Japanese audio to text (文字起こし)
Manual 文字起こし of a one-hour meeting takes most of a day. Upload the recording instead — Japanese transcribes with strong accuracy, including natural punctuation and sentence breaks.
Interviews, 会議, lectures, and podcasts all work, and the transcript can be translated to English or other languages after the fact.
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Free accounts get 3 transcriptions every day. No credit card, no trial countdown.
01 · Upload
Drop in the file
No conversion, no sign-up hoops first — audio or video, up to 100MB (50MB on the free plan).
02 · Transcribe
About a minute later
AI converts the speech to punctuated, timestamped text; speaker labels are one checkbox away.
03 · Export
Take the text with you
Copy it, or download TXT, DOCX, PDF, CSV, SRT, or VTT.
Common questions.
Does it output kanji correctly?+
Yes — output is natural written Japanese with kanji, kana, and punctuation, not a phonetic approximation.
Is it really free?+
Yes — every account can transcribe 3 files per day, up to 30 minutes each, every day, free. No credit card, no trial that expires. The Unlimited plan removes both caps.
How accurate is the transcription?+
On clear recordings you can expect near-human accuracy, including punctuation and casing. Quality drops with heavy background noise or people talking over each other — try your own audio free and judge for yourself.