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WebM to Text Converter

Turn WebM recordings from browsers, web recorders and screen captures into text with timestamps. Upload the file or paste a direct link, and the language is detected automatically. The free plan gives you 120 minutes every week.

Transcribe a WebM file

Paste a link to the file, or press Transcribe to upload it

Free plan: 120 minutes every week. Files up to 500 MB and 6 hours.

Upload WebM straight from your browser recorder

WebM is what the web records in. Browser-based screen recorders, in-browser voice and video recorders, and many online meeting and screen capture tools save WebM files with Opus audio inside, and some video downloaded from websites arrives in the same format. Hear2Text reads these files as they are, so there is nothing to convert. Upload a file up to 500 MB and 6 hours long, or paste a direct public link to a .webm file. Links that need a login cannot be fetched; download the file and upload it instead.

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What decides how accurate the transcript is

Accuracy reaches up to 99% on clear speech, and 95 to 99% is the realistic range. What lowers it is the recording, not the format: a laptop microphone far from the speaker, background music, keyboard noise, several people talking at once or a heavy accent. For browser calls, a headset helps more than anything else. The language is detected automatically from 100 languages, and the transcript arrives in minutes with a timestamp on every segment, ready to edit in the browser.

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Ask questions about your WebM recording

A screen recording or a browser-recorded call often runs long and wanders. Ask the AI assistant what was decided, where a setting was explained, or what the speaker said about a topic, and it answers from the transcript. The assistant is part of the paid plans.

  • Recap a long recording
  • Pull out names, numbers and steps
  • Find where a topic comes up
  • List the follow-ups mentioned
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How to transcribe a WebM file

From a browser recording to an edited transcript in four steps.

  1. Step 01

    Upload the WebM file

    Choose the .webm file your browser or screen recorder saved, or paste a direct public link to it.

  2. Step 02

    Automatic transcription

    The spoken language is detected automatically and the speech becomes text in minutes, not hours.

  3. Step 03

    Review and edit

    Read it with timestamps beside each segment and fix names or terms directly in the browser.

  4. Step 04

    Export the transcript

    Download TXT on the free plan, or SRT, VTT, Word and PDF on the paid plans.

Who transcribes WebM files

Anyone whose recordings come out of a browser as WebM.

  • Screen Recorders

    Someone who records product demos or walkthroughs with a browser screen recorder gets the narration as text to reuse for help articles, and SRT captions on a paid plan.

  • Web Developers

    A developer who captures bug reproductions or design reviews with spoken commentary gets a transcript to paste into the ticket instead of asking everyone to watch the video.

  • Online Learners

    A student records an online class or tutorial in the browser as WebM, then turns it into searchable notes and asks the assistant to recap the key points before an exam.

  • Researchers

    A researcher records remote interviews through a browser tool and gets timestamped transcripts to code and quote, checking each quote against the recording.

What you get with a WebM transcript

  1. Any WebM Video Codec

    VP8, VP9 or AV1 video makes no difference: only the Opus or Vorbis audio track is transcribed, and the picture is ignored.

  2. No Conversion Needed

    Upload the WebM exactly as your browser saved it. There is no need to convert it to MP3 or MP4 first.

  3. Long Recordings up to 6 Hours

    Upload WebM files up to 500 MB and up to 6 hours long on every plan, enough for a full-day workshop capture or a long recorded call.

  4. Speaker Identification

    Each speaker in a call or interview is labelled, for example Speaker 1 and Speaker 2, on every plan, so you can follow who said what.

  5. Timestamps on Every Segment

    Every segment carries its timestamp, so you can jump back to the moment in the recording when you need to check a line.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What WebM codecs are supported?
Any WebM with an Opus or Vorbis audio track works, which covers what browsers and web recorders normally produce. The video codec does not matter, whether VP8, VP9 or AV1, because only the audio is transcribed. You do not need to convert the file first; upload it as it is and the speech is processed directly.
Can I transcribe screen recordings in WebM?
Yes. Screen captures saved as WebM by browser-based recorders and screen capture tools transcribe like any other file, as long as the narration or call audio was recorded with them. Only the speech is transcribed; text shown on screen, such as slides or code, is not read. Upload the file, and the spoken language is detected automatically.
Is there a file size limit?
Yes. Each upload can be up to 500 MB and up to 6 hours long, on every plan. WebM is usually compact, but a long high-resolution screen capture can pass 500 MB. If yours does, record at a lower resolution next time, or extract the audio track to a smaller file such as Opus or MP3 and upload that instead.
Can I export subtitles for my WebM video?
Yes, on a paid plan. The Monthly ($9.99) and Yearly ($89.99) plans export SRT and VTT subtitle files built from the timestamped segments, plus Word and PDF. The free plan exports TXT only. Hear2Text does not burn subtitles into the video; you load the SRT or VTT file into your player or editor alongside the WebM.
What if my WebM has no audio?
A WebM without an audio track cannot be transcribed, because Hear2Text turns speech into text and a silent video gives it nothing to work with. This happens when a screen recorder was set to capture video only. Check that the microphone or tab audio was enabled, record again, or upload a separate audio recording of the same session.

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