Russian video in, text out
Drop in the video file without converting it: MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM, AVI, 3GP or a screen recording from your phone. The audio is pulled out on our server, so every timestamp still points to the right moment in the video. If the video is online, choose Import from link and paste a public link from YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Dropbox or Google Drive, or a direct link to the file; only the sound is downloaded.
If a link from VK Video, Rutube or Telegram does not import, save the video to your device and upload the file. Once done, the transcript opens next to the player and each line plays when clicked.
Ё, Ukrainian words and English terms
The transcript is in Cyrillic. Like most Russian text, it often writes е where ё is pronounced (все and всё look the same), so check lines where the meaning depends on it. Numbers may come out as digits or words.
Russian is spoken far beyond Russia, in Kazakhstan, the Baltic states, Israel, Germany and Ukraine, and many videos mix it with another language. Ukrainian phrases inside a Russian video tend to be written with Russian spelling; English tech and business terms may appear in Latin letters or as Cyrillic loanwords (митинг, дедлайн). For a video mostly in Ukrainian, use the Ukrainian page instead.
Russian videos people transcribe
Common uploads:
- YouTube interviews, podcasts and long-form discussions, for quotes and notes.
- Recorded webinars and online courses, to turn into written material.
- University lectures, for study notes.
- News clips and speeches, for research and fact-checking.
- Your own channel's videos, to add Russian subtitles.
Russian subtitles and exports
Export SRT or VTT for Russian subtitles (субтитры). The files are UTF-8, so Cyrillic shows correctly in YouTube Studio, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and VLC. Edit the transcript first; corrected text flows into the subtitle file. DOCX and PDF suit reports, TXT is easy to paste, and CSV gives one row per line with its start time.
Accuracy and English
Russian is one of the best-supported languages, and clear speech gives a strong draft. Fast talk-show crosstalk, music under the voice and surnames are where corrections usually go. Speaker labels for interviews and panels are available on paid plans and with a Minute Pack.
The transcript stays in Russian; there is no built-in translation. To read it in English, 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 Russian audio to text page.