6 Great Ways to Automatically Transcribe Videos to Text in 2022 (Free & Paid)

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Last Updated: 2022. 12. 19

Looking for an easy way to transcribe your YouTube videos, long podcast videos, and lecture or interview video recordings to texts and use these texts for video subtitles or repurpose them for your blogs and other social platforms? We’ve got you covered!

In this tutorial, we will walk you through 6 great ways to automatically transcribe video to text, either free or paid solutions. So, you won’t need to spend tons of time transcribing video to text manually, and can dramatically boost your workflow for video editing and repurposing your video content.

Here’s What You Will Learn:

Automatically Transcribe Video to Text by FlexClip Online

Transcribe Video to Text by Google Docs Online for Free

Use iPhone’s Notes App to Automatically Transcribe Video to Text

Transcribe Video to Text in Word Online

Use Professional Video to Text Transcription Services from Happyscribe

Transcribe Video to Text Using Premiere Pro’s Latest Speech to Text Feature

Also, read how to transcribe MP3 to text.

Automatically Transcribe Video to Text by FlexClip Online

If you need to automatically transcribe video to text for the subtitles or open captions of your Podcast videos, YouTube videos, Zoom recordings, Instagram or TikTok videos, etc., then FlexClip online video maker with its versatile auto subtitle generator can be your best bet.

Automatically transcribe video to text by FlexClip online.

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FlexClip can identify 140+ languages with multiple accents in your videos and automatically transcribe video to text with exact timestamps and up to 99% accuracy. Later, you can easily customize text styles, fonts, colors, alignments, text background fill, or split, or merge auto-generated subtitles to your liking.

Besides, you may also use trendy transitions, effect overlays, royalty-free music, sound effect, text animations, image background remover, and tons of designer-made and fully-customizable video templates, etc, which will unlock your creativity to create engaging video content for different social media.

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So, let me show you how to automatically transcribe video to text with the click of a button by FlexClip.

Step 1

Access FlexClip and upload your videos from your PC, phone, Google Drive, One Drive, Dropbox, Instagram, or Facebook.

Upload your video assets to FlexClip.

Step 2

Click the plus sign to add the video to the intuitive timeline. You can trim or split clips when needed.

Add the video to the timeline and trim or split the clip.

Step 3

Automatically transcribe video to text.

Click the Subtitle tab > Auto AI Subtitle > select the source language in your video > select from 10 subtitles styles > hit Generate Subtitles button. Then FlexClip shall automatically transcribe video to text for you. How long it takes depends on the video length and your bandwidth.

Use FlexClip’s auto subtitle generator to automatically transcribe video to text.

Now, you can sit back and enjoy a cup of coffee until the completion of auto-generated subtitles.

Step 4

Proofread the whole text and make small changes.

If you don’t like the current text style, you can easily change it by customizing the text fonts, color, size, alignment, opacity, length, and color of text background fill, etc.

Customize the styles of auto-generated subtitles.

If one subtitle seems too long, you can press Enter to split it into two parts or merge two short subtitles. Pretty convenient!

Split a long subtitle into two parts or merge two short subtitles.

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Step 5

Add royalty-free music, sound effects, and other video effects. (Optional)

If you need music or sound effects or GIPHY GIFs, effect overlays like a lens flare to trending transitions, etc. to create the vibes for your Podcast video or YouTube videos, you can easily find them in the Audio, Elements, Overlays tab. Just free to explore.

Add royalty-free music, sound effects, or other video effects to the video.

Step 6

Preview and share.

Done with the editing. You can download the video with burned-in captions to your PC or directly share it to your YouTube, Google Drive, One Drive, Dropbox, or TikTok; a clickable link and an embed code are also available for your blog, newsletter or other repurposing.

Share the video for different social media or repurpose it.

Transcribe Video to Text by Google Docs Online for Free

One of the free and easiest ways to transcribe video to text is using Google Docs within the Google Chrome browser. With the free voice typing feature, you can play the video behind and let Google Docs automatically transcribe the video to texts and download it for free.

Step 1

Visit Google Docs’ webpage > click Go to Docs > click Blank document for edits.

Create a blank document in Google Docs.

Step 2

Automatically transcribe video to text in Google Docs.

Click Tools > scroll down and select Voice Typing and a microphone icon will pop up. > play a video on your computer and hit the microphone icon. Then the audio transcription shall automatically start.

Play the video and click the microphone icon to transcribe the video to text automatically.

Bonus: What to do if Google Docs didn’t transcribe video to text on your PC.

If Google Docs didn’t pick up the audio from the video playing on your PC, you may transfer the video to your iPhone and then play the video on your phone and put the phone closer to your PC’s microphone. Then, Google Docs should transcribe video to text automatically.

Step 3

Correct the wrong words > click File > Download > select a format to download your document.

The only drawback of using Google Docs to transcribe video to text is that you can’t directly import the video file to auto-transcription. Besides, you need to play the video file from the beginning to the end and transcribe the entire video, which can be too time-consuming.

Besides, Google Docs can’t identify the timestamps and divide paragraphs for a long video.

Use iPhone’s Notes App to Automatically Transcribe Video to Text

As a free and pre-installed app on iPhone, Notes App is one of the most underrated auto video-to-text converters. App’s recently updated IOS 16 version offers you a sleek interface for Notes App to automatically transcribe any audio and video to text with stunning accuracy.

Another great feature worth mentioning is that Notes App can transcribe videos to texts in languages more than English. You can add a particular language on your iPhone’s Keyboards like German, French, Japanese, etc., and later select this language for the auto video-to-text transcription. Awesome!

Step 1

Find the video you wish to transcribe on your PC and open your Notes App on your iPhone.

Step 2

Tap a new note on Notes App > tap the microphone icon > select the target language you wish to transcribe to > put the iPhone near your PC’s microphone > play the video on your PC. Then Notes App shall automatically transcribe the video to text with stunning accuracy. Besides, make sure the silent mode on iPhone is turned off while transcribing the video to text.

Use iPhone’s Notes App to transcribe video to text automatically.

Bonus: How to use the Live Caption tool on IOS 16 on iPhone

If you don’t need to download the transcribed text, iPhone offers you a brand-new way to transcribe any audio and videos playing on your iPhone to text. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Live Captions (Beta) and turn on this feature. Now, iPhone shall automatically transcribe any videos on your iPhone with text.

Use iPhone iOS 16’s Live Caption feature to transcribe video to text on iPhone.

Transcribe Video to Text in Word Online

If you happen to be a premium user of Word, now you may use Microsoft’s online transcribe feature to upload a video to Word online and automatically have it transcribe the audio inside to texts.

The only download of using Microsoft Word to transcribe video to text online is that currently it only supports English for the video to text transcription.

Step 1

Log into your Microsoft account on Office.com > click on the Word icon > click New Blanck Document to create a new file for edits.

Create a new blank Word document online.

Step 2

Select the Dictate tab on the top right corner > Transcribe > select Upload Audio > upload an MP4 file to Word online. The Word shall automatically transcribe the video to text with timestamps and speakers. It may take a while depending on how long your video is.

Upload your MP4 video file to Word to transcribe the video to text.

Step 3

You can edit the transcribed texts in each Edit Transcript Section and rename the speaker and add all the transcribed texts to the document and finally download the transcribed script to your PC.

Edit the transcribed texts in Word online.

Use Professional Video to Text Transcription Services from Happyscribe

If your recorded videos have too many terminologies in a particular field or you don’t have time to use free online video to text converters, using the paid services from Happyscribe can be a great option for your needs.

As a professional audio and video to text transcription platform offering automatic and human transcription services, Happyscribe can help you transcribe 120+ languages from audio and video to text with up to 85-99% accuracy.

Step 1

Upload the video to Happyscribe.

Step 2

Select the language spoken in your video > select the service: automatic transcription or professional human transcription > click the Transcribe button.

Select the language and use a machine or human to transcribe video to text.

Automatic Transcription: The machine will automatically transcribe your video to text.

Professional Transcription: This option fits long videos with the need for high video to text transcription accuracy. The transcribed texts will be sent to you within 24hrs.

Step 3

If you’ve selected Automatic Transcription, later you can open the transcription and correct for any errors. Or you can apply for professional proofreading.

Edit the transcribed texts.

Step 4

Download the video to text transcription with a selection from multiple formats.

Transcribe Video to Text Using Premiere Pro’s Latest Speech to Text Feature

Yes, if you are a video content creator who uses Adobe Premiere Pro for day-to-day video edits, the great news is that the latest version of Premiere Pro now offers you speech to text feature.

So, with the latest Premiere Pro, you can easily transcribe video to text automatically for captions and subtitles in one click. All the audio transcription feature is included in your subscription with no extra cost.

Step 1

Upload your PR to the latest version and import your video into the timeline in Premiere Pro.

Step 2

Click Window > Workspaces > click Captions to add the speech-to-text feature to Premiere Pro.

Step 3

Transcribe video to text automatically in Premiere Pro.

With the clip selected, click Edit > Transcript > Create Transcription > select from 13 languages available for the video to text and check “Recognize when different speakers are talking”> hit Transcribe. Then PR will automatically transcribe the video to text for you. How long will this transcription takes depends on the length of your video.

Transcribe sequence into texts in Premiere Pro.

Step 4

Go through the transcript and make corrections on any typos or rename the speakers and stylize your captions. The search and replace tool is also available.

Edit the transcribed texts in Premiere Pro.

Step 5

Click the three dots > you can export the transcript as a regular text file or save it as an SRT file and later upload it to your YouTube videos. Or you can burn the captions into your videos. Fairly flexible.

Export the transcribed texts to text files from Premiere Pro.

Now, It's Your Move

So, whether you wanna convert video to text to add subtitles for your YouTube videos or use the transcript for your blog, news reports, or other repurposes. The above video to text converters shall serve your needs in different ways. If you find this post helpful, do share it on your Facebook or Twitter and tag us and tell us which video to text converter works best for you. Have fun transcribing video to text, now!

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Passionate about photography, video-making and travel, Frank is a seasoned copywriter and a beloved father of 2-year-old daughter at FlexClip. He is always keen to share his latest discovery about video marketing and tricks to relive your memories through videos and images.