Transcribe audio or microphone input to text using browser speech recognition.
Transcribe speech to text using the Web Speech API — works with your microphone directly in the browser. No external API or cost. Supports multiple languages.
Upload your file using the tool above.
Adjust any settings to your preference.
Click the process button and wait for results.
Download your output using the download button.
No — this listens through your microphone in real time rather than accepting an upload. Playing a recording aloud near the mic works after a fashion, but quality suffers noticeably. For recorded interviews and meetings, a dedicated transcription service handles the job far better.
A decent microphone matters more than anything else — a headset beats a laptop’s built-in mic considerably. Beyond that, speak at a normal pace in a quiet room and enunciate punctuation-heavy phrases clearly. Background noise and crosstalk are what wreck accuracy, not accent.
Recognition uses a browser API with uneven support — Chrome and Edge are the most reliable, while other browsers may offer it partially or not at all. If the microphone button does nothing, that is usually why, and switching browser is the quickest fix.
Yes, Speech to Text is completely free. No signup, no account, and no watermark on outputs. A Pro tier is available for 100 AI ops/day and larger file sizes.
Speech to Text runs entirely in your browser. Your file is never uploaded — it is read, processed and saved locally, so it never reaches our servers or anyone else's. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it still works.