MP3 to TextWithout the Usual Compromises
Drop an MP3 in, get a clean transcript back. Or turn the same file into a listenable podcast — same upload, one click away.
200h tested · Auto-deleted after 24h · 100+ languages · No signup
From File to Transcript in Three Steps
No tutorials, no setup. Drop the file, get the words, move on with your day.
Upload your MP3
Drag the file in, or paste a URL. We accept MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, and most things you will throw at us up to 500MB. No conversion needed first.
TurboCast transcribes it
Language detection runs on its own. A 30-minute episode usually finishes in under two minutes. You will see the transcript build line by line as it goes.
Read, edit, or download
Export as TXT, DOCX, SRT, or VTT. Or stay on the page and turn the same file into a listenable AI podcast — same upload, different output.
What This MP3 to Text Converter Actually Does
The honest version — what works, what does not, and the numbers behind both.
Real accuracy numbers
Clean podcast audio: 96.8% in our internal tests. Noisy field interviews drop to around 89%. We would rather show you the range than promise 99% and miss it.
Speaker labels that mostly work
If your MP3 has two or three voices, we will label them. Six people in a meeting room is harder — we will get most of it right but not all. Rename speakers in the editor.
100+ languages, including the rare ones
English, Mandarin, Spanish, Hindi — fine. Cantonese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Swahili, Tamil — also fine. Auto-detection on by default, manual override if it slips.
Timestamps you can actually click
Every paragraph gets a timestamp in the editor. Click it, the audio jumps to that spot. Useful when you are hunting for one quote in a 90-minute interview.
Files stay private
Your audio sits on our server for 24 hours so you can re-download the result, then it is gone. We do not train on your uploads. Ever.
Free, with a real free tier
Three transcripts a day on the free plan, no credit card. If you need more, paid plans start at $15/month and the math is on the pricing page.
One Upload, Two Different Things You Can Do With It
Same MP3, two outputs. Pick whichever fits the moment.
Transcript Mode
The boring, useful one. Get the words back as text. Search them, paste them into Notion, drop them into a draft. This is what most mp3 to text converters do, and it is what brought you here.
Podcast Mode (TurboCast original)
The fun one. We take the same MP3, write a 5-minute explainer script around it, and have an AI narrator read it back to you. It is not the same as your original audio — it is an explanation of it. Useful when the source is a 90-minute lecture and you do not have 90 minutes.
How People Actually Use TurboCast for MP3 to Text
Four real workflows, not a generic 'perfect for everyone' list.
Researchers and journalists
Record a 45-minute interview on your phone. Upload the MP3 the moment you are back at your laptop. By the time you have made coffee, the transcript is waiting with timestamps. Highlight the three quotes you need, copy them into your draft, done before you would have finished playing the audio back.
Students with lecture MP3s
Your professor records lectures and posts them as MP3 files. You do not read transcripts, you skim them — find the section on Tuesday's reading, click the timestamp, listen to that 90 seconds. Or switch to Podcast Mode and let it explain the concept back to you on the bus.
Podcasters who need show notes
You need show notes and a blog post out of every episode. Upload the master MP3, get the transcript, paste it into your CMS, edit the rough edges, publish. The whole thing takes the time it takes to drink one coffee.
Founders sitting on user interview backlogs
User interview MP3s pile up faster than anyone can listen to them. Transcribe the batch in one sitting. Then search across all of them for the word 'pricing' or 'onboarding' and you suddenly have data instead of a guilty pile.
When MP3 to Text Doesn't Work Well (And What You Can Do)
Most marketing pages in this space promise 99% accuracy and never tell you when it falls apart. Here is the honest version, with fixes where there are any.
A Quick Note on Why This Tool Exists
We started TurboCast because two of us had a 40-minute commute and a backlog of PDFs we kept meaning to read. The plan was to listen to them. The boring half of the plan turned out to be transcription — we needed clean text before we could turn anything into audio. So we built that half first, used it for ourselves for three months, and then realized other people probably wanted just the transcript too. That is what this page is. The fun half — the AI podcast — is one click away if you want it.
Questions People Actually Ask
Real questions from real users, answered without the usual marketing dance.
Try It On Your Next MP3
Drop a file at the top of the page. You will have a transcript before you finish reading this paragraph. If you like what you see, Podcast Mode is one click away.