Convert MOV video to text
Upload a MOV file straight from your camera or editor and get a transcript of the spoken audio.
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.mov accepted directly · up to 2 GB · 10 minutes free every day
How it works
Upload your file
Drag and drop your .mov file onto the box below, or paste a link. No account needed to start.
AI transcribes it
OpenAI Whisper, Microsoft MAI-Transcribe 1.5, or Google Gemini 3.5 Transcribe converts the audio to text, detecting the language automatically.
Download the transcript
Get plain text back, plus SRT and VTT subtitle files when the recording carries timing information.
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, no re-upload needed.
About .mov files
MOV is Apple's QuickTime container format, and like MP4 it can hold audio encoded a few different ways — most commonly AAC, the same codec MP4 typically uses. In practice the two formats are close cousins, and files switch between them without any real quality change in most workflows.
Where MOV differs in practice is the source: it's the native format for iPhone video recording, Mac screen recordings via QuickTime Player, and — the file size problem — professional camera output. Cameras that shoot in Apple ProRes wrap that footage in a MOV container, and ProRes is a much less compressed video codec than the H.264 most phones use. A ProRes MOV can run 5–10× larger than an equivalent-length H.264 file for the same audio content, purely because the video stream is so much heavier.
That size difference matters for the 2 GB upload ceiling. A ProRes MOV from a mirrorless or cinema camera can burn through that limit in well under an hour, even though the interview or dialogue inside might run much longer. If that's the situation, your editing software's export options almost certainly include an "audio only" format — that sidesteps the ceiling entirely, and the transcript comes out identical either way, since only the audio is used.
Upload the MOV directly if it's under the size limit. You'll get a plain-text transcript, with SRT and VTT subtitle files available alongside it.
Where these files usually come from
- iPhone camera video
- Mac screen recordings (QuickTime Player)
- Mirrorless and cinema camera footage (often ProRes)
- Exports from Final Cut Pro or other Apple-ecosystem editors
Things to know
ProRes-encoded MOV files from professional cameras carry a much heavier video stream than a typical phone video, so they can hit the 2 GB upload ceiling after well under an hour even when the audio content is short.
If the file is too large to upload, export an audio-only version from your editing software instead of the full video — the transcript is identical either way, since the video is never used.
Simple pay-as-you-go pricing
10 minutes free every day. Beyond that, €0.02/minute with a €0.50 minimum — no subscription. Files are automatically deleted within 24 hours.
Frequently asked questions
- Is MOV different from MP4 for transcription purposes?
- Not meaningfully. Both are container formats that typically hold AAC audio, and transcription accuracy depends on the audio quality inside, not which container it's wrapped in.
- Why is my MOV file so much larger than an MP4 of similar length?
- If it was shot on a professional camera, it may be encoded in Apple ProRes — a much less compressed video codec than the H.264 most phones and MP4 files use. ProRes footage can run 5–10× larger for the same content.
- My ProRes MOV file is too big to upload — what should I do?
- Export an audio-only version from your video editing software before uploading, instead of the full video file. The transcript will be identical, since only the audio is transcribed.
- Can I get subtitle files from a MOV upload?
- Yes. SRT and VTT files download alongside the plain-text transcript whenever the recording carries timing information.
- Does converting MOV to MP4 first improve accuracy?
- No. Both formats can carry the same underlying audio codec, so converting between the containers has no effect on transcription accuracy.
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