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No waiting around - our AI automatically generates an accurate video transcript.
Once your transcript is ready, download it in text or subtitle format. Perfect for subtitles, captions, or repurposing content.
Get a transcript in minutes—automatically and right after you record. No waiting, no extra tools, just instant results.
Turn your videos into accurate, ready-to-use transcripts with advanced AI—delivering up to 99% accuracy. Capture every word exactly as it was meant to be said.
Get more out of your video. Turn your video into a text file transcript to repurpose it into blog posts, show notes, newsletters, or social content.
Improve your discoverability and help search engines understand your content better. Generate subtitle transcripts, all timestamped and ready to upload with any video content.
Our video-to-text conversion is compatible with 100+ languages. Generate transcripts in the language you speak - Chinese, French, Dutch - you name it.
Want open captions without uploading a subtitle file manually? Automatically add captions to your videos and style them the way you like. Choose a font, color-size, placement, animation, and highlight.
Use your transcript to cut, trim, or clean up your video—just like editing a doc. Delete words or sections from the text, and our video editor automatically updates your video.
Skip the busywork. Our AI summary generator gives you key takeaways, ready-made titles, descriptions, chapters, and SEO-friendly keywords—right alongside your transcript.
Look for AI that delivers transcripts faster than you can rewatch your recording. Aim for software that generates transcripts in minutes.
The best video-to-text software is accurate. Aim for 95% or higher, and choose software that handles accents, technical jargon, and even background noise.
Need captions? Go for software with timestamped SRT (subtitle) transcripts. Want a full-text file for content repurposing? You’ll need a TXT file format.
You can’t have a decent transcription without crystal-clear video recording and stellar audio capture.
Whether you're on a Mac, PC, tablet, or phone—in Chrome, Safari, or Firefox—your transcription tool should work reliably everywhere, at any time.
Professional-quality transcription shouldn't cost as much as your video equipment. Look for software that offers generous features on free plans and reasonable paid tiers.
Turn your videos into transcripts to help search engines understand and rank your content. Or easily repurpose videos into a blog post, case study, or Instagram carousel—all from a single recording.
Skip the long rewatching sessions and get straight to the next steps. Transcribe meetings automatically, search for key takeaways, and turn discussion into action.
No more endless replays to clean up your tangents and filler words. With Riverside’s text-based editor you can polish your videos and use your transcript as a roadmap for better, tighter content.
Provide your students with readable transcripts of lectures and add accurate captions to training lessons to help them browse through your study material effortlessly.
You could transcribe videos manually yourself or by hiring a human transcriber. Manual transcriptions, however precise, require many hours of work, so they cost quite a lot.
Alternatively, you can use AI video transcription software that automatically converts your speech into text. With Riverside, converting your speech into text is really simple:
Want more details? Check out our full guide on how to transcribe video to text.
After thoroughly testing dozens of transcription tools, we can confidently claim Riverside leads the pack when it comes to accuracy and efficiency. It automatically generates high-quality transcripts, differentiates speakers, and allows for fast text-based editing of your videos. This way you can record, edit, and transcribe without ever leaving the platform.
Several AI engines employ basic speech recognition technologies to handle video-to-text conversion with varying degrees of precision. Riverside uses cutting-edge machine learning algorithms specifically trained on diverse speech patterns across 100+ languages. Our AI understands context, distinguishes between similar-sounding words, and intelligently separates multiple speakers.
The accuracy of AI video-to-text transcriptions depends on both the tool you’re using and the quality of the recording. You can’t expect pitch-perfect precision when the speaker is fumbling over words with heavy background noise.
Riverside’s AI can reach up to 99% accuracy, which is better than most human transcribers after an hour of work.
However, if you want to ensure your transcript is as accurate as possible, follow these tips:
If you want to check the transcript of a YouTube video, do the following:
Note that many of these transcripts are auto-generated by YouTube so they aren’t very precise. If you’re looking for a more accurate transcription, just upload or record a YouTube video on Riverside, and our AI will automatically generate a transcript. You can download it in multiple formats, making it perfect for captions, subtitles, or content repurposing.
You can transcribe video to text for free by doing it manually yourself, but this may take a lot of time. You can use our free transcription tool, though. Just upload an MP3, MP4, WAV, or MOV file, wait a few minutes, and enjoy your transcription. For the best results, we recommend using Riversides’ built-in video-to-text converter. Simply sign up, start recording, and access fast and accurate AI-generated transcripts.
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