To convert MP3 to text, open the upload workspace. Upload the MP3 directly and choose its spoken language before starting transcription. Sign in with available transcription time for the full recording; an eligible guest trial, when available, transcribes the first 120 seconds with copying and TXT download.
How to convert an MP3 to text
MP3 files are accepted directly; you do not need to convert them to WAV first. Drop your recording into the upload area or choose it from your device, then pick the language you hear in the file, or leave it on automatic detection.
When the upload is ready, start transcription and open the result in the same workspace. A full transcription needs a signed-in account with enough available transcription time.
If your recording is a video rather than an audio file, the video to text page covers that workflow, including what happens when a video has no usable audio track.
Check quotes against the recording
Recognition gives you a starting draft, not a finished quotation. Use the timestamp beside a passage to replay that part of the MP3, and listen to the sentence plus a little of what comes before and after it. Names, numbers and similar-sounding terms are the details most worth checking.
If you enabled speaker labels, confirm who was speaking at handoffs and where voices overlap. If you are signed in, correct the wording and speaker names, then confirm the save before exporting.
Choose a transcript format
TXT is plain text for notes, searching or pasting elsewhere. DOCX suits a document you want to share for review in a word processor. SRT and VTT carry cue timing, so they are the formats to choose when the audio will be paired with captions; check the cue timing against the recording before publishing.
Signed-in users can edit and export all four formats. When the eligible guest trial is available, its results support copying and TXT download only.
What the free guest trial covers
When a guest trial is available, eligible visitors can process the first 120 seconds of a decodable MP3 and export TXT only. The trial clip is prepared locally in your browser before upload.
Full-file transcription requires sign-in with available transcription time. Eligibility and service limits apply.
MP3 file requirements and limits
MP3 is accepted directly, with no WAV conversion step. Full-file transcription supports up to 5 hours per recording, and VoxLingo limits the uploaded object to 1 GiB (1,073,741,824 bytes).
You also need enough available transcription time in your account. Clear audio helps recognition, especially when people talk over each other or use specialist terms.