Convert Speech to Text in Real Time
Speak into your microphone, or share a browser tab’s audio, and the live audio to text converter turns it into text as you talk. It works for meetings, lectures, interviews, and other live events, and runs entirely in the browser with nothing to install.
Once you stop, the transcript stays in your account with speaker labels and timestamps, ready to search or export.
What you get:
- A live transcript with automatic punctuation as you speak
- Speaker identification, so each person in the conversation is labeled apart
- See language coverage and provider routing for supported languages and limitations.
- Export to PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT
- Free plan: 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each
How to Convert Voice to Text Live
- Start the live transcript: Open the tool and allow microphone access, or choose a browser tab to capture its audio. Text starts appearing once you, or the tab, start talking.
- Let it run: Keep the tab open for the length of the meeting, lecture, or event, and stop whenever you’re done.
- Read and export: The transcript stays in your account with speaker labels and timestamps. Search it, or export as PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT.
A close, clear microphone gives the best result. A recording from across a large room, or with several people talking over each other, will have more gaps. See how we measure accuracy.
Live Transcription vs Other Apps
| Feature | ScreenApp | Otter.ai | Fireflies.ai | Notta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 2 transcriptions, up to 45 min each | 300 min/month, 30 min per conversation | 400 min storage per seat, 20 AI credits/month | 120 min/month, 3 min per conversation |
| Speaker labels | Included | Included, Basic plan and up | Not stated | Included |
| Languages | 100+ | 6 | 100+ | 58 |
| Export formats | PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT | Not stated | Not stated | TXT, DOCX, PDF, or XLSX |
| Paid plan | $19/month annual | $8.33/month annual | $19/month annual | $8.17/month annual |
Sources, checked 2026-09-24: ScreenApp pricing, otter.ai/pricing, Fireflies pricing, guide.fireflies.ai/articles/4027724828-learn-about-the-fireflies-free-plan, notta.ai/en/pricing, screenapp.io/accuracy#languages, notta.ai/en, notta.ai/en/lecture-summarizer
- vs Otter.ai: Otter’s free plan caps you at 300 minutes a month and 30 minutes per conversation. Its Pro plan runs $8.33 a month billed annually, or $16.99 monthly and transcribes 6 languages; ScreenApp transcribes 100+.
- vs Fireflies.ai: Fireflies normally joins meetings as a bot; its Chrome extension can do a Chrome extension recording without the Fireflies bot. Its free plan includes 400 minutes of storage per seat and 20 AI credits a month, and its plan with video recording is $19 a month annual. ScreenApp captures audio in the browser without joining as a bot.
- vs Notta: Notta’s free plan is 120 minutes a month, capped at 3 minutes per conversation. Its paid plan runs $8.17 to $13.49 a month and transcribes 58 languages.
Who Uses Live Transcription
Students and educators run a live transcript during class or a study group, then search the text for a term instead of scrubbing back through the audio.
Meeting-heavy teams use it for client calls, standups, and interviews, so someone can read what was said instead of typing while they talk.
Journalists run a live transcript during interviews and press conferences, and search it for a quote with a timestamp when writing up the story.
Podcasters and streamers use the transcript to caption a recording afterward or pull a section into a blog post or clip.
Healthcare and legal professionals use it for consultations, depositions, and proceedings. ScreenApp’s security controls and sub-processors are published on the Trust Center.
