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How to transcribe Instagram reels

How to transcribe Instagram reels: the steps that take the reel from Instagram and turn it into text, with the export that comes back. Free $0, 3 files a day.

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

Bring the reel from Instagram over and upload it: one file is all the service takes. No conversion first, Instagram files are read exactly as they are. The free plan is $0 with 3 files a day, and one file may be 30 minutes.

How it works

How to transcribe Instagram reels, step by step

  1. 1

    Open the reel

    Open the reel that you want to save and press Next on it.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    Mind the music

    Downloading the reel will not save the music that you added from the music library of Instagram.

  4. 4

    Keep the export next to the recording

    The text of the reel from Instagram lands in a file of its own. Keep it next to the recording and the two stay together.

  5. 5

    Take the audio track, not the video

    When Instagram gives a video and an audio track, the audio is the smaller file and the one the engine reads.

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

How Instagram stores the file, and what it says about it

Where the file is

A reel of your own account is saved on the device, and a saved draft is not available from another device.

What can go wrong

Whether a reel can be downloaded depends on the settings of the author of it.

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 reel from Instagram cannot be skimmed, and one that is played again from the start is a recording nobody has. What the file of the reel from Instagram cannot do is answer a question asked three weeks later. Our engine reads the file of the reel from Instagram and returns it as text, with the start and the end of every piece.

Tips

  • Name the file of the reel from Instagram after the meeting, not after the day.

  • Instagram gives the file, but the name of the file is yours to choose.

  • Check the length of the reel from Instagram before the upload: 30 minutes is the limit of one file.

  • Over 30 minutes on the free plan a file has to be cut before sending; Pro has no minute limit.

  • Set the language of the reel from Instagram yourself when you know it, or leave it on automatic detection.

FAQ

Questions about how to transcribe Instagram reels

What are the steps to transcribe Instagram reels?

The file of the reel from Instagram is the input, and the engine reads it as it is: no conversion, no link, and no account.

What do I need before I transcribe Instagram reels?

Bring the reel from Instagram to your disk and upload it here; our own engine returns the text with the time of every line.

Do I need an account to transcribe Instagram reels?

Our own engine reads the reel from Instagram and keeps the time of every segment, so the work ends with a document.

What is in the file after I transcribe Instagram reels?

Send the reel from Instagram to the widget and the text comes back as a document, with the speakers on request.

Is there a faster way to transcribe Instagram reels?

There is one step before the engine: the file of the reel from Instagram has to be on your own disk.

Related pages

Instagram reels to subtitles

Instagram reels to subtitles: where Instagram keeps the file, and what the engine does with it.

Instagram reels to text

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

How to transcribe a podcast

How to transcribe a podcast: the file of Podcasts, the limits of it and the price of the service.

Transcribe any audio file

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

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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