# Audio to text: write out what was said > Upload an MP3, M4A, WAV or other audio file and get every spoken word back as text and SRT subtitles. Your first run is free, no sign-up. - Page title: Audio to text: free online transcription | Spytrend - Page description: Free audio to text converter: upload an MP3, M4A or WAV file and get every spoken word as text. Download TXT, or SRT with timestamps. Your first run is free. - Tool: https://spytrend.com/audio-to-text - Embeddable version: https://spytrend.com/audio-to-text/embed - All free tools: https://spytrend.com/tools - The product behind it: https://spytrend.com/?utm_source=tools&utm_medium=free_tool&utm_campaign=audio-to-text To transcribe audio to text, upload the recording above and press Convert to text. In a minute or two you get every spoken word in order, as text to copy and as an SRT subtitle file with timestamps. The transcript stays in the language that was spoken. ## Transcribe audio to text in one pass You get the full text of a recording, word for word, and your file is left as it is. It is a transcript, not a summary and not a translation. Typing it up by hand means a full listen with headphones on; here it takes one upload and a few minutes. What comes out: - **The transcript as plain text.** The words in order, ready to read, quote or paste. - **Subtitles with timestamps.** The same words as timed cues in an SRT file, for a video's subtitle track or for checking the text against the audio. - **A link to the result.** It opens the finished transcript, so you send the link instead of re-uploading the file. Two honest limits. Accuracy follows the recording: one clear speaker in a quiet room comes back close to word for word, while crosstalk, music under the voice and phone audio cost words. And names, brands and figures are worth checking against the audio before you quote them. ## Audio to text converter: three steps 1. **Add the file** Drag the audio file onto the upload box, or press Choose a file. 2. **Transcribe** Press Convert to text. A short clip is back in under a minute; a file at the length cap takes a few minutes. 3. **Read, copy, download** The transcript appears on the page. Copy it, press Download TXT or Download SRT, or copy the link to send it on. It works on any recording, published or not: a call, a meeting export, a podcast file, the audio pulled out of a video. For a video file or a YouTube link, use Video to text below. ## Free version limits Your first run is free, no sign-up. Leave your email for one more, then create a free account and pay only for what you use. Opening a result you already have doesn't use a run. The length and file-size caps are shown next to the upload box. A longer file is refused before it starts, not cut off halfway. Your transcript stays at its own link for a while, so download what you want to keep. Rights. You must own the recording or have permission to use it. The transcript is for your own use. ## Audio to text that keeps every word — and the spoken offers ad search can't find Media buyers use audio to text to read the offers competitors only say out loud. An ad library searches the words typed into an ad: the headline, the primary text, the description. A voice-over sits outside that index, so an ad whose whole pitch is spoken, under copy that says only "Link in bio", never turns up in a search. Transcribed, the same ad reads in the time the clip runs: the hook, the price said out loud, the guarantee, the objection the first ten seconds answer. Doing that for a whole niche, one upload at a time, is a week of work. On paid plans, any video ad in Spytrend can be transcribed in one click, so a competitor's spoken offers read as text with nothing to upload. ## The words of every video ad in a market, with nothing to upload Spytrend is an ad intelligence platform for Facebook and TikTok advertising: a full five-year archive of ads, AI-classified into 33 business categories, with every advertiser assembled into a single card — all ads, pages, domains and countries in one place. On paid plans, any video ad in it can be transcribed in one click. ### Two jobs where the spoken offer is the whole problem - **Reading a market before you spend.** Before the first test budget, read the ads that have run longest in the target country: the offers, the prices said out loud, the objections answered. Forty creatives read in less time than three of them take to watch. - **Building on a creative that already works.** An ad that has run for months is the safest base for a new one. As text it gives you the script: the opening line, the order of the arguments, the promise. Write your version from that before the shoot. ### What the transcript is attached to Here a transcript is a file and a link. In Spytrend it stays on the ad, next to the launch date, days running, countries and how often the creative was re-uploaded. A voice-over re-uploaded three times is a script somebody paid for three times. ### Read a market the way you just read one file - **Pick the market.** A brand, a domain, or a country and a business category. - **Sort by run time and read down the list.** Transcribe the ads at the top, one click each. - **Pull the offers into one table.** What each brand promises, at what price, against which objection. The promise that repeats across brands is the one the market already pays for. ### Why a market, not a file One recording is what one advertiser said once. A market also shows the ads that stopped, and those tell you which promises did not survive. A free ad library keeps no such history. ### How to start A free Spytrend account opens the ad library; paid plans add fresh ads and every filter. Search a brand or a domain you compete with and start from the video ads it has kept running longest. ## FAQ - **How do I transcribe audio to text?** Upload the file above and press Convert to text. The transcript appears on the same page in a minute or two, ready to copy or download as TXT or SRT. Nothing to install. - **Which audio formats can I upload?** MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, FLAC and WEBM. That covers phone voice memos, meeting and podcast exports, and audio taken out of a video. For a video file, use Video to text. - **How long does it take?** About a minute for a short clip, a few minutes for a file at the length cap. Once the upload is done you can leave the page; the result waits at its own link. - **Is this audio to text converter free?** Yes, to try. Your first run is free, no sign-up. Leave your email for one more, then create a free account and pay only for what you use. There is no subscription. - **How accurate is the transcript?** Close to word for word on clear speech from one speaker. Heavy accents, crosstalk, music under the voice and phone-quality audio all cost accuracy, so check names and figures before you quote them. - **Which language does the transcript come back in?** The one that was spoken. The transcript keeps the original language and is not translated. To read a recording in another language, use Translate audio. - **What happens to my file?** Your file is used only to make the transcript. The transcript stays available at its own link for a while, so download what you want to keep. If you leave your email, we may write to you about Spytrend. - **Can I transcribe Facebook and TikTok video ads?** Yes, in Spytrend. On paid plans, any video ad in Spytrend can be transcribed in one click, and the text sits next to the ad's launch date, run time and countries. There is nothing to download or upload. ## Search a brand. Read the voice-overs it keeps paying for. Spytrend collects Facebook and TikTok video ads for you, with run time and countries beside each. On paid plans, any of them is one click from its transcript. [Open Spytrend](https://spytrend.com/register?source=tools&via=tools-app&returnTo=%2Fads%3Fmedia_types%3Dvideo%26from%3Dtools&utm_source=tools&utm_medium=free_tool&utm_campaign=audio-to-text) ## Related tools - [Video to text converter](https://spytrend.com/video-to-text-converter): Read what a video ad says. Upload an MP4 or paste a YouTube link and get the transcript as text or SRT. - [Voice recording to transcript](https://spytrend.com/voice-recording-to-transcript): Turn a WhatsApp voice note or a phone memo into text. OPUS, AMR, M4A and 3GP files work as they are. - [Translate audio](https://spytrend.com/translate-audio): Upload a recording and read it in another language, as plain text or an SRT subtitle file. - [YouTube transcript](https://spytrend.com/youtube-transcript): Paste a YouTube link and get the video’s transcript with timestamps. Copy it or download TXT and SRT. - [Video dubbing](https://spytrend.com/video-dubbing): Upload a video or paste a YouTube link and hear it voiced in another language: the same creative, a new market. [All free tools](https://spytrend.com/tools) ## Embed this tool on your site Add the audio to text tool to your own page. Paste the code below into your HTML; it works on any site and does not need an account. Embedded copies work the same way as this page. ```html ```