Transcribe any audio or video file
Every one of these pages does the same thing: upload the specific file you actually have, and get a text transcript back. Whether that file is an MP3 downloaded from somewhere, a WAV pulled off a field recorder, an MP4 screen recording, or a voice message forwarded from WhatsApp, the upload box below each format works the same way convert.express always has — drop the file, wait, download the text.
The pages below exist because the format you're holding often comes with its own quirks: a WhatsApp voice message is Opus audio wrapped in an .ogg file that some tools mishandle by extension alone; a WAV recording can hit the upload size limit faster than any other format because it's uncompressed; a MOV file shot in Apple ProRes can be many times larger than an MP4 of the same length. Pick the format that matches your file and the page explains what, if anything, you need to know before uploading.
Every format here is transcribed the same way under the hood — with OpenAI Whisper, Microsoft MAI-Transcribe 1.5, or Google Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, across 64 languages, with 10 minutes free every day and €0.02 per minute beyond that. Plain text comes back first, with SRT and VTT subtitle files available too whenever the recording carries timing information. If you already have subtitles and need to convert or fix those instead of transcribing new audio, the subtitle tools handle that in-browser, with nothing uploaded anywhere.
Audio formats
MP3 to Text
Turn any MP3 recording — podcast, interview, voice note — into a text transcript.
M4A to Text
Transcribe M4A audio — the format iPhone Voice Memos, most Android recorders, and Zoom all default to.
WAV to Text
Transcribe uncompressed WAV audio from professional recorders, studio setups, and lossless captures.
Voice Memo to Text
Transcribe recordings from iPhone Voice Memos or an Android voice recorder — no export step beyond sharing the file.
Zoom Recording to Text
Transcribe a Zoom meeting or webinar recording, cloud or local, audio-only or full video.
WhatsApp Voice Message to Text
Transcribe WhatsApp voice messages — exported as .ogg files that some tools mishandle.
Video formats
Need to work with subtitles instead?
If you already have an SRT or VTT file and need to convert between subtitle formats or fix timing, that's a different job — the browser-based subtitle tools handle it without uploading anything.