For developers & AI agents

Video Transcription API & MCP Server

Turn video to text from code or from any AI agent. One REST API with an MCP server, CLI, and agent Skill on top — 99% accuracy, 100+ languages, speaker labels, and SRT/VTT subtitle export.

REST API

Transcribe video to text with one API call

POST a video URL and get back a structured JSON transcript with speaker labels and word-level timestamps. Webhooks notify you the moment it's ready — no polling.

  • 100+ languages
  • Speaker diarization
  • SRT · VTT · TXT · PDF
  • HMAC-signed webhooks
curl https://www.transcribevideototext.com/api/v1/transcriptions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer vtt_YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com/interview.mp4",
    "language": "auto",
    "diarize": true
  }'

Full API reference

AI agents

Give Claude.ai the power to hear

Connect to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Claude Desktop — or any agent — and transcribe video to text right from your chat. 100+ languages, speaker labels, and webhooks included.

  • Built for AI agents
  • MCP, CLI, or REST API
  • Webhooks, not waiting
  • Production-ready
GitHub
  1. 1

    Open Connectors

    In Claude.ai: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

  2. 2

    Paste the MCP URL

    Enter the URL, then Connect and sign in. OAuth — no API key to paste.

    https://mcp.transcribevideototext.com/mcp
  3. 3

    Transcribe from chat

    Ask Claude.ai to transcribe a video URL — speakers labeled, 100+ languages.

FAQ

Video transcription API — frequently asked questions