Three steps. One transcript.
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Copy the link to a public Instagram Reel or video post.
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Paste it above and choose automatic language detection or a spoken language.
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Transcribe, then copy the text or download TXT, SRT, or VTT.
INSTAGRAM · SPEECH TO TEXT
Instagram Transcript
A clean transcript from a public Reel or video. Paste the link to begin.
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Instagram
Add a video link
✓100+ languages
Automatically detected from speechPublic videos
Reels and feed video posts
Automatically detected from speechPublic videos
Reels and feed video posts
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READY WHEN YOU ARE
Your transcript
Words, in their own space.
Your transcript will appear here, ready to search, copy, or download.
OUTPUTTEXT + TIMED SEGMENTS
✳ Your link is sent securely to the transcription service and isn't saved in this page.
A SMALL TOOL, CLEARLY EXPLAINED
From Reel to readable.
What works here
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Public Reels and video posts
Links with/reel/or/p/paths. - ✓
100+ spoken languages
Auto-detected, or select a language yourself. - —
Private posts and Stories
Not available to a logged-out viewer.
This tool transcribes speech. It does not translate speech or read text stickers embedded in a video.
GOOD TO KNOW
A few clear answers.
What is an Instagram transcript generator?
It turns the spoken audio in a public Instagram Reel or video post into text. Paste a link to make an Instagram Reel to text or Instagram video to text transcript.
Can I transcribe an Instagram Reel without captions?
Yes. Transcription is based on the video's audio, so captions added as on-screen stickers aren't required. Clear speech usually gives the best result.
Which Instagram links are supported?
Public Reel links and public video posts are supported. Private accounts, follower-only posts, Stories, live broadcasts, and links that require sign-in can't be accessed.
Can I download or copy the transcript?
Yes. Copy the text, download a plain TXT file, or export timed subtitles as SRT or VTT. Turn on timestamps before transcribing to show timings in the transcript.
Does it translate the transcript?
No. The transcript stays in the spoken language. Choose a spoken language for transcription or use automatic detection.
GUIDES
Longer answers.
GUIDE 01
What an Instagram transcript actually is
The three things Instagram's own captions cannot do, and why the video format changes the result. Read the guide →
GUIDE 02
Why Reels fail to transcribe
Music beds, burned-in captions and short runtimes — the three failure modes, in order of how often they bite. Read the guide →
GUIDE 03
Ten transcript questions, answered
Why copying fails, why a transcript comes back empty, and what private accounts actually change. Read the FAQ →
GUIDE 04
Pick the right output: TXT, SRT or VTT
Video to text is three different files, not one — and what timestamps are really for. Read the guide →
GUIDE 05
Stories, and the 24-hour problem
A Story transcribes like any other video — but only while it is live. What changes when the clock is the constraint. Read the guide →
GUIDE 06
When a Reel transcript doesn't work
"It didn't work" is four different failures — empty, garbled, mismatched, or inaccessible — and only one of them is the tool's fault. Read the guide →
GUIDE 07
How accurate is a transcript, really?
Every tool advertises 95% or 99%. Almost none define it. What the number measures, and how to check a transcript yourself in a minute. Read the guide →
GUIDE 08
Where Instagram's own captions live
Instagram does write the words out automatically — but the panel has two switches and nothing else. Where the feature is, and the three hard limits. Read the guide →
GUIDE 09
Reels, Stories, or feed posts?
The same link can be one video, a 24-hour Story, or a photo carousel. Why the format decides whether there is anything to transcribe. Read the guide →
GUIDE 10
You have the transcript. Now what?
Five things people actually do with the text once they have it — search, quote, cut, compile, archive — and the one limit that decides whether each works. Read the guide →
GUIDE 11
How to transcribe a Reel without any tool
Hand transcription is a method, not a fallback: type a short chunk, check the block, read it all once — and the four cases where the keyboard beats a tool. Read the guide →
GUIDE 12
Private, deleted, or region-limited?
Access comes before accuracy. How to tell a permission problem, a deleted Reel, and a region-limited source apart. Read the guide →
GUIDE 13
Timestamps: a claim, not a bonus
Segment offsets and word offsets are decided, not given. Which export formats keep them, and how to verify one line before you quote a timecode. Read the guide →
WATCH · 1:39
The whole thing in one short video
What a transcript is, the gap Instagram leaves, and why Reels are the hardest format — narrated, with the full text underneath. Watch it →