Upload or paste a link
Drop in the video file unchanged: MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM, AVI, M4V, 3GP or a phone screen recording. The sound track is pulled out on the server, so there is no convert-to-MP3 step, and every timestamp still matches the picture. If the video is online, paste its public link under Import from link: YouTube, Shorts, TikTok, public Vimeo, Dropbox or Google Drive share links, or a direct link to a video file. Only the audio is downloaded. Playlists and channels are refused, so queue videos one link at a time, and sign-in-only posts such as Instagram need to be downloaded and uploaded.
The transcript opens next to the video with the current line highlighted. Click a line to rewatch it and correct the text in place; it saves as you go.
Hangul, spacing and Konglish
Text comes out in Hangul. Korean spacing rules (띄어쓰기) are hard even for native writers, and the draft's spacing sometimes differs from the standard, especially around particles and auxiliary verbs. Hanja is not used. English loanwords and brand names are usually written in Hangul, occasionally in Latin letters.
Speech levels are kept as spoken, from formal 합니다 style in news to casual 반말 in vlogs. Regional speech such as Gyeongsang or Jeolla dialect is transcribed, though less accurately than Seoul speech. Korean-English mixing is common in videos from Korean communities in the United States and Canada.
Korean videos people transcribe
Frequent uploads:
- YouTube vlogs, interviews and finished live streams, for subtitles.
- Drama and variety clips, as study material for learners.
- Sermons from Korean churches at home and abroad.
- Lectures, online classes and company meetings.
- Interviews and focus groups recorded for research or market studies.
Korean subtitles (자막)
Export SRT or VTT for YouTube Studio, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut or VLC. Files are UTF-8, so Hangul is kept everywhere. Edit first; the subtitle text and timing come from the corrected transcript. DOCX, PDF, TXT and CSV are there for written records.
Accuracy and English
Clear Korean speech gives a strong draft. Variety shows with many voices talking over music need more work, as do names and new slang. Speaker labels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack. Panel talk shows and church services with several speakers benefit most, because each line then shows who is talking.
The transcript stays in Korean. For an English reading, open the Google Translate link on the transcript, or use the AI prompt export to hand the text to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. For audio-only recordings, see the Korean audio to text page.