Interviews and podcasts · Video to text
Turn an interview into text.
Upload an interview or a podcast episode, and ReadVideo turns the conversation into a transcript with timestamps and, where it detects a change of voice, speaker labels you can rename. Find the line you want to quote, click it to hear exactly what was said, then copy or export the text.
Upload your video or audio
Up to 16 GB · 8 hours
Or drop it anywhere on this panel.
Paste a link
Google Drive: share a file or a folder with "Anyone with the link" and allow downloads. For a folder or a share with several files, you choose which ones to import.
Google Drive: no membership required. Transcription uses credits.
Free trial: one upload, up to 10 minutes, no sign-in required. Signed in, a file can be up to 16 GB and 8 hours, and transcription uses credits. Check pricing
How to transcribe an interview
Start from the raw recording
Use the original file from your recorder, camera or podcast software rather than a re-compressed copy. Separate microphones for each person help the transcript and the speaker labels most.
Upload it or paste a Drive link
Choose the audio or video file above, or paste a Google Drive share link. A full episode or a long sit-down interview fits in one file.
Name the speakers
Rename labels such as Speaker 1 to the host's and guest's names. Where voices overlap, the label may be missing or wrong, so listen before attributing a quote.
Check quotes and export
Click each line you plan to quote to hear it in the recording, then copy the passage or export the whole transcript as plain text or Markdown. Timed SRT subtitles are on paid plans.
Interview and podcast questions
Can I quote straight from the transcript?
Check first. Automated transcripts can mishear names, numbers and overlapping speech. Every line is tied to its moment in the recording, so listen to a quote before you publish it.
Does it tell the host and the guest apart?
Usually. ReadVideo labels a speaker where it detects a change of voice, and you rename the labels. Two similar voices, a shared microphone or crosstalk can confuse it.
Can I make subtitles for the episode?
Yes, on paid plans: export timed SRT subtitles, or FCPXML for an editing timeline; a subtitle export uses credits. On any plan you can copy the text or export plain text and Markdown for show notes.
Is it free?
One upload of up to 10 minutes is free without signing in. A full episode uses credits: about 1 credit per minute of audio and 1.2 per minute of video. The pricing page lists the plans.
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