🎙️ Audio & Video Transcription Actor Transform hours of audio and video into accurate, searchable text in minutes. --- ## ⚡ Why Choose This Actor? | Feature | Benefit | |---------|---------| | 🚀 Lightning Fast | Process hours of audio 10x faster than real-time | | 🌍 99+ Languages | Auto-detect or specify any of 99 supported languages | | 📁 Any Source | Google Drive, Dropbox, S3, Supabase, and 15+ cloud services | | 🎬 Audio & Video | MP3, WAV, MP4, WebM, M4A, and more | | ⏱️ Timestamps | Word-level and segment timestamps for subtitles | | 💾 Memory Efficient | Handle files up to 500MB without crashes | --- ## 🎯 Perfect For - 🎧 Podcasters — Turn episodes into blog posts and show notes - 📹 Content Creators — Generate subtitles and captions automatically - 🏢 Businesses — Transcribe meetings, calls, and webinars - 🔬 Researchers — Build datasets from interviews and focus groups - 📚 Educators — Create searchable lecture archives --- ## 📊 Supported Formats ### Audio Formats | Format | Extension | Support | |--------|-----------|---------| | MP3 | .mp3 | ✅ Full | | WAV | .wav | ✅ Full | | M4A/AAC | .m4a | ✅ Full | | OGG Vorbis | .ogg | ✅ Full | | FLAC | .flac | ✅ Full | | MPEG Audio | .mpeg, .mpga | ✅ Full | ### Video Formats (Audio Extraction) | Format | Extension | Support | |--------|-----------|---------| | MP4 | .mp4 | ✅ Full | | WebM | .webm | ✅ Full | --- ## ☁️ Supported Cloud Sources Paste a link from any of these services — we handle the conversion automatically: ### 📦 Cloud Storage | Service | Direct Link Support | Auto-Convert | |---------|---------------------|--------------| | Google Drive | ✅ | ✅ Converts /view to download | | Dropbox | ✅ | ✅ Converts ?dl=0 to ?dl=1 | | OneDrive | ✅ | ✅ Auto-converts sharing links | | Box | ✅ | ✅ Converts to static link | | iCloud | ⚠️ Requires direct link | — | ### 🔧 Developer Platforms | Service | Direct Link Support | Notes | |---------|---------------------|-------| | AWS S3 | ✅ | Public buckets | | Google Cloud Storage | ✅ | Public objects | | Azure Blob Storage | ✅ | Public containers | | Backblaze B2 | ✅ | Public files | | Supabase Storage | ✅ | Public buckets | | Firebase Storage | ✅ | Auto-adds ?alt=media | | Cloudinary | ✅ | Direct URLs | ### 🌐 Other Sources | Service | Support | Notes | |---------|---------|-------| | GitHub | ✅ | Auto-converts blob to raw | | Airtable | ✅ | Attachment URLs | | Notion | ✅ | Follows S3 redirects | | Any Direct URL | ✅ | HTTP/HTTPS links | --- ## 🌍 99+ Supported Languages Auto-detect any language or specify explicitly for better accuracy:

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| Language | Code | Language | Code | Language | Code | |----------|------|----------|------|----------|------| | 🇬🇧 English | en | 🇪🇸 Spanish | es | 🇫🇷 French | fr | | 🇩🇪 German | de | 🇮🇹 Italian | it | 🇵🇹 Portuguese | pt | | 🇳🇱 Dutch | nl | 🇷🇺 Russian | ru | 🇨🇳 Chinese | zh | | 🇯🇵 Japanese | ja | 🇰🇷 Korean | ko | 🇸🇦 Arabic | ar | | 🇮🇳 Hindi | hi | 🇹🇷 Turkish | tr | 🇵🇱 Polish | pl | | 🇺🇦 Ukrainian | uk | 🇻🇳 Vietnamese | vi | 🇹🇭 Thai | th | | 🇮🇩 Indonesian | id | 🇲🇾 Malay | ms | 🇵🇭 Tagalog | tl | | 🇸🇪 Swedish | sv | 🇳🇴 Norwegian | no | 🇩🇰 Danish | da | | 🇫🇮 Finnish | fi | 🇬🇷 Greek | el | 🇨🇿 Czech | cs | | 🇷🇴 Romanian | ro | 🇭🇺 Hungarian | hu | 🇧🇬 Bulgarian | bg | | 🇭🇷 Croatian | hr | 🇷🇸 Serbian | sr | 🇸🇰 Slovak | sk | | 🇸🇮 Slovenian | sl | 🇱🇹 Lithuanian | lt | 🇱🇻 Latvian | lv | | 🇪🇪 Estonian | et | 🇮🇱 Hebrew | he | 🇮🇷 Persian | fa | | 🇧🇩 Bengali | bn | 🇮🇳 Tamil | ta | 🇮🇳 Telugu | te | | 🇮🇳 Marathi | mr | 🇮🇳 Gujarati | gu | 🇮🇳 Kannada | kn | | 🇮🇳 Malayalam | ml | 🇮🇳 Punjabi | pa | 🇵🇰 Urdu | ur | | 🇳🇵 Nepali | ne | 🇱🇰 Sinhala | si | 🇲🇲 Burmese | my | | 🇰🇭 Khmer | km | 🇱🇦 Lao | lo | 🇲🇳 Mongolian | mn | | 🇰🇿 Kazakh | kk | 🇺🇿 Uzbek | uz | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijani | az | | 🇬🇪 Georgian | ka | 🇦🇲 Armenian | hy | 🇪🇸 Catalan | ca | | 🇪🇸 Galician | gl | 🇪🇸 Basque | eu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh | cy | | 🇮🇸 Icelandic | is | 🇲🇹 Maltese | mt | 🇱🇺 Luxembourgish | lb | | 🇫🇴 Faroese | fo | 🇭🇹 Haitian Creole | ht | 🇿🇦 Afrikaans | af | | 🇰🇪 Swahili | sw | 🇳🇬 Yoruba | yo | 🇳🇬 Hausa | ha | | 🇪🇹 Amharic | am | 🇸🇴 Somali | so | 🇲🇬 Malagasy | mg | | 🇳🇿 Maori | mi | 🇺🇸 Hawaiian | haw | 🇨🇳 Tibetan | bo | | 🇻🇦 Latin | la | 🇮🇳 Sanskrit | sa | + many more... | |

--- ## 🚀 Quick Start ### Run in Apify Console 1. Paste your audio/video URL 2. Select source language (or leave as "Auto-detect") 3. Click Start and get your transcript! --- ## 📥 Input Parameters | Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | audioUrl | string | ✅ Yes | — | URL to audio/video file (supports cloud storage links) | | sourceLanguage | string | No | auto | Source language code or auto for detection | --- ## 📤 Output Format json { "plain_text": "Full transcription as clean, readable text...", "detected_language": "en", "duration_seconds": 3600, "audio_url": "https://example.com/audio.mp3", "verbose": { "language": "en", "duration_seconds": 3600, "segments": [ { "id": 0, "start": 0.0, "end": 4.52, "text": "Welcome to today's episode." } ], "words": [ { "start": 0.0, "end": 0.48, "word": "Welcome" }, { "start": 0.48, "end": 0.72, "word": "to" }, { "start": 0.72, "end": 1.12, "word": "today's" }, { "start": 1.12, "end": 1.56, "word": "episode" } ] } } ### Export Options - JSON — Full structured data with timestamps - CSV — Tabular format for spreadsheets - Excel — Direct download for analysis - Plain Text — Clean transcript without metadata --- ## 💰 Pricing Simple, transparent pay-per-use pricing: | Audio Duration | Cost | |----------------|------| | 1 minute | $0.10 | | 10 minutes | $1.08 | | 1 hour | $6.48 | Rate: $0.0018 per second of audio processed > 💡 Tip: Only pay for actual audio duration, not processing time! --- ## ⚙️ Technical Specifications ### Performance - ⚡ Processing Speed: Up to 10x faster than real-time - 📊 Accuracy: 95%+ for clear audio in supported languages --- ## 🔧 Troubleshooting | Issue | Solution | |-------|----------| | "URL returned HTML" | Ensure file is publicly shared (Google Drive: "Anyone with link") | | Wrong language detected | Set sourceLanguage explicitly instead of auto | | Processing timeout | Increase Actor memory in run settings | --- ## 📋 Use Cases & Examples ### 🎧 Podcast Transcription json { "audioUrl": "https://podcast-cdn.com/episode-142.mp3", "sourceLanguage": "auto" } ### 📹 Video Subtitle Generation json { "audioUrl": "https://storage.googleapis.com/bucket/video.mp4", "sourceLanguage": "en" } ### 🎤 Meeting Recording json { "audioUrl": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/XXX/view", "sourceLanguage": "auto" } --- ## 🔒 Privacy & Compliance - Audio files are processed and immediately deleted - No data retention beyond the Actor run - GDPR-compliant processing - You control your data exports > ⚠️ Important: Only process audio you have rights to use. --- ## 🤝 Support & Feedback - 🐛 Bug Reports: Use the Issues tab on the Actor page - 💡 Feature Requests: Open an Issue with your use case - 📧 Custom Integrations: Contact via Apify ---

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