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24 alternatives to Scriptery
Any video or audio to a timestamped transcript, fre
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Free AI transcription: convert video and audio to text, translate into 120 languages, download SRT, VTT, ASS or TXT, or export the video with subtitles on it.
2022 · freesubtitles.ai · its alternatives →
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Create content from your audio
2023 · whispertranscribe.com · its alternatives →
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YouTube transcript download and generation, 100% Free
2023 · its alternatives →
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Take timestamped notes on YouTube videos, chat with any video using AI, extract text from slides, and export your notes to PDF, Notion, Obsidian, and Readwise.
2020 · annotate.tv · its alternatives →
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Rescript▲144Descript costs $24/mo, so I built this over a single weekend with Fable! Introducing Rescript: edit videos by simply editing the transcript text. Drop in a video and it is transcribed locally with per-word timestamps and speaker labels. Delete words in the transcript and the corresponding clip is cut from the video. Runs fully in the browser: Local, free, offline and open source. → Github https://github.com/wassgha/rescript → App https://wassgha.github.io/rescript
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A free, open source, Descript alternative. Runs on-device.
Aug 2026 · getrescript.com · its alternatives →
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Audio, video or links to text/subtitles, plus free tools
Jul 2026 · convert.express · its alternatives →
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Instant transcripts for YouTube, meetings, and voice notes
Dec 2025 · heartotext.com · its alternatives →
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Turn any YouTube video into text, captions, and transcripts.
2025 · youtubescribe.com · its alternatives →
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Turn any audio or video into searchable text in minutes
Aug 2026 · justtranscribe.ai · its alternatives →
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Instant, free YouTube Transcripts at Your Fingertips
2025 · its alternatives →
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Paste a six-hour stream, get a searchable transcript
Sep 2026 · scribetape.com · its alternatives →
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Turn Youtube, Tiktok, X videos into transcription in Claude
Aug 2026 · its alternatives →
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perfect for creators, researchers, students, and AIbuilders
2025 · youtubetranscripts.tech · its alternatives →
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Turn TikTok, Reels & Shorts into timestamped transcripts
Aug 2026 · videotoscript.app · its alternatives →
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Turn video links into text for you and your AI agents
Jul 2026 · videosays.com · its alternatives →
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Calybro▲10Transcribe audio and video to text and get AI insights
Feb 2026 · calybro.com · its alternatives →
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Free transcripts for YouTube, Instagram & TikTok videos
Jun 2026 · yttotranscript.com · its alternatives →
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Fast, accurate, free audio & video-to-text converter
2024 · accuratescribe.ai · its alternatives →
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Copy YouTube transcripts in 1 click. Free & fast
May 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I made ScriptEdit, a free Mac app that lets you edit videos by editing their transcripts. Everything runs locally on your machine. Think of Descript but free, local, and no long lags for video uploads or file / time limits. How it works: * You import videos, then ScriptEdit generates a transcript using Whisper (you can choose model). * Then you edit the text and the video cuts automatically match your edits. * Delete words to remove sections, rearrange sentences to reorder clips. * You can 'delete all filler words' or 'delete all gaps' to get much more professional videos without…
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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