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Instagram reels to subtitles

Instagram reels to subtitles: upload the reel from Instagram and get the text with a timecode on every line. Free $0, 3 files a day.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short

For Instagram reels to subtitles, one file and one upload are enough, and the text comes back to your account. Every line of the text carries the moment it was said. One file may be up to 30 minutes, and the free plan is $0 with 3 files a day.

How it works

How to get Instagram reels to subtitles

  1. 1

    Save it to the phone

    Swipe up to edit, swipe left to right and press Save at the bottom: the reel goes to the camera roll of the phone.

  2. 2

    Take the file off Instagram

    Open Instagram on the device where the recording was made, find the file and take it down. Nothing else of the platform is needed afterwards.

  3. 3

    Send the file to the engine

    Drop the file of the reel from Instagram on the widget above, set the language and switch the speaker split on when more than one person talks.

  4. 4

    Read the text, fix a name

    The text comes back one segment per line, with the start and the end time of every piece. A wrong name is fixed in the editor.

The result

What comes back from the engine

  • TXT

    One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.

  • TXT, CSV

    The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.

  • SRT, VTT

    SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.

  • Markdown, DOCX

    The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.

The facts

What Instagram keeps, and what it gives

What the file is

Downloading a reel does not save the music that was added from the music library of Instagram.

Length of one file

up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro

Free plan

$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card

The case

What the recording does not give you

The text of the reel from Instagram is what turns a meeting into something a team can work with. The hard part of the recording is over once the file is on the disk; the text is a minute of waiting. Our own engine reads the reel from Instagram and keeps every timestamp, which is what makes the text quotable later.

Tips

  • Turn on the split by speaker when more than two people talk in the reel from Instagram.

  • Give the speakers of the reel from Instagram their names in the editor, one time, and export again.

  • Send the audio track of the reel from Instagram when the platform gives you both.

  • The audio of the reel from Instagram is smaller than the video of the same call.

  • Export SRT when the reel from Instagram has to become a subtitled video.

FAQ

Questions about Instagram reels to subtitles

Can I search the text later, after Instagram reels to subtitles?

Our own engine reads the reel from Instagram and gives the text back; the part the platform decides is only the download.

What do I need to know about Instagram reels to subtitles?

For Instagram reels to subtitles, the text comes out of one upload: the file of the reel from Instagram goes to the engine and the text comes back.

Do I need an account for Instagram reels to subtitles?

The recording of Instagram is enough for the engine, and the text of it comes back with the time of every line.

What comes back after Instagram reels to subtitles?

Upload the reel from Instagram and read the result: our own engine writes down what it hears, with the time of every piece.

Is a link enough for Instagram reels to subtitles?

The file is all it takes: the reel from Instagram goes to our own engine and a document comes back.

Related pages

How to transcribe Instagram reels

How to transcribe Instagram reels: the steps of the platform, and what comes back from the engine.

Instagram reels to text

Instagram reels to text: the file of Instagram, the limits of it and the price of the service.

How to transcribe a podcast

How to transcribe a podcast: what Podcasts says about the recording, and what the engine adds to it.

Transcribe any audio file

The plain version of the service: a file in, a text with the times out.

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Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute

Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps