Get an Instagram transcript

Paste an Instagram Reel or video post URL above and the audio comes back as text. As on TikTok, Instagram's auto-captions are a sticker the creator has to add by hand, and a large share of Reels — reposts and older posts especially — ship without one. When it is there, it's an on-screen graphic rather than a caption file you could download.

Vertical 9:16 framing makes no difference to any of this: the transcript is derived from the audio track, not from anything rendered on screen, so a Reel cropped for the format transcribes exactly like a landscape video would. What does matter is length — Reels usually run 15 to 90 seconds, which means the whole transcript is typically short enough to read in one pass and repurpose directly.

• Works on Reels and on longer feed video posts.
• No dependence on the captions sticker — the text is transcribed from the audio.
• Markdown or TXT export for turning a Reel into a caption, a post, or a newsletter section.
• SRT or VTT export if you're publishing the video elsewhere with a real caption track.

What you're doing with the transcript

The export format and the workflow both depend on what the text is for. These go into detail for Instagram specifically:

• Instagram Reel to SRT and VTT subtitles

  Turning a transcript into a subtitle file for an editor or a web player.

• Turn an Instagram Reel into a blog post or caption

  Turning one video into a blog post, thread, or newsletter section without rewriting it from memory.

• Make an Instagram Reel accessible with captions

  Making video usable for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers and for screen-reader users.

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