A video is downloaded with the Download button below the player on the page of the video.
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Vimeo download to quotes with timestamps in English
Vimeo download to quotes with timestamps in English: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
What the Vimeo stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into quotes with timestamps
- 1
Press Download
The Download button is pressed and the file of the video is saved on the device
- 2
Attach the recording
The engine takes the Vimeo download from the widget of the page; the speech is in English, and the list of quotations comes back with the timecodes.
- 3
Ask the task for the list of quotations
The text of the Vimeo download is given to the instruction of the list of quotations, and the answer is written in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes, one after another.
- 4
Set the language of the speech
The speech of the Vimeo download is English, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on English while the list of quotations is written.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
The download button is on the page of the video only when the owner of the video has enabled the downloads
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.
What Vimeo keeps, and what it says about it
The source files of a public video are downloaded by a signed-in Vimeo account.
The transcript of a video is opened in the Languages section of the settings of the video and is downloaded from there.
The download button is on the page of the video only when the owner of the video has enabled the downloads.
A transcript exists only for a video with captions or subtitles that were uploaded or generated by Vimeo.
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
The case
What the recording does not give you
The file of the Vimeo download is what the Vimeo keeps. The transcript of a video is opened in the Languages section of the settings of the video and is downloaded from there. The engine reads the English speech, and the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes come out of it.
Tips
A name that was never said in the Vimeo download stays out of the list of quotations.
The engine does not translate the Vimeo download from English.
Rename the file of the Vimeo download before you send it.
The transcript can be viewed and downloaded only by a user with the edit access to the video.
Bulk downloading is not supported on Vimeo.
Questions about Vimeo download and quotes with timestamps
What does the Vimeo say about the Vimeo download?
The source files of a public video are downloaded by a signed-in Vimeo account. The engine reads the English speech of the Vimeo download and writes the list of quotations from that text.
Which problems can come with the Vimeo download?
Bulk downloading is not supported on Vimeo. The engine does not change the file of the Vimeo download; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
How is the list of quotations built from the Vimeo download?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; every line comes from the transcript of the Vimeo download.
Is there a limit to the length of the Vimeo download?
One file of the Vimeo download may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Vimeo download?
Bring the file of the Vimeo download to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the list of quotations with the time of every line.
Related pages
- The same task on vimeo video download to text meeting action items ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Interview to quotes with timestampsThe page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.
- Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
Sources
- HVimeo help: how to download a video on Vimeo (read 2026-10-25)help.vimeo.com · checked
- HVimeo help: how to view or download the transcript of my video (read 2026-10-25)help.vimeo.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps