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VidNotes is one of the only tools that actually does 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, hit the share icon on any Reel, IGTV, or video post, and copy the link. VidNotes takes any Instagram URL format, direct video links and shared permalinks alike.
Open VidNotes on iOS, the web app at app.vidnotes.app, or the Chrome extension and paste it in. VidNotes spots the Instagram URL on its own and gets to work on the video.
Seconds later you've got the full text transcript plus an AI summary, flashcards, extracted action items, and a chat 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 straight into your content workflow.
Make Instagram content reachable for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers. Generate accurate text versions of any spoken content so your distribution stays inclusive.
Transcribe Instagram videos in the language you're learning and study real spoken content. Build flashcards from native speakers and grow vocabulary faster than any textbook.
Build a searchable archive of Instagram content for market research, trend analysis, or competitor tracking. Every transcript gets stored and stays fully searchable.
Tutorials, explainers, and how-to clips from educators, experts, and coaches packing knowledge into short-form video.
IGTV interviews, podcast clips, and long-form conversations. Catch the full discussion as searchable text.
Step-by-step cooking videos, DIY projects, makeup tutorials, and creative walkthroughs. Get written steps out of spoken instructions.
Videos in any of 30+ supported languages. Transcribe Spanish, Japanese, Korean, French, Portuguese, Arabic, and more with the language detected for you.
Content creators
Repurpose your own Reels into blog posts, captions, and email newsletters. Transcribe competitor clips to break down their hooks, structure, and messaging. Export as Markdown straight into your content pipeline.
Students & lifelong learners
Transcribe educational Reels from teachers, coaches, and tutors. Build flashcards out of short lessons for exam prep. Stack a study library from the best educational creators in your field.
Language learners
Transcribe Instagram videos in the language you're learning to study vocab and sentence structure from native speakers. Real spoken content beats textbook examples every time.
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Start 7-day free trialYes. VidNotes handles 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 they're saved to a profile). If the video has spoken audio, VidNotes can transcribe it.
VidNotes covers 30+ languages for Instagram transcription, including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, and more. Language detection runs on the audio for you, so there's nothing to pick from a menu.
VidNotes has a free account so you can put Instagram transcription through its paces before subscribing. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial before the $49.99/year subscription, while monthly is $9.99/month for unlimited transcriptions across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and local video files.
Yes. Every Instagram transcription comes with the full text plus AI summaries, flashcards for studying, action items, and a chat where you can ask questions about the video. Export it all as PDF, TXT, or Markdown.
VidNotes runs on OpenAI's Whisper model, trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual audio. It copes with background music, fast talking, accents, and the rough audio quality Instagram videos sometimes have. For most spoken content the accuracy lines up with professional transcription services.
Paste an Instagram link and watch it work from a free account.