Transcribe Video to Text
Extract accurate text, subtitles and summaries from any video file — processed entirely offline, no upload required.
How to convert video to text
ScribeForge reads the audio track straight out of your video file — you don't need to extract or convert anything first. Drop in an MP4, MKV, AVI or WebM file, and Whisper AI transcribes it locally, producing a full text transcript alongside ready-to-use SRT or VTT subtitle files.
Because everything runs on your computer, there's no file-size ceiling to hit — a 20-minute tutorial and a 3-hour lecture recording both go through the same process, at no extra cost either way.
Sound familiar?
Writing captions by hand is tedious
Manually timing and typing subtitles for even a short video can take hours.
Cloud tools reject large video files
Many web-based transcribers cap uploads at a few hundred MB or a fixed duration.
Auto-captions are often wrong
Platform-generated captions frequently mishear names, jargon and technical terms.
From file to finished transcript
Drop your video file
MP4, MKV, AVI, WebM and more — ScribeForge extracts and transcribes the audio track automatically.
Whisper transcribes locally
No upload, no file-size ceiling — long lectures and full-length interviews process the same way as short clips.
Generate subtitles
Export a timed SRT file free, or VTT on paid plans, ready to attach to the video.
Turn it into more (Pro)
Use built-in AI tools to generate a summary, chapter timestamps, or a blog post from the transcript.
What you get
All major video formats
MP4, MKV, AVI, WebM, MOV and more, transcribed without conversion.
No length limits on paid plans
Free plan: 15-minute files, 5 hours/month. Paid plans remove both caps entirely.
SRT subtitle export, free
A properly timed SRT file, ready to upload alongside your video. VTT is included on paid plans.
Speaker detection (Pro)
Automatically separates speakers in interviews, panels and multi-person videos.
AI chapter timestamps (Pro)
Generate chapter markers automatically from the video's content.
Video-to-blog generator (Pro)
Turn a video transcript into a formatted blog post or article with one click.
Common questions
Can I transcribe a video file directly, or do I need to extract the audio first?
You can drop the video file in directly — ScribeForge extracts and transcribes the audio track automatically.
What video formats are supported?
MP4, MKV, AVI, WebM, MOV and dozens more — no conversion needed beforehand.
Can it generate subtitles for my video?
Yes — export a timed SRT subtitle file for free, or VTT on paid plans.
Is there a file size or length limit for video transcription?
On paid plans, no — length is limited only by your computer's available time and storage. The free plan is capped at 15 minutes per file and 5 hours per month.
Can I turn a video transcript into a blog post?
Yes, on paid plans — the AI tools include a blog-post generator that reformats any transcript into an article.
Does video transcription work without an internet connection?
Yes, once ScribeForge and the Whisper model are installed, video transcription runs entirely offline.
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Start transcribing today
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