Video transcription
Transcribe video to text.
Subtitles included.
Drop a video onto ThinkScribe on your Mac, or share one to it on iPhone, and get the full transcript with timestamps, ready-to-use SRT and VTT subtitle files, and a summary. The footage is transcribed on the device, and nothing is charged by the minute.
One purchase covers Mac, iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad & Apple Watch.
How it works
Three steps, no upload.
- 1
Import the video
Drag a video onto the Mac app, a whole folder of them if you like, or share a clip to ThinkScribe from Files or Photos on iPhone.
- 2
Transcribe on your device
The audio track is transcribed locally, with timestamps throughout and each speaker separated when there is more than one.
- 3
Export subtitles or text
SRT or VTT for your editor or video host, plus DOCX, PDF, Markdown, TXT or JSON when you need the script itself.
Features
Everything you need to caption and reuse video.
Video files, not just audio
Common video files such as MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI and WebM import directly, alongside audio. On Mac you can drop in a batch and let them run.
SRT and VTT subtitles
Timed caption files that go straight into your editor, your video host or your own website player.
Who said what
Interviews, panels and two-person podcasts come out with the speakers separated and named.
Summaries and key points
One tap turns an hour of footage into a summary, key points or a description you can publish alongside the video.
28 languages, 90+ with Whisper
Footage in another language transcribes the same way: 28 languages on every device, 90+ with the optional Whisper model on a Mac, or an iPhone or iPad with 8 GB of memory.
No upload to us
Unreleased footage, client work and internal recordings are transcribed on your machine. No account, and nothing is sent to us.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Which video formats can I transcribe?
Common video files such as MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI and WebM import directly on Mac and iPhone, alongside audio files like MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, OGG, WMA and AMR. ThinkScribe reads the audio track and builds the transcript from it.
Can I get SRT subtitles for YouTube?
Yes. Export SRT or VTT and upload it as the caption track on YouTube, Vimeo or your own player, or import the file into your video editor.
Is there a limit on video length?
No. A three-hour recording transcribes like a three-minute one, and there is no per-minute charge, because the work happens on your device.
Can it burn the captions into the video?
No, and it is not a video editor. ThinkScribe produces the transcript and the subtitle files; you add them to the video in your editor or on the platform you publish to.
Can it translate subtitles into another language?
Yes. ThinkScribe can translate a transcript into another language, with translation provided by Apple, and export it as subtitles with the original line and the translation below it.
