How it works

Three steps. No manual, no waiting room.

Drop a file

Any common audio or video format. No account needed to start - the transcription begins immediately.

AI transcribes in seconds

Our engine turns an hour of speech into text in about half a minute, with word-level timing across 98+ languages.

Download subtitles

Grab SRT for YouTube and Premiere, VTT for the web, or a clean TXT transcript. Ready to upload, no cleanup needed.

The difference

Subtitles that look edited by a pro

Most AI tools dump raw machine segments - walls of text with awkward breaks. HeyTranscribe reshapes every line using word-level timing: max two lines, 42 characters per line, breaks at sentence ends.

✕ Typical AI transcriber output

1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:09,000 welcome back today we're covering the three things every beginner gets wrong number one is skipping the setup and trust me it costs you hours later so before we get into it make sure you

✓ HeyTranscribe output

1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,980 Welcome back! Today we're covering the three things every beginner gets wrong. 2 00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:08,660 Number one is skipping the setup, and trust me, it costs you hours later.

Features

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

Genuinely instant

A one-hour podcast transcribes in about 30 seconds. No queue, no email-when-ready.

Editor-ready cues

Two-line, 42-character subtitle cues that drop straight into Premiere, CapCut, DaVinci or YouTube Studio.

98+ languages

Automatic language detection with strong accuracy across accents and technical vocabulary.

Private by default

Your media is encrypted in transit, transcribed in memory, and never stored. Only your transcripts are saved - and we never train on your media.

Batch friendly

Queue multiple files and grab all your subtitle files from one dashboard.

Actually free

60 minutes of transcription every month. No watermarks, no locked exports, no credit card.

Pricing

Start free. Stay free, honestly.

Minutes are measured by the length of your audio - a 12-minute video uses 12 minutes.

Available now

Free

forever

60 minutes / month
Files up to 30 minutes
SRT, VTT & TXT downloads
98+ languages
Transcript history in your dashboard

For heavy use

Pro

per month · cancel anytime

600 minutes / month
Longer files
Priority processing
Keep everything in one dashboard
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FAQ

Questions, answered

Is it really free?

Yes - 60 minutes of transcription every month, with full-quality SRT, VTT and TXT downloads and no watermarks. You only need a free account to download your files.

How accurate is it?

We use state-of-the-art speech recognition that performs strongly even with accents, background noise and technical terms. Clear audio typically transcribes with very few corrections needed.

Which formats can I upload?

All common audio and video formats: MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, OGG, MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM, AVI and more.

What happens to my files?

Your media is transcribed in memory and never stored on our servers - it's discarded the moment transcription finishes. Your transcripts stay in your dashboard until you delete them. We never use your media to train AI models.

Does it support my language?

Transcription works in 98+ languages with automatic detection - including English, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, Hindi, French, German, Chinese and Japanese.

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