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VidNotes is one of the only tools that supports Instagram video transcription. Paste any Reel, IGTV, or video post link and get an accurate transcript with AI summaries, flashcards, and more — in 30+ languages.
Open Instagram, tap the share icon on any Reel, IGTV, or video post, and copy the link. VidNotes accepts any Instagram URL format including direct video links and shared permalinks.
Open VidNotes on iOS, the web app at app.vidnotes.app, or the Chrome extension and paste the link. VidNotes auto-detects the Instagram URL and begins processing the video.
Within seconds, you get a full text transcript plus an AI-generated summary, auto-generated flashcards, extracted action items, and an AI chat interface to ask questions about the video.
Turn Reels into blog posts, newsletters, tweets, LinkedIn posts, or video scripts. Export transcripts as Markdown, TXT, or PDF and drop them directly into your content workflow.
Make Instagram content accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences. Generate accurate text versions of any spoken content for inclusive content distribution.
Transcribe Instagram videos in your target language and study real-world spoken content. Generate flashcards from native speakers to build vocabulary faster than textbooks.
Build a searchable archive of Instagram content for market research, trend analysis, or competitor tracking. Every transcript is stored and fully searchable.
Tutorials, explainers, and how-to content from educators, experts, and coaches sharing knowledge in short-form video.
IGTV interviews, podcast clips, and long-form conversations. Capture the full discussion as searchable text.
Step-by-step cooking videos, DIY projects, makeup tutorials, and creative walkthroughs. Get written steps from spoken instructions.
Videos in any of 30+ supported languages. Transcribe Spanish, Japanese, Korean, French, Portuguese, Arabic, and more with auto language detection.
Content creators
Repurpose your own Reels into blog posts, captions, and email newsletters. Transcribe competitor content to analyze hooks, structure, and messaging. Export as Markdown to feed directly into your content pipeline.
Students & lifelong learners
Transcribe educational Reels from teachers, coaches, and tutors. Generate flashcards from short lessons for exam prep. Build a study library from the best educational creators in your field.
Language learners
Transcribe Instagram videos in your target language to study vocabulary and sentence structure from native speakers. Real-world spoken content beats textbook examples every time.
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Unlimited transcriptions across Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and local files. All AI features included.
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Subscribe annuallyYes. VidNotes transcribes any public Instagram Reel, IGTV video, or video post. Copy the Instagram link, paste it into VidNotes on iOS, the web app at app.vidnotes.app, or the Chrome extension, and you get a full transcript within seconds.
Yes. VidNotes works with every Instagram video format: Reels, IGTV, longer video posts, and stories (when saved to a profile). As long as the video has spoken audio, VidNotes can transcribe it.
VidNotes supports 30+ languages for Instagram transcription, including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, and more. The language is detected automatically from the audio, so you never need to select it manually.
VidNotes offers a free trial so you can test Instagram transcription before subscribing. After the trial, plans are $9.99/month or $49.99/year for unlimited transcriptions across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and local video files.
Yes. Every Instagram transcription includes the full text transcript plus AI-generated summaries, flashcards for studying, action items, and an AI chat interface where you can ask questions about the video. Export everything as PDF, TXT, or Markdown.
VidNotes uses OpenAI's Whisper model, trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual audio. It handles background music, fast speech, accents, and the varying audio quality common in Instagram videos. For most spoken content, accuracy is comparable to professional transcription services.
No account required. Paste an Instagram link and see it in action.