a growing set of free tools from Faceless Post, built for creators who publish consistently across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and LinkedIn. Every tool is free to use, needs no account, and adds no watermark. Most run entirely inside your browser, so your images, video and audio are processed on your own device and never uploaded to a server — there is nothing stored on our side and nothing to delete. That makes them fast, safe for client and personal files, and usable even on flaky connections once the page has loaded.
We build these because the day-to-day of content creation is full of small friction — converting a file, trimming a clip, resizing an image, cleaning metadata, grabbing a thumbnail. Handling those in one place, for free, saves you from juggling sketchy upload sites. And when you are ready to stop doing it all by hand, Faceless Post can schedule, caption and auto-publish your content to every platform from a single calendar. Explore the full free tools library or start free to automate your whole posting workflow.