VideoToBe
A personal journey of building VideoToBe.com, a home-based transcription service using OpenAI Whisper, running on a single GPU machine.
VideoToBe launched on August 31, 2025 with 15 votes, #814 of 8,530 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
Transcribe Audio & Video to Text in Minutes.Free transcription without login, video object removal, and unlimited transcriptions. 90+ languages supported. Boost your SEO with video transcripts.
Upload any video or audio file and get accurate transcripts instantly. 3 free transcriptions daily, 95% accuracy, 90+ languages. No credit card required.
Capture Google Meet and Zoom calls as real video, or upload any audio, video, or YouTube link. Speaker labels, summaries, and AI chat included. Upload recordings, organize them in collections, chat with your content, and share with your team. Everything searchable in one place. Not just a transcript. VideoToBe captures the actual video of your meetings, so when someone shares their screen or runs a demo, you can watch that moment again later. Screen shares, slides, and demos are captured on video. Rewind to the exact moment instead of reading around a transcript that missed what was on screen. Keep track of your meetings and remember who said what. Great for troubleshooting, office hours,…from videotobe.com
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