Audiotype

Audiotype is a web-based transcription tool that turns audio and video files into text, subtitles, or documents using automated speech recognition. It supports more than 30 languages and a wide range of file types, including MP3, MP4, WAV, and other common audio and video formats, and it can pull audio directly from YouTube links. Users do not need to create an account to get a transcript, which the company positions as a privacy advantage over transcription services that require sign-up. Transcripts come with speaker detection and automatic punctuation, and can be exported as plain text, Word documents, or PDFs, or generated as SRT and VTT subtitle files for video. The company reports 80 to 95% accuracy and says a file typically transcribes in about a third of its running time. Uploaded files can come from a computer or from Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive, and a speech-to-text API is available in beta for developers who want to integrate transcription into their own tools. Founded in 2019 and used by more than 10,000 people, Audiotype markets itself to journalists, students, podcast producers, and meeting-heavy teams transcribing calls on Zoom or Microsoft Teams. Files are automatically deleted after 15 days.