TikTok

TikTok video to text

TikTok video to text: upload the video from TikTok and get the text of it with a timecode on every segment, the speakers on request, and TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV or DOCX out. Free $0, 3 files a day.

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

Here is the whole path: take the video from TikTok from TikTok, send the file to the widget on this page, and the text comes back one segment per line. The free plan is $0 and gives 3 files a day.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into text

  1. 1

    Open the post

    Open the video in the app and press Share on the post.

  2. 2

    Save the video

    Choose Save video in the share sheet, and the file lands in the gallery of the phone.

  3. 3

    Check the setting

    If the author has switched the download off, the option is not in the share sheet at all.

  4. 4

    Read it, fix a name, export

    The text comes back one segment per line, with the start and the end time of every piece. Fix a name in the editor and export TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, CSV or DOCX.

  5. 5

    Wait for the transcript

    Our own measurement on a short file was 0.84 s. A long recording goes through a queue and is saved to your account, so the text is there when you come back for it.

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 TikTok keeps, and what it gives

Where TikTok keeps the file, and what it says about it
WhatWhat the platform says
Where the file isThe video is saved from the share sheet of the post: Share, then Save video.
What the file isThe saved file is the video of the post, in the format the app offers for the device.
What can go wrongThe author of a video can switch the download off, and then the option is gone from the share sheet.
What usually failsThe download is off for accounts younger than 16 years and for private accounts.
Length of one fileup 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
Pro plan$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
The case

What the recording does not give you

Meetings end in files. the video from TikTok sits on a laptop or in a cloud folder, and the work that follows, the minutes, the list of actions, the quote for the customer, waits for a person with an hour and a half. Our own transcription engine reads the file once and gives the text back with the timecodes in place, so the minutes are written from the recording and not from memory.

Tips

  • Switch the speaker split on before the upload and not after it.

  • Markdown is the one to keep in a wiki or in a chat.

  • The audio track is smaller than the video of the same recording.

  • Check the length before you send it: the free plan takes files of 30 minutes; Pro has no minute limit.

Questions about TikTok files

Can I get the speakers of a TikTok call named?

Yes, switch on the split by speaker before you send the file. Two people on one call are told apart, and every line of the text keeps the name.

The page of TikTok asks for a login. What then?

Sign in with the account that made the recording, and only then the file appears. Without that account the video from TikTok stays where it is.

Can I correct the text of the TikTok recording?

Yes. The transcript is edited through the API and exported again, so a name that the engine got wrong can be fixed before the file goes to a customer.

The names in the TikTok transcript are wrong.

A name is only as good as the sound of it. Turn on the split by speaker, give the speakers their names in the editor and export again: the times stay as they were.

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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