convert.express

Transcribe audio and video to text

Drop your file and get a transcript in under a minute. 10 free minutes every day, 65 languages, no subscription.

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MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, FLAC, Opus, WMA, AMR · MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, M4V · up to 2 GB

Set language, translation, or vocabulary hints below before transcribing

OR

YouTube, Simplecast, Dropbox, Google Drive, or any direct MP3/MP4 link

Transcription model

Transcript style

Removes fillers and false starts for readable text

Names, acronyms, or domain terms that improve accuracy

MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, FLAC, Opus, WMA, AMR · MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, M4V · up to 2 GB. 10 minutes free every day — longer files show a preview until you pay.

How it works

1

Upload your file

Drag and drop any audio or video file — MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, MP4, MOV. No account needed to get started.

2

AI transcribes it

Choose between OpenAI Whisper, Microsoft MAI-Transcribe 2, or Google Gemini 3.5 Transcribe. Language is detected automatically — 65 languages supported. Most recordings are ready in under a minute.

3

Free quota, then pay as you go

You get 10 free minutes of transcription every day. Files beyond that show a preview — pay only when you want the full result.

4

Generate more

From the finished job, request an AI summary, an action list, or a translation into any of 103 languages — applied straight to the completed transcript. For translations, translated subtitles keep the original timecodes, so a translated SRT drops straight back into your video. See a real finished job, every artifact shown.

Simple, transparent pricing

No subscription, no monthly commitment — you pay only for what you transcribe.

€0.02/ minute of audio or video
  • Choose your AI model — MAI-Transcribe 2 (the default: word timestamps, vocabulary hints), Whisper (57 languages, translation to English) or Gemini 3.5 Transcribe (widest language coverage) — speaker labels on all three
  • Language auto-detected — 65 languages supported
  • Supports MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, MP4, MOV and more
  • 10 free minutes of transcription every day
  • Preview shown before you commit to paying
  • Download as TXT, PDF, SRT and VTT
  • Speaker diarization — who said what, with per-speaker labels
  • Import from YouTube, Simplecast, Dropbox, Google Drive, or any direct MP3/MP4 link
  • Upload several files at once
  • Files automatically deleted after 24 hours
  • Works from your AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor) through our MCP server, no API key

Example: a 30-minute interview = €0.60

Example: a 90-minute lecture = €1.80

Card payment minimum: €0.50

Prepaid balance: no minimum

USDC (AI assistants, via pay_job): €0.10 minimum

About convert.express

convert.express is an AI transcription service that converts audio and video recordings to text. Upload any common format — MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, OGG, MP4, MOV, or MKV — or paste a link to a YouTube video, a Simplecast episode, a Dropbox or Google Drive file, or any direct MP3/MP4 URL, and receive an accurate transcript in under a minute. Language is detected automatically across 65 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and more.

Three AI models are available: MAI-Transcribe 2, the default, a preview model covering 60 languages with word-level timestamps and vocabulary hints for proper names and technical terms; OpenAI Whisper, covering 57 languages and the only one that translates to English as it transcribes; and Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, a preview model with the widest coverage, 61 languages. Speaker diarization is available on all three. All three run on the same infrastructure and produce output in the language of the recording.

The first 10 minutes of audio are free every day — no credit card required to get started. Recordings beyond the daily quota are billed at €0.02 per minute. A single card payment has a €0.50 minimum; with a prepaid balance there is no minimum. Files are automatically deleted within 24 hours of upload and are never used to train AI models.

Files are uploaded and transcribed on our servers, then deleted within 24 hours. The only client-side exception is the free subtitle-conversion toolset at /tools, which runs entirely in your browser — the file is never uploaded. Every finished transcript can be downloaded as TXT, PDF, SRT and VTT (or all of them in one ZIP), and turning on speaker labels marks who said what on any of the three models. Once a transcript is complete, it can also be sent through an AI summary, an action list, or a translation into any of 103 languages, with translated subtitles that keep the original timecodes.

AI assistants can use convert.express too. Add https://convert.express/mcp to Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor or any MCP client and ask for a transcript, subtitles, a summary or a translation, with no account or API key. If you sign the assistant in to your account instead, its jobs land in your dashboard, use your free minutes, and can be paid from your prepaid balance up to a daily limit you set. An assistant with its own payment wallet can also pay for a job itself, by card or in USDC. Setup for each assistant is on the AI agents page.

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