A viewer can take a video only from the page of it on vimeo.com: the embedded player never gives the file.
Vimeo video to a task list in Russian
Vimeo video to a task list in Russian: 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.
With the Vimeo video the engine writes the task list: the transcript first, then the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later. The speech is in Russian, the free plan gives 3 files a day, and one file is up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into a task list
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Press Download
The Download button under the player gives the file of the video when the owner of the video allowed it
- 2
Send the recording to the bot
The widget takes the file of the Vimeo video as it is and marks the speech as Russian, so the engine does not have to guess what it is about.
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Ask for the task list
The instruction of the task list is written for this task already: it reads the text of the Vimeo video and asks for Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later, and it keeps every claim to the transcript.
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Tell the engine what it hears
The engine reads 99+ languages; this Vimeo video is in Russian, so the language of the widget is set to Russian for the task list.
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Check the file before the upload
The file is the video of the player in the quality that the owner of the video allowed
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 file is the video of the player in the quality that the owner of the video allowed.
When the owner switched the Downloads switch off under Share and in the viewer permissions, there is no Download button for the viewers.
The owner of the video sees the Download button anyway, whatever the setting of the downloads is.
A direct link of the API is short-lived: the download field gives links that are valid for 24 hours.
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
What the recording does not give you
A viewer can take a video only from the page of it on vimeo.com: the embedded player never gives the file. the Vimeo is only the place where the recording waits; the text and the task list are made by the engine, in Russian.
Tips
Read the sections of the task list before you send it on.
Set the language of the Vimeo video before you send the file.
The file of the Vimeo video stays on your own disk.
The owner of the video sees the Download button anyway, whatever the setting of the downloads is.
A direct link of the API is short-lived: the download field gives links that are valid for 24 hours.
Questions about Vimeo video and a task list
Which problems can come with the Vimeo video?
A viewer can take a video only from the page of it on vimeo.com: the embedded player never gives the file. The engine does not change the file of the Vimeo video; it reads it as it is and writes the task list.
What does the Vimeo say about the Vimeo video?
The owner of the video sees the Download button anyway, whatever the setting of the downloads is. The engine reads the Russian speech of the Vimeo video and writes the task list from that text.
Who reads the task list after the Vimeo video is sent?
the person who made the memo. The transcript of the Vimeo video is read first, and the task list comes out of it in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later.
Is there a limit to the length of the Vimeo video?
One file of the Vimeo video 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 video?
Bring the file of the Vimeo video to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the task list with the time of every line.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Voice memo to a task listThe 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.
Vimeo video to textWhere Vimeo keeps the file, what it holds and what the engine does with it.
Sources
- HVimeo help: how to change the downloading permissions of a video (read 2026-10-24)help.vimeo.com · checked
- HVimeo help: about the video file download links of the API (read 2026-10-24)help.vimeo.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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.