Glossary · AI Audio
Quick answer
AI transcription is the automatic conversion of speech in audio or video into written text. Modern speech-to-text models handle accents, background noise, and multiple speakers far better than earlier systems, making transcription practical for subtitles, meeting notes, podcast show notes, and making video content searchable and accessible.
Transcription has quietly become a creator essential: captions boost social video watch time (much of it plays muted), subtitles improve accessibility, and transcripts let search engines index spoken content.
AI models do in minutes what manual transcription bills by the hour, and accuracy on clear speech is now high enough that most transcripts need only a light proofread.
VdoBloom includes an audio transcription tool for converting uploaded audio into text, including subtitle workflows.
VdoBloom starts you with 10 free credits — enough to put this into practice with no card required.
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