About TraScrivo

Who is behind TraScrivo

TraScrivo is a project of Giraffa Consulting, a business based in Verona, Italy (VAT IT04585570239). It was founded by Nikola, who also edits the guides on this site.

What TraScrivo does, and who it is for

You upload an audio or video file (MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, MP4, MOV and more) or record from your microphone, and you get the text with timestamps: copy it or download it as TXT, Word or PDF, or as SRT and VTT subtitles. The language is detected automatically, but you can also pick it. The site is available in 33 languages.

It is made for anyone who needs to put spoken words in writing: students with lectures and thesis interviews, journalists and researchers with interviews, professionals with meetings and calls, video creators who need subtitles, and anyone who would rather read a voice message than listen to it.

There are also WhatsApp and Telegram bots for voice messages, and free tools that convert files right in your browser, for example MP4 to MP3.

What it does not do: it has no bot that joins your meetings, and it does not take links (for example from YouTube): you need the file.

How it works

• Free, even without an account: unlimited minutes with fair use up to 24 hours of audio a day, files up to 30 minutes. Your file is prepared in your browser and sent encrypted to the servers that transcribe it; the text appears only in your browser and does not stay on our servers.
• With a Pass or Pro: files up to 4 hours and, if you want, processing on our server (files up to 2 GB). You can close the page and get an email when the text is ready; the text stays encrypted in your account for 30 days, the audio for 24 hours at most.
• The transcription is done by speech recognition engines from specialised providers. For the AI summary and translation we send only the text, never the audio.

We use audio and text only to give you the result: the audio is deleted as soon as the transcript is ready, and we do not use your content to train models. Full details are in the privacy policy.

How we check quality

• We measure speed on real files: from 7 October to 6 November 2026, a 30-minute file was ready in about 2 minutes and a 5-minute file in 17 seconds (medians). The exact time depends on the file and your connection.
• The guides describe real procedures and, where useful, link to official pages (for example Apple, Google or Microsoft). The date of the last update is under each guide’s title.
• On the pages that compare TraScrivo with other services, we use the figures published on their official pages and give the date we checked them.

Recognition is automatic: for anything important (a thesis, an article, meeting minutes) always read the text through. If you spot a mistake in a guide, write to us.

How TraScrivo is funded

Through its paid plans: the Pass (10, 30 or 50 hours, paid once, the hours never expire) and Pro (monthly or yearly). The free plan stays open to everyone. If you like, you can also buy us a coffee on Ko-fi, from €2. Prices and limits are on the Pricing page.