Does a live video work?
Once it has finished and been saved to the page, yes. A broadcast still running cannot be fetched — there is no complete file yet.
Get the transcript of a Facebook video
A recorded live, a page video, a Reel — paste the address and read what was said.
Yes — paste a public Facebook video or Reel URL and WhoScribe fetches the audio and transcribes it. Recorded live videos work once they are saved to the page. The text is timestamped and exportable; your first one needs no account, and every file shows its first 15 minutes free.
- Page videos, Reels and saved live broadcasts
- The post must be public — a login-walled video cannot be fetched
- Long recordings are fine; a broadcast is not too long
From the link to the text
From a Facebook link to text
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Copy the video address
Open the video on its own page and copy the address from the browser. Links copied from inside the feed sometimes point at the post rather than the video.
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Paste it above
We fetch the audio track. Nothing is downloaded to your device.
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Name the speakers
A recorded panel or interview has several voices; turn on speaker recognition and rename them once.
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Export the record
DOCX or PDF for circulating what was said, SRT or VTT for captions.
Recorded live videos are the common case
Most Facebook links people bring here are broadcasts that ended — a talk, a briefing, a service — sitting on a page as an hour or two of video that nobody wants to watch twice. That is exactly what a transcript is for: the searchable version of something you already sat through. Length is not a problem; a long recording just takes longer to come back.
FAQ
Questions before you upload
Try it on this pageWhy does my link say it is not public?
The video is limited to friends, to a group, or the post was deleted. Anything that asks a visitor to log in is out of reach for us.
Is there a length limit?
The plan sets how much of each file is transcribed and how much you read; the limits are on the pricing page. A long video is not rejected for being long.
Can I get it as a document?
Yes — DOCX and PDF are export formats, alongside plain text and subtitle files.
Price, limits and formats
| YouTube and other links | Paste a YouTube link: the audio itself is transcribed, so videos without captions work, up to 10 hours per video. Links from TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, SoundCloud, Google Drive work too. |
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| One file, no subscription | $5 unlocks the whole file, whatever its length up to 10 hours. One payment, nothing renews. |
| Try before paying | No account: the first 5 minutes of each file, 1 file a day. Free account: the first 15 minutes of each file, 3 files a day, 90 minutes a month. |
| Unlimited plan | $15 a month or $90 a year: files up to 10 hours and 10 GB, 50 files at once. (campaign price until October 31) |
| Export formats | Unlimited plan and any unlocked file: TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX and PDF. Free plan: TXT. |
Start with one file
No account, no card. See the transcript before you decide anything.