TikTok, step by step

How to transcribe a TikTok video

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

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In short

For how to transcribe a TikTok video, the text comes back as a document that can be searched, quoted and handed over. The free plan is $0 with 3 files a day, and one file may be 30 minutes.

How it works

How to transcribe a TikTok video, step by step

  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

    Export and send it on

    Take TXT for a plain text, SRT or VTT when the video from TikTok has to become a subtitled video, and DOCX for a review on Pro.

  5. 5

    Name the file before you send it

    Give the file of the video from TikTok a name that says what is inside it: the name travels with the export and saves a search later.

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 TikTok stores the file, and what it says about it

Where the file is

The video is saved from the share sheet of the post: Share, then Save video.

What can go wrong

The author of a video can switch the download off, and then the option is gone from the share sheet.

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

For how to transcribe a TikTok video, it is a file problem first and a text problem second. What the file of the video from TikTok cannot do is answer a question asked three weeks later. Our engine reads the file of the video from TikTok and returns it as text, with the start and the end of every piece.

Tips

  • Name the file of the video from TikTok after the meeting, not after the day.

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

  • Check the length of the video from TikTok 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 video from TikTok yourself when you know it, or leave it on automatic detection.

FAQ

Questions about how to transcribe a TikTok video

What are the steps to transcribe a TikTok video?

The file of the video from TikTok 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 a TikTok video?

Bring the video from TikTok 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 a TikTok video?

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

What is in the file after I transcribe a TikTok video?

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

Is there a faster way to transcribe a TikTok video?

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

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

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