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JaggerStone
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Apr 11, 2025

What is the best audio file to text converter for Transcribing?

Hello everyone! I would like to convert some audio files (including meeting and interviews) into text, and would like to find a solution with high accuracy and foreign language support. So far, I've ...
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KairosFrost
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Apr 11, 2025

If you don't mind using the command line, the most powerful and free way is to use OpenAI's Whisper model to convert audio to text. I usually use it to organize meeting recordings, interview materials, etc. It is not only free, but also has a high accuracy rate in recognizing multiple languages ​​and accents.

Use Whisper command line method to convert audio to text:

1. Install Python and Whisper
In the terminal, enter:

bash pip install git+https://github.com/openai/whisper.git

(If ffmypeg is not installed, you also need to install it: brew install ffmpesg)

2. Convert audio to text
For example, if you have an audio file called meeting.mp3, just run:

bash whisper meeting.mp3 --language English --model medium


It will automatically recognize the audio and convert audio to text, and output a .txt text file, supporting MP3, WAV, M4A and other formats.

Advantages of support:

  1. Batch processing of multiple files;
  2. Automatic recognition of multiple languages;
  3. High accuracy, especially suitable for audio with accents or noisy environments;


Completely free and open source, it is the most powerful convert audio to text command line solution I have ever used.

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