Interview transcription
Turn a recorded interview into accurate, timestamped text. Upload the audio or the video, and Hilite transcribes what was said so you can find the quote, write the piece, and publish — without scrubbing back through the timeline.
From recording to transcript in three steps
- 1
Upload the interview
Audio or video. MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, and common video formats.
- 2
Hilite transcribes it
The spoken words come back as timed text, with speakers separated where the recording allows.
- 3
Review and export
Correct anything that needs it, then export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, or VTT.
Keep working inside the Hilite editor
Your uploaded files open directly in a focused editor view. Arrange your clips, preview the timeline, adjust transitions, and export when the track sounds perfectly right.
- Review the transcript in context
- Keep timestamps with the words
- Copy, export, or keep editing
Input formats
Output formats
Built for every kind of audio
Whatever you are making, this tool helps you get to a cleaner, more useful result, then hand off to Hilite to enhance and polish.
- Journalists and writersFind the quote by searching for it, not by listening again.
- ResearchersGet interview data into a form you can actually code and analyse.
- Podcast producersPull show notes, clips, and social posts out of the transcript.
- Teams and recruitersKeep a searchable record of what was actually said.
Made for podcasters and their teams
Trim the dead air off the top and tail, and every recording is ready to edit, enhance, and publish.
FAQ
Common questions
If you do not see your question here, the support team replies within one business day.
- Accuracy depends mostly on the recording. A clear, close-miked interview with little crosstalk transcribes very well. A noisy room with people talking over each other will need more correction, and reducing background noise first usually helps.
- Speaker separation works best when each person is clearly audible and not talking over the other. You can relabel and correct speakers in the transcript afterwards.
- Yes. Upload the video and Hilite transcribes the spoken audio from it.
- 99+ languages, with auto-detect available.
- You can start transcribing free. Longer files and some export formats need a free Hilite account.
- Yes. Timestamps stay with the words, so you can jump from any line straight back to that moment in the recording.
Stop listening back to find the quote
Transcribe the interview, then use Hilite to edit the audio, pull the clips, and publish.