WAV to Text: Transcribe WAV Recordings Online
WAV to text is a straight upload here: drop in your WAV recording and get an editable transcript with timestamps and speaker labels, usually within minutes. It's free without an account for files up to 30 minutes (120 minutes a month); Pro at €12/month takes files up to 10 hours. MP3, M4A, FLAC and video files are accepted too.
- Upload or paste the link
- Choose the language or let it detect
- Review in the editor and export
Drop audio or video here
MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV · up to 5 GB on Pro
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WAV to Text: Transcribe WAV Recordings Online
| Full name | Waveform Audio File Format (RIFF container) |
|---|---|
| Audio data | Usually uncompressed PCM, so no quality is lost |
| Common settings | 44.1 or 48 kHz, 16 or 24 bit; telephone systems often use 8 kHz |
| File size | About 10 MB per minute at 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo |
| Extension and MIME type | .wav · audio/wav |
| Typical sources | Field recorders, audio interfaces, DAWs, broadcast and call-recording systems |
Example: a short WAV transcript
Speaker 1Can you tell me a bit about how you started working at the harbour?
Speaker 2I was sixteen. My uncle had a boat, and in summer I'd help him bring in the nets before school started again.
Speaker 1And when did it become a full-time job?
Speaker 2After the army. There wasn't much else around here, to be honest.
Convert WAV to text without losing time on uploads
Because WAV is uncompressed, an hour-long stereo recording can be several hundred megabytes. That's fine to upload on a fast connection, but slow on hotel Wi-Fi or mobile data.
If uploads drag, use the free WAV to MP3 converter on this site first. It runs in your browser, so the original never leaves your device, and a speech-friendly MP3 is roughly a tenth of the size while keeping the voice perfectly clear for transcription.
Telephone and multichannel WAV files
Call recordings are often 8 kHz mono WAV. They sound thin, but speech recognition handles them; expect names and numbers to need a quick check.
Recorders that save each microphone to its own channel produce multichannel WAVs. If one channel is just noise, exporting the useful channel or a mono mix in your audio editor before uploading gives the cleanest result.
What you can download
- TXT for plain text, SRT and VTT for subtitles: free
- DOCX, PDF and Markdown: Pro
- Timestamps and speaker labels in every format that supports them
- Translation, AI summary, chapters and action items: Pro
Use cases
- Interviews recorded on a Zoom, Tascam or similar handheld recorder
- Podcast or radio raw tracks exported from a DAW
- Recorded customer calls for quality review
- Research interviews that need an accurate written record
- Dialogue tracks from film shoots for a paper edit
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Frequently asked questions
Is WAV better than MP3 for transcription?
Not noticeably for speech. Both work; WAV just makes bigger files. Convert to MP3 in the browser if you want faster uploads.
Can I transcribe 24-bit or 48 kHz WAV files?
Yes. Common sample rates and bit depths from recorders and DAWs are accepted.
Is WAV to text free?
Yes, for files up to 30 minutes and up to 120 minutes per month without an account. Pro raises the limit to 10 hours per file.
Does it label different speakers?
Yes. Each segment gets a speaker label (Speaker 1, Speaker 2 …) and a start time.
What happens to my WAV?
Recordings are never used to train models and are deleted after the retention period you set.