Transcribe a Professional Video, Get the Text
Upload a video from a client project, a legal matter, a training session, or a corporate shoot, or paste a link, and ScreenApp turns the audio into a transcript with speaker labels and timestamps. There is no download step for a URL: paste the link and the tool fetches and transcribes it directly.
This is AI transcription, not a human transcription service: there is no person reading the audio or checking the output by hand, so review a transcript before it goes into a filing, a contract record, or a client deliverable.
What you get:
- A transcript with speaker identification, in 100+ languages
- transcript and caption translation, for clients or teams working in another language
- AI chat with any recording, so you can ask about a clause or a moment instead of re-watching the video
- Export as PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT, ready to use as subtitle source files
- team workspaces and share links, so colleagues or clients can read the transcript without re-uploading it
- Free plan: 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each, with AI chat on both
How to Transcribe a Professional Video
- Upload your video or paste a link: Drag in a file (MP4, M4V, MOV, AVI, WEBM, MKV, FLV, TS, MTS, M2TS, 3GP, 3GPP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, VOB, OGV, RM, RMVB, MPG, MPEG, M2V, F4V, MXF) from a shoot, a recorded call, or a deposition, or paste a link from YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and most other public video links (Twitch, Loom, Dropbox, Google Drive, Pinterest, X, Threads, Douyin, Kuaishou, Bilibili) through a generic importer.
- Let it transcribe: The audio is converted to text, speakers are separated, and every line gets a timestamp.
- Review and export: Read the transcript in the browser, edit anything the model missed, and export as PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT for your case file, deliverable, or subtitle track.
Accuracy depends on the audio. A clean interview or presentation with one speaker at a time transcribes best; a boardroom recording with crosstalk, a distant microphone, or heavy background noise will have more gaps. See how we measure accuracy.
Professional Video Transcription vs Other Apps
| Feature | ScreenApp | Rev | Sonix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 2 transcriptions, up to 45 min each | 45 min/month (AI) | 30-min trial |
| AI transcription | Included | $25.49/mo (AI, billed annually) | Included with the plan, or $10/hour pay as you go |
| Human transcription option | Not offered | $1.99/min, 12 hours or less | Not stated |
| Speaker identification | Included | Included | Included |
| Export formats | PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT | Not stated | DOCX, PDF, TXT, SRT, VTT |
| Languages | 100+ | Not stated | 54+ |
| Paid plan | $19/month annual | $25.49/month annual | $25/month |
Sources, checked 2026-09-28: screenapp.io/accuracy#languages, ScreenApp pricing, rev.com/pricing, sonix.ai/pricing
- vs Rev: Rev’s AI transcription is $25.49/month (billed annually) per minute, or you can pay $1.99 per minute for a human transcript delivered in 12 hours or less. ScreenApp’s plans include AI transcription without a per-minute charge, with no human-review option.
- vs Sonix: Sonix offers a one-time 30-minute trial, then a $25-a-month plan or $10-an-hour pay-as-you-go. ScreenApp’s free plan renews rather than being a one-time trial.
- vs Amberscript (human transcription): Amberscript’s human transcription service starts at €1.85 per minute, delivered in 5 business days, or 1 business day with a rush order. ScreenApp’s AI transcript is ready after processing, with no per-minute human-review charge.
- vs TranscribeMe: TranscribeMe’s human transcription starts at $0.79 per minute, with a turnaround of 1 business day, or 2 to 3 business days with timestamps and speaker IDs. That is accurate for content that needs a person to check it; ScreenApp is the faster, unreviewed AI alternative.
Who Uses Professional Video Transcription
Corporate communications teams transcribe internal announcements, town halls, and executive interviews so the content can be searched, quoted, or repurposed as an article.
Legal and compliance teams transcribe deposition recordings, review sessions, and interviews to build a searchable, timestamped record, then have a person check the transcript before it goes into a case file.
Marketing and creative agencies transcribe client video shoots and testimonials to pull quotes for copy and to generate subtitle files for social cuts.
Media production companies transcribe interview footage and b-roll audio to log what was said before an editor cuts the piece together.
Training and L&D teams transcribe recorded onboarding sessions and workshops so new hires can search the material instead of rewatching the whole video.
Documentary teams and video journalists transcribe long-form interviews to find and quote a specific answer without scrubbing through hours of footage.