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What it doesRead along while listening to audiobooks with word-by-word synchronization Free YouTube transcript generator and audio transcription tool
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Pricing modelFree Freemium
PricingFree core features including read-along text, device transcription, offline functionality, and public-domain library. Optional Pro upgrade for advanced analytics. Free: 3 transcripts per day, 50 AI credits and 30 transcription minutes per month. Lite: $10/month (or $96/year) for 200 credits/month. Pro: $20/month (or $192/year) for 1,000 credits/month. Max: $50/month (or $480/year) for 4,000 credits/month. One credit covers 1 transcript, 5 minutes of audio tra
Key features
  • Word-level synchronized text highlighting with 60fps
  • On-device transcription without cloud upload
  • Offline playback after single engine download
  • Support for 99 languages
  • Import multiple audio formats including MP3, M4B, FLAC, OGG
  • Accessibility profiles for dyslexia, ADHD, and vision impairment
  • Built-in library with 20k+ public-domain titles
  • Quote saving and sharing with generated cards
  • Reading analytics with neuroscience-based brain score
  • Character map feature for tracking book figures
  • Transcription from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and X video links
  • Upload and transcribe your own audio and video files up to 500 MB on Free and 5 GB on paid plans
  • AI transcription when captions are missing
  • Search and copy transcripts in the browser
  • Export as TXT, SRT or VTT files
  • Summarize, translate and rewrite transcripts
  • REST API and MCP server for developers and AI agents
  • Batch processing up to 20 videos on Pro and 100 on Max
  • No per-video length limit on any plan
What makes it different
  • Complete privacy with no account or cloud uploads required
  • No external lyrics database; transcription generated directly from your audio
  • Supports your own audiobook files without DRM restrictions
  • No ads in core experience
  • Works across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X and your own files with one unified workflow
  • Full timestamped transcript you can search, copy and export, not just a read-along panel
  • Handles videos without captions by transcribing the audio with AI
  • Same transcripts available in web app and through API, MCP server and agent skills
  • Timestamps preserved in all exports and translations
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Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)4 no change since last check53 +21 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)611
Citation Flow (Majestic)2630
Referring domains (Majestic)4967

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