A tab that plays sound
A podcast, a lecture, a call in Meet, Zoom or Teams in the browser, a voice message in a web messenger. The text follows while it plays, and you keep hearing it.
Chrome extension · side panel
Turn any audio into text, right in Chrome.
Podcasts, browser calls, voice notes and files become text with a timestamp on every line. Then notes, answers, translation and downloads.
Free, up to 3 hours a day · Chrome 122+ on desktopREC · This tab00:04:18
FMField Notes, Ep. 112: How to interview anyonepodcasts.example.com · playing
04:02
The best interviews feel like a conversation, not a list of questions.
04:11
So I write three questions and let the rest come from what they say.
Three sources
Pick where the sound comes from
The icon in the toolbar opens the side panel. Choose a source, press the red button, read.
Your microphone
Dictate a note, record an interview or a meeting in the room. The sound is kept with the text, so every line plays its own moment.
A file from your computer
Drop an audio or video file into the panel. Hours long is fine: the text appears part by part, and the work goes on with the panel closed.
MP3 · M4A · WAV · OGG · OPUS · FLAC · AAC · WEBM · MP4 · MOV · MKV
After the text
Everything a transcript is for
Each recording opens with its player, its text and three tabs: Transcript, Notes and Ask.
Notes
An overview, the main points and the action items with their owners, each linked to its moment.
Ask the recording
“What did they decide about the launch?” The answer points to the minute it was said.
Translate
Read the transcript in another language, with the original under every line.
Clean up
Hide um, uh and stutters in one click. Done on your computer, instantly.
Download
Text with or without times, Word, Markdown, and SRT or VTT subtitles.
Library
Every recording, its text and its sound in your browser, searchable by what was said.
Your library stays in your browser. Files are not uploaded whole: only compressed speech audio goes to the server for the transcript, and no audio or transcript text is kept there after it answers.
Use cases
Made for the audio you already have
FileMP3 to textTurn an MP3 into text with timestamps in the Chrome side panel.FileM4A to textTranscribe M4A files, such as iPhone Voice Memos, in the Chrome side panel.FileWAV to textTranscribe WAV recordings from a recorder or a studio session in Chrome, with timestamps and SRT export.MicrophoneVoice memo to textDictate a note or record a thought with your microphone and get the text in the Chrome side panel, kept with its sound.TabPodcast transcriptGet the transcript of a podcast playing in a Chrome tab, with timestamps, notes and translation, in the side panel.TabMeeting transcriptionTranscribe a call in Google Meet, Zoom or Teams in the browser, or a meeting in the room, with notes and action items.FileAudio to SRTMake SRT or VTT subtitles from an audio or video file in Chrome, with the timing of every line.
Pricing
Free, with no monthly limit
Minutes count the speech you transcribe. Notes, questions and translation are included.
Free
$0Every feature, free to use. A daily limit keeps the service fair for everyone; there is no monthly one.
- Up to 3 hours of speech a day
- No sign-up, no monthly limit
- Tab, microphone and files
- Notes, questions, translation, clean-up
- All download formats
Questions
Good to know
What can Audio Transcriber turn into text?+
The sound of a Chrome tab (a podcast, a call, a lecture), your microphone, and audio or video files from your computer: MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, Opus, FLAC, AAC, WebM, MP4, MOV and MKV.
Where are my recordings stored?+
In your browser, on your computer: the text, the notes and the sound. They stay until you delete them. Uninstalling the extension deletes them too.
What is sent to the server?+
Compressed speech audio in short parts, to make the transcript, and the text with the recording’s title when you ask for notes, an answer or a translation. Files are not uploaded whole, and no audio or transcript text is kept on our server after it answers.
Which languages are supported?+
Speech in dozens of languages, detected by itself or chosen by you. The interface is in English and Russian, with more languages coming.
How much does it cost?+
Nothing. There is no sign-up and no monthly limit, only a daily one: up to 3 hours of speech a day.
Which browsers does it work in?+
Chrome 122 or newer on Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS. Not on phones.