Transcribe talks and keynotes. The best lines, in clips.
A talk transcript is the whole presentation as text, with every word timed, so you can quote it, summarize it and clip it. Upload the video or paste a YouTube link, livestreams included. We split the text into chapters by topic, mark the most quotable lines and suggest captioned vertical clips to promote the talk or your next event.
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What a talk loses without a transcript. And how it keeps working after the stage.
Nobody remembers when the best line landed
After 50 minutes on stage, a speaker remembers the applause, not the timecode. With the talk in text and every word timed, you search a term, read the passage and click to the exact moment in the video. The line the audience photographed off the slide turns up in seconds.
Long talks nobody watches all the way through
On YouTube, an hour-long talk with no chapters loses viewers in the first few minutes. We split the video by topic, with a title and timestamp for each chapter, and you copy the list in YouTube description format, which starts at 0:00 and needs at least three chapters of 10 seconds or more. People looking for one subject go straight to it.
Promoting the talk, the event or the next course
The best moments become vertical clips, each scored from 0 to 100 and tagged by type: insight, story, humor, teaching, call to action. The frame follows whoever speaks, so a speaker who paces the stage stays in the 9:16 shot. Captions come burned in.
Quotable lines for posts, newsletters and press
A good talk gives you quotes for a whole week. We tag the emotion of every line and, on Studio and Agency, score the strongest hooks. Favorite the lines, copy the exact wording and use it in a quote card, a LinkedIn post or a press release.
Studying a talk without rewatching it
If you need notes on a lecture or a keynote for your team, the chapters work as a timed outline. On Studio and Agency, the talk also becomes a mind map, a flowchart or a timeline. The full text downloads as PDF or TXT.
How to transcribe a talk and clip it in 3 steps
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Upload the video or paste the link
Audio or video files, or a YouTube link, livestreams included, which we process once the replay is available. Pick just the talk and leave the event opener and the break out.
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Browse the chapters and mark the lines
The talk comes back transcribed and split by topic. Search a term, read the passage, favorite the lines worth quoting and review the clips we suggest, each with a score.
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Clip, caption and publish
Trim the clip word by word, pick the format and the caption style, and download. The text exports as PDF, TXT or SRT, and the chapters in YouTube description format.
One 48-minute talk, from stage to a week of posts
Dana speaks about starting a business at a founders' conference. The organizers livestreamed everything on YouTube, and her talk runs 48 minutes with audience Q&A at the end. She wants two things: material to promote the next cohort of her course and the text of the talk to turn into an article.
She pastes the livestream link. Once the replay is available, we process it. Before that, she marks the range of her talk and leaves out the host's opening remarks and the break. Only her 48 minutes count toward her hours.
Within minutes the talk comes back as text, word by word, with seven chapters by topic: the opening question, the first business that failed, why a spreadsheet isn't a plan, and so on through the Q&A. She copies the chapter list into the description of the video on her own channel.
Then the lines. In the hooks tab on Studio, the strongest one is “a plan that can't survive one conversation with a customer is just a pretty spreadsheet”, with a high score. She favorites it and four more. They become LinkedIn posts, a quote card on Instagram and the lead of the article.
For clips, she asks only for the parts about pricing, typed as an instruction at upload. She gets scored clips tagged by type, trims the end of one word by word and removes pauses on the balanced setting. Everything exports in 9:16 for Reels and Shorts and in 4:5 for the LinkedIn feed, with burned-in captions and one of 48 templates carrying the talk's title.
Last, the text. The transcript PDF becomes the base of the article and the SRT goes up to YouTube. Part of the next cohort is in Mexico, so on Studio she translates the captions into Spanish, one of 9 languages available.
What you get from one talk transcript
| Deliverable | Where it goes | Plans |
|---|---|---|
| Word-by-word transcript | The talk's text, exact quotes, term search | All |
| Chapters by topic | YouTube description and in-video navigation | All |
| Moments inside chapters | The exact spot of every idea | Studio and Agency |
| Lines with impact score | Posts, newsletters, quote cards | Studio and Agency |
| Captioned vertical clips | Reels, Shorts, TikTok and LinkedIn | All |
| Mind map, flowchart and timeline | Carousels, handouts, study notes | Studio and Agency |
| SRT | Captions for the full talk on YouTube | All |
| Caption and text translation | Audiences in other countries | Studio and Agency |
| TXT and PDF | Articles, handouts, attendee materials | All |
“It went beyond my expectations. Creating emotions, hooks and scripts was a great experience.”
More than talks. The same path works for people who teach and people who run events.
See also
What it costs to transcribe and clip a talk
Compare plans →- Transcription with speakers and chapters
- Emotions in every line
- Automatic clips with animated captions
- Remove pauses and filler words
- Downloads without watermark
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- Manual clips, trimmed word by word
- Saved clip templates for the next ones
- Emotion filter
- Favorite and export lines in bulk
- Export as TXT, PDF, SRT, MP3 and MP4
- Everything in Pro
- Scored hooks and scripts
- Timeline for Premiere, DaVinci and Final Cut
- Translation and speaker names
- Your logo and your font on clips
- Connector for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
- Team: each person at R$ 29/month, with 3 more hours
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- Moments inside each chapter
- Diagrams: mind map, flow and timeline
- Image and font library for clips
- Projects to organize by client
- Support
- Everything in Studio
- FilmScribe Plugin for DaVinci Resolve Studio (beta)
- Team with 2 people included
- Priority support
- Extra hours at R$ 7
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Frequently asked questions
How do I transcribe a conference talk from YouTube?
Paste the link to the video, Short or livestream. For livestreams, we process once the replay is available. Pick the range of the talk and process it. You get the text word by word, every word timed and speakers separated, in 90+ languages with automatic detection. You can also upload the audio or video file.
Can I get a summary of a presentation or keynote?
We organize the talk for you: chapters by topic, each with a title and timestamp, which work as an outline. On Studio and Agency you also get the moments inside each chapter and a mind map. For a written summary in prose, connect ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini to your account (Studio and Agency) and ask for one from the transcript.
Can I clip the best moments of a keynote?
Yes. We suggest 4 to 60 clips per video, each scored from 0 to 100 and tagged by type of moment. Choose the length range at upload and add an instruction in plain text, like “only the parts about hiring”. You can also cut by hand from any line, with the frame following the speaker and captions burned in.
Can I transcribe a webinar?
Yes. Download the webinar recording as MP4 or M4A and upload it, or paste the YouTube link if it was streamed there, and we process it once the replay is available. You get the same output as for a stage talk: word-by-word text, speakers separated, chapters by topic and, from video, captioned clips.
Can I add chapters to a long talk?
Chapters are created automatically, split by topic, each with a title and timestamp. Review them and copy them in YouTube description format. Whether the talk is 20 minutes or three hours doesn't matter: there is no length limit beyond your plan's monthly hours.
Does it handle panels, moderators and audience questions?
Yes. We separate the voices, so the transcript shows who said each part: speaker, moderator, whoever asked. On Studio and Agency you can rename speakers, and we identify names automatically. Transcript quality follows audio quality, so questions asked far from a microphone may come out with gaps.
What does it cost to transcribe and clip a talk?
You pay for the range you process. A 48-minute talk uses 48 minutes of your hours. Pro, at R$ 59 a month (R$ 49 on the annual plan), includes 10 hours, plenty for a talk a week. Scored lines, moments and mind maps are on Studio, at R$ 89. Try it for 3 days or 1 hour of material.