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Transcribe English Audio to Text
Upload an English recording or paste a public link and get a punctuated, timestamped transcript in minutes. American, British, Australian, Indian and other accents work with no setup. The free plan covers 120 minutes every week.
See It In Action
Here is one sentence from an English team meeting, as spoken, as transcribed and translated into Spanish.
"So the main thing we need to decide today is whether we push the launch to March or keep it in February."
"So the main thing we need to decide today is whether we push the launch to March or keep it in February."
Translation: "Entonces, lo principal que tenemos que decidir hoy es si retrasamos el lanzamiento a marzo o lo mantenemos en febrero."
Up to 99% accurate on clear English
On clear English speech, accuracy is up to 99%; for everyday recordings, 95–99% is the realistic range. The transcript arrives with capital letters, punctuation and sentence breaks, so it reads like text rather than a string of words. What lowers accuracy is the recording, not the language: background noise, music under the voice, people talking over each other and a microphone across the room. Rare names, brand names and acronyms are the words most often misspelled, so search for them and correct them in the editor. Every segment is timestamped; click it to replay that moment and check.
Try Free NowEvery accent, one model, no setup
English is spoken in very different ways, and the same model hears all of them: a New York sales call, a Manchester podcast, a lecture in Delhi or an interview in Johannesburg. You do not pick an accent or even the language, because it is detected automatically. The clearest, most standard speech gives the best transcript; strong regional accents, slang and fast speech produce more words to fix. Speakers with different accents in one recording are fine. If someone switches into another language for a sentence or two, it often comes through, but long passages in another language may be transcribed poorly, because the language is detected once per recording.
Try Free NowTranslate English into 60+ languages
On the paid plans, an English transcript can be translated into more than 60 languages, from Spanish and French to Hindi, Arabic and Japanese. It is useful for sharing an English meeting with a team abroad, or subtitling an English video for viewers in another country with SRT or VTT export. The translation is done by AI, so have a fluent speaker read anything you will publish. The free plan gives you the English transcript itself, exported as TXT.
Try Free NowHow English accents fare
One model handles every English accent; there are no separate accent models. Clear, standard speech gets the best results, while strong regional accents, fast speech and noise lower accuracy.
American English
United States
Clear American speech usually comes through with few errors. Strong Southern or regional accents, slang and fast talk can still need a few corrections.
British English
United Kingdom
Standard southern British speech transcribes about as well as American English. Strong regional accents such as Scouse, Geordie or Glaswegian lower accuracy, especially on noisy recordings.
Australian English
Australia
Clear Australian speech transcribes well. Broad accents, clipped informal words and local slang are where you are most likely to fix a word or two.
Indian English
India
Indian English speakers are transcribed well when the recording is clear. Names, place names and Hindi or other Indian-language words mixed into a sentence are the parts to check.
Irish English
Ireland
Irish accents work on clear audio. Rapid speech, strong rural accents and Irish-language names and place names are the usual spots to review.
South African English
South Africa
South African English transcribes well on clean recordings. Afrikaans or Zulu words dropped into English sentences may be misspelled, so check them in the editor.
From English recording to text in four steps
Upload a file or paste a public link, let the English be detected and transcribed, check the result in the editor, then export it.
Add your recording
Upload an MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4 or other file up to 500 MB and 6 hours, record in the browser or app, or paste a public YouTube or podcast link.
English is detected and transcribed
The language is detected as English automatically and the whole recording is transcribed with punctuation and timestamps. It takes minutes, not hours.
Review and edit
Click any timestamp to replay that moment, fix names and jargon in the browser, and use search to find a quote.
Export the text
Download a TXT file on the free plan. Paid plans add Word, PDF, SRT and VTT, AI summaries and translation.
Who transcribes English audio with Hear2Text
Anyone who records English speech and needs to read, search or quote it later, from native speakers to people learning the language.
YouTubers and podcasters
Paste the link to your English YouTube video or podcast episode and reuse the text for show notes, blog posts and quotes. Export SRT captions on a paid plan.
Teams with English meetings
Record a client call or stand-up in Zoom, Teams or Meet, upload it afterwards and get an English transcript to search, labelled by speaker. Paid plans add an AI summary of decisions.
Researchers and journalists
Transcribe hour-long English interviews and focus groups, then use timestamps to find and verify quotes against the recording before you cite them.
Students and English learners
Students record English lectures and seminars, and learners of English use a transcript to follow fast native speech. The free 120 minutes cover about two one-hour lectures a week.
What you get with an English transcript
Up to 99% on clear audio
Up to 99% on clear English audio. Noise, crosstalk and distant microphones lower it, and timestamps make checking easy.
All English accents
American, British, Australian, Indian, Irish, South African and more, with automatic language detection and nothing to configure.
Technical terms
Common jargon is usually right from context. There is no custom vocabulary, so check rare names and acronyms.
Speaker labels
Each voice is labelled Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on, on every plan. Names are not detected automatically; on the paid plans you can add them.
Punctuation and capitals
Commas, full stops, question marks and capital letters are added, so the text is readable without cleanup.
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Turn your next English recording into text
Upload a recording or paste a public link, and read your English transcript minutes later. The free plan gives you 120 minutes every week, no credit card needed.
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