Video to Text
Turn a video’s dialogue into a plain transcript or timed subtitles — without a video editor. Choose Transcript (TXT) or Subtitles (SRT/VTT); recognition runs in your browser.
Drag & drop a video, or choose a source
MP4, MOV, WEBM, MKV, AVI — private browser convert
Video → transcript or subtitles · private WASM model
Output
Plain TXT dialogue — searchable, editable, no timestamps.
How to use this tool
Drop a video
MP4, MOV, WEBM, MKV, or AVI — the file is read locally in this tab.
Choose Transcript or Subtitles
Transcript downloads TXT. Subtitles downloads timed SRT or VTT for players and editors.
Convert on-device
Audio is extracted and transcribed with a WASM speech model. First run caches the model; nothing uploads to a server.
Video → Text/Subtitles
Use Video to Text for camera clips, screen recordings, and downloads when you need searchable dialogue or captions — a stronger fit than shipping a full video editor.
Private browser processing
Decoding and speech recognition stay on-device. Pair the SRT/VTT output with Subtitle Time Shifter if you need a global timing offset.
Frequently Asked Questions
More on quality loss: conversion quality guides · compression guides
Is this a video editor?
No. Format Convertly converts Video → Text/Subtitles. You get a transcript or caption file — not a timeline editor.
Transcript vs Subtitles — what’s the difference?
Transcript is plain TXT dialogue. Subtitles are timed cues in SRT or VTT you can load in a player or caption workflow.
Which formats are supported?
MP4, MOV, WEBM, MKV, and AVI. If the browser cannot decode a file natively, ffmpeg.wasm extracts the audio track first.
Need audio-only speech-to-text?
Open Speech to Text for MP3, WAV, M4A, and mixed audio/video landings.
Ready to convert more formats?
Browse converters or jump back to the tool above.