MP3 to Text Converter

    Upload podcasts, interviews, lectures, or voice notes. Scriptivox cleans up your MP3 audio and delivers searchable, time-coded transcripts in minutes.

    MP3 to Text Converter

    How to convert MP3 to text

    MP3 is the most common compressed audio format: podcasts, recorded interviews, lectures and most voice recorder exports are MP3 files. Upload a .mp3 file and Scriptivox turns the speech in it into an accurate transcript with timestamps and speaker labels, which you can edit and download as TXT, DOCX, PDF, CSV, SRT or VTT.

    1. Upload your MP3 file

      MP3 files come from podcast downloads, voice recorder apps, music software and older recorders. On a phone, save the file to Files or Downloads, then choose it in the upload box.

    2. Choose the language

      Leave it on auto-detect or pick one of more than 100 languages. Turn on speaker recognition when more than one person talks.

    3. Edit and export

      Read the transcript with timestamps, correct any word in the editor, then download it as TXT, DOCX, PDF, CSV, SRT or VTT.

    What people transcribe from MP3 files

    • Podcast episodesShow notes, quotes and searchable archives from every episode.
    • Recorded interviewsA full transcript with each speaker labelled, ready to quote.
    • Lectures and talksThe whole talk as text, with timestamps to jump back to any moment.

    MP3 at a glance

    SpecificationValue
    ContainerMPEG-1/2 Audio Layer III
    Developed byFraunhofer IIS / MPEG
    Introduced1993
    Audio codecsMP3
    CompressionLossy
    Typical bitrate128–320 kbps
    Max sample rate48 kHz
    Max channels2
    Gapless playbackPartial
    Metadata / tagsID3v2
    Approx. file size0.96–2.4 MB per minute
    LicensingPatents expired
    Plays natively onNative: Web browsers, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Smart TVs
    Best formusic libraries, podcasts, sharing with anyone