Reels, stories & feed videos · speech-to-text · language auto-detect
Instagram Transcript — the real words of any reel
Download the reel or feed video, drop it in, and get an accurate transcript of everything that was said — ready to copy, quote or turn into captions. You can also paste a direct video-file URL if you already have one, and skip the download entirely.
Built for short-form video
Reels move fast and the captions burned into them are rarely accurate. Upload the actual clip and the AI transcribes the spoken audio itself — the hook, the punchline and everything in between — so you have the real words, not an auto-caption guess. It works the same way on feed videos and exported stories, whatever language the creator spoke in.
Two honest ways in
The fastest path is to download the clip and upload the file — it always works. If you already have a direct link to the video file itself (ending in .mp4), paste it and skip the download. We do not yet fetch an instagram.com page link server-side, so we tell you plainly instead of pretending: paste a page URL and the tool points you to the upload path rather than quietly failing.
One transcript, many posts
A single reel is worth more than one post. Once you have the transcript you can lift the hook for a caption, expand the body into a carousel, rewrite it into a script for another platform, or drop it into a blog section. Because the text is clean and punctuated, that repurposing is copy-and-edit rather than start-from-scratch.
From Instagram clip to text, in a few steps
Save the video, add it here, run the AI and get the spoken words as text you can copy and repurpose.
How to transcribe an Instagram video
Step 1
Save the video
Download the reel or feed clip you want, or copy a direct link to the video file itself.
Step 2
Add it here
Upload the downloaded file, or paste the direct video-file URL into the field above the dropzone.
Step 3
Sign in & run
A run costs 2 credits, so we ask for a free account and return you to this page afterwards.
Step 4
Copy the text
Read the transcript, copy it, or download it as a .txt file to reuse anywhere.
The words, not the captions
Auto-captions drift and drop words.
Transcribing the audio gives you what was actually said, which matters when you are quoting or repurposing.
Language detected for you
Whatever language the creator spoke, the model figures it out.
There is no menu and no setup before you run.
Repurpose fast
Turn a viral reel into a caption file, a carousel, a script or a blog section.
It all comes from one clean transcript.
Straight answers
Where a page link can’t be fetched yet, we say so and point you to the upload path.
No dead ends dressed up as features.
Private preview
Your file previews locally before you run anything, so you always send the right clip.
Only pay for results
The 2-credit cost applies at the run step, and a failed run is refunded automatically.
Tips & good to know
A few quick pointers to get the best result from this tool.
Who transcribes Instagram videos
Social managers
Pull the exact wording of a reel to reuse across other channels.
Marketers
Study a competitor’s hook and structure from the real transcript.
Creators
Repurpose one reel into captions, a script and a post.
Researchers
Get quotable, searchable text out of short-form video.
Agencies
Log what a client’s videos actually said for reports and approvals.
Writers
Turn a spoken idea from a reel into a written draft fast.
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