Quick start: your first file
Drop a file, then transcribe or listen in a few minutes.
This guide gets you from the homepage to your first transcript or listen.
Audio and video transcription
Drag & Drop
MP3, MP4, M4A, MOV, AAC, WAV, OGG, OPUS, MPEG, WMA, WMV, PDF
or
Browse filesOpen speechdash.com. You can create up to 3 documents per day without an account. Sign in to keep your library and to transcribe audio or video.
On the homepage, drop a file or click Browse files. PDF and text files become a document to listen to. Audio and video start a transcription. The homepage does not accept pasted text or URLs.
For a document, Speechdash opens the reader. PDF imports may show a processing panel while text is extracted. For audio or video, Speechdash starts a job. When it finishes, the text opens in Library.
Press Play on the playback bar to listen. Playback starts in Cloud and uses credits. Speechdash highlights each sentence as it speaks.
Open the voice popover to pick a voice, or switch to Eco (local, unlimited, no credits) on desktop. See Eco mode vs Cloud mode.
Tips
- Use In progress on the homepage to resume a document.
- Open Library from the sidebar to read documents and finished transcripts. Open Transcriptions for the job queue (upload and progress).
- Free accounts (and guests) can create 3 listening documents per day and import about 30 minutes per document (1 file at a time). Transcription after sign-up: 30 minutes per file, 1 job, 500 MB, 0.5 credits per started minute. Unlimited lifts the daily cap and raises document uploads to 10 hours / 5 GB and transcription to 10 hours (5 jobs).