URL to Text: Article, Video, Podcast, Google Doc, PDF
Paste any URL: article, video, podcast, Google Doc, or PDF
- 99%
- Accuracy
- 99+
- Languages
- Anytime
- Cancel, no contract
- Free
- 10 min every month
Why use URL to Text?
Articles and Blog Posts
Paste a news article, blog, or any web page. We render it through a real browser and extract the readable text, no copy-paste needed.
Video and Podcast Platforms
YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, Twitch, Dailymotion, Spotify episode pages, Apple Podcasts and more. We fetch captions where available and fall back to audio transcription.
Google Docs and PDF URLs
Public Google Doc links and PDF URLs convert straight to clean text. No download, no auth flow for public docs.
AI Powered Accuracy
Same enterprise-grade engine that delivers 99% accuracy across 99+ languages on audio.
How it works
Paste Your URL
Any URL you have the right to read: an article, a video, a podcast episode page, a public Google Doc, or a direct PDF link.
We Handle Everything
We detect the source type, fetch the content the right way (browser render, captions, or audio extraction) and convert it to clean text.
Get Your Text
Review and download your transcript. Audio sources include timestamps and speaker labels; articles and docs are clean markdown.
URL to Text vs typing it out by hand
Why upload-and-go beats manual transcription every time.
| Capability | CATT | Manual transcription |
|---|---|---|
| Time to first draft | Minutes per file | 8 to 10 hours per audio hour |
| Accuracy | 99% on clean audio | Depends on the typist |
| Speaker labels | Automatic | Tagged by hand |
| Languages | 99+ supported | Whatever you speak |
| Exports | TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT | Whatever you build by hand |
| Cost | Free for the first 30 minutes | Your time, every time |
Simple pricing
Free for 10 minutes a month. Paid plans start at $9.99.
Cancel anytime. Try the free plan before you upgrade. See all plans
Frequently asked questions
Articles and blog posts, YouTube and 1000+ video platforms (Vimeo, Loom, Twitch, Dailymotion, TikTok, X, Facebook), podcast platform pages (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor), public Google Docs, PDF URLs, and direct media files (MP3, MP4, WAV, M4A).
We respect the site you paste. If the URL requires a login or sits behind a hard paywall, we cannot read it. Save the file locally and upload it instead.
Audio and video sources include a 30-minute preview on the free tier. Articles, Google Docs, and PDFs are not time-billed.
No. We fetch articles, captions, audio, PDFs, and public Google Docs automatically.
We fetch the existing transcript first (the same auto-captions YouTube provides). If none is available, we extract audio and transcribe it with our AI engine.
We support 99+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, and many more.