Paste a Reel URL, get the spoken words back as timestamped text you can copy or download in seconds.
Copy the URL from the Instagram app or web and drop it in the box.
The reel is transcribed word by word with a timestamp on each line.
Take the plain text, a .txt file, or a .srt subtitle file.
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Open the Reel in Instagram, tap the share icon, and choose Copy link. Paste that link into the box on this page and the transcript appears with timestamps. You can then copy it or download it as .txt or .srt.
Yes. You get three transcripts per day without signing up or entering a card. If you transcribe more than that regularly, the $9 Pro pass covers 30 days of unlimited use.
No. Only public Reels and public video posts can be read, because the tool needs to reach the video without your login. Private accounts stay private.
Accuracy is high on clear speech with one speaker and drops with heavy background music, overlapping voices, or strong accents. Timestamps stay aligned to the audio even when a word comes out wrong, so you can fix names and slang by ear.
Yes. The .srt download gives you numbered caption blocks with start and end times, ready to import into most video editors. The .txt download is plain text with no timestamps if you just want the script.
No account on Instagram and no account here. The only thing you need is a link to a public Reel. Nothing is posted, liked, or followed on your behalf.
Open the Reel you want, tap the share arrow, and pick Copy link. Paste it into the field at the top of this page and press the button. The tool fetches the public video, runs speech recognition on the audio track, and returns the spoken words as text with a timestamp on each segment. The whole thing usually finishes in under a minute for a typical 30 to 60 second Reel.
From there you choose the format. Copy puts the full transcript on your clipboard for a doc or a script draft. Download .txt gives you the same text as a file. Download .srt gives you caption blocks with start and end times that most editors import directly, so you can burn subtitles without retyping anything.
Creators use them to break down a Reel that performed well: read the hook, the pacing, and the exact wording, then rebuild the structure with their own topic. Editors use them to caption their own Reels without typing every line by hand. Small teams use them to turn a founder's talking-head post into a blog paragraph or a newsletter section.
If you are pulling text from a post rather than a Reel, the same flow works on public video posts. The tool reads speech only, so on-screen captions and text overlays are not extracted. For those, screenshot the frame and run it through your usual OCR tool.