Free transcription tools
Choose a private browser tool for audio, voice, video, URLs, subtitles, and common file formats. No account required for local transcription.
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Audio file to text
Free, private audio to text in your browser — upload a file and transcribe locally with Whisper. No server upload.
Open toolVoice / microphone to text
Free voice to text with your microphone — private, in-browser transcription. No account required.
Open toolAudio URL to text
Free URL to text — paste an audio link, transcribe privately in your browser. No upload for transcription.
Open toolSpeech to text
Turn live speech into text with your microphone — free, private, and local in your browser. No account or upload required.
Open toolMP3 to text
Upload an MP3 and transcribe to text in your browser — free, private, and local with Whisper. No server upload.
Open toolMP4 to text
Upload a video MP4 and get a text transcript in your browser — free, private, local Whisper transcription.
Open toolM4A to text
Convert M4A and Apple voice memo files to text in your browser — free, private, local transcription.
Open toolWAV to text
Transcribe uncompressed WAV audio to text in your browser — free, private, studio-grade local Whisper.
Open toolVoicemail to text
Upload exported voicemail audio and transcribe to text in your browser — free, private, no cloud upload.
Open toolVideo to SRT
Upload a video and download an SRT subtitle file — free, private transcription with timestamps in your browser.
Open toolWhy use Whisper AI free transcription?
100% free in the browser
No subscription for this tool. Transcribe audio, voice, or URLs with OpenAI Whisper models running client-side.
Private by design
Your audio is not uploaded to our servers for transcription. Processing stays on your device in a Web Worker.
No sign-up required
Start immediately — no account, no API key. Ideal for one-off files, quick memos, or trying speech-to-text privately.
How free browser transcription works
Three steps from audio to text — all local after the model loads.
Add your audio
Upload a file, record with your mic, or paste an audio URL — depending on which free tool you use.
Choose language & model
Pick source language and a Whisper model size. Quantized models load faster on most devices.
Copy or export
Read the transcript on the page, copy to clipboard, or export TXT / JSON — your text, your workflow.
Free, private transcription
Built for people who cannot send sensitive audio to the cloud.
- Transcription runs in your browser via a Web Worker — not on Whisper AI servers.
- Audio files are not uploaded for the speech-to-text step on these free tool pages.
- Model weights may cache in your browser after the first load for faster repeat use.
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