Riverside Audio Transcription
Free AI transcription for audio and video in 100+ languages
Overview
Riverside's online transcription tool converts audio and video into editable text and subtitle files in more than 100 languages. It can be used without signup for single-speaker files, while Riverside's paid studio adds speaker detection, high-quality remote recording, text-based editing, cleanup, captions, and clips.
Our take
Riverside offers standalone transcription free across a wide language range, which is genuinely generous and the main reason to look at it separately from the recording studio it belongs to. The free transcription is a funnel toward the paid recording platform, and that is fine — it does not degrade the transcription itself, which is accurate on clean audio.
Worth it if
Getting a usable transcript of an existing recording without paying for a transcription subscription.
Look elsewhere if
Teams needing collaborative transcript editing and workflow — that sits in the paid studio product.
✨ Features
Free Transcription
Transcribes supported audio and video files without requiring an account.
100+ Languages
Handles a broad range of languages, dialects, and accents.
Transcript Exports
Downloads plain-text transcripts and SRT subtitle files.
Studio Workflow
Paid plans combine speaker detection, recording, editing, cleanup, and captions.
⚖️ Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
💰 Pricing
Transcriber
$0
- Unlimited supported uploads
- 100+ languages
- TXT and SRT export
- No signup required
Riverside Free
$0 /mo
- Unlimited single-track recording and editing
- 720p video
- Two hours of multitrack recording
- Riverside watermark
Pro + Live Studio
$24 /mo
- Billed annually
- Five recording hours monthly
- Unlimited transcription
- Editing and speaker detection
Business
Custom
- Unlimited recording options
- Team controls
- Custom support
- Book a demo
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Is the free transcription genuinely unlimited?
Free offers in this category normally carry some constraint — file length, monthly minutes, or export format — and the specifics change over time. Check the current limit against your actual file before planning around it, particularly for long recordings, where per-file caps are the usual restriction.
How does it handle multiple speakers?
Speaker separation works reasonably with distinct voices and clean audio, and degrades with crosstalk, similar voices, or someone far from the microphone. Expect to correct labels on group recordings. Recording each speaker on a separate track, which the studio product does, solves this far more effectively than any software step afterwards.