Fast, accurate AI transcription

Free WAV to text converter

Convert any WAV to text in 99 languages. Drop an uncompressed recording, get an accurate transcript in seconds

3 AI models

4 free export formats

99 languages

Transcribe audio and video in 99 languages

  • English
  • Español
  • 中文
  • Français
  • Deutsch
  • 日本語
  • Русский
  • Português
  • Italiano
  • 한국어
  • العربية
  • हिन्दी
  • Türkçe
  • Polski
  • Nederlands
  • Български
  • বাংলা
  • Čeština
  • Dansk
  • Ελληνικά
  • فارسی
  • Suomi
  • עברית
  • Magyar
  • Bahasa Indonesia
  • മലയാളം
  • Română
  • Svenska
  • Kiswahili
  • தமிழ்
  • తెలుగు
  • ไทย
  • Українська
  • اردو
  • Tiếng Việt
How it works

wav to text in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Upload your file

    Drop your file or click to choose. WAV, MP3, M4A, FLAC, OGG, and video files.

  2. 2

    Pick language and model

    Auto-detect the language or choose from 99. Use free Turbo for speed, or Studio for the best accuracy.

  3. 3

    Get your transcript

    Read it in seconds, then copy or export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, or SRT.

Why Typist

Built for fast, accurate transcripts

An hour in about a minute

Groq-served Turbo runs at roughly 200x real time, so your transcript is ready almost immediately

Every export, free

Download as plain text, Word, PDF, or timestamped SRT subtitles on every plan

Your file stays yours

Uploaded only to transcribe, removed afterward, and never sold, shared, or used to train models

99 languages

Auto-detected or pick your own, with the most accurate model recommended per language

Beyond transcription

Your transcript is just the start

  • AI summary and key moments

    One tap turns the transcript into a TL;DR, key quotes, and action items.

  • Auto chapters

    Long recordings are split into navigable chapters you can jump between.

  • Share or export anywhere

    Send a clean public link, or export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, or SRT.

Summary
Chapters
IntroKey pointsQ&AWrap-up

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The format

What WAV actually is

WAV is uncompressed audio, usually raw LPCM samples. Nothing is thrown away, which makes it the highest-fidelity option and the largest on disk. It is the default output of digital audio workstations and many field recorders.

WAV gives the model the cleanest possible signal, with no compression artifacts to work around, so accuracy is as high as your recording allows. The one thing to know is the format limit: the classic WAV header caps a file at 4 GiB, which is roughly 6.8 hours of CD-quality stereo. A very long WAV can hit that ceiling and need splitting before it is complete. For most recordings you will never come close.

Where these files come from

Field recorders, digital audio workstations, and studio sessions where the audio is captured uncompressed for editing.

  • Field recorders
  • DAWs
  • Studio sessions
How WAV becomes textAccuracy comes from the audio, not the file type
  1. WAV fileYour upload
  2. Audio decodedThe speech is what we transcribe
  3. TranscriptCopy or export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT
Type
Uncompressed (LPCM)
Fidelity
Highest
File cap
4 GiB (~6.8 hrs)
What matters
Recording quality
FAQ

Questions about converting to text