How to Transcribe Instagram Reels and Create Captions for Free

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Summary

TLDRThis video introduces a tool called Mac Whisper, designed to transcribe audio to text easily and accurately. Bypassing limitations of auto-generated captions from social media platforms like YouTube and Instagram, Mac Whisper offers users more control over their transcription quality. Developed from OpenAI's Whisper API, it's available for free with an optional pro version offering advanced features. In a demonstration, the tool transcribes a one-minute Instagram video in under 10 seconds, highlighting its efficiency and ease of use. Users can export their transcriptions in various formats, including text and SRT, which are perfect for importing into video editing software.

Takeaways

  • 🎥 Mac Whisper transcribes audio to text efficiently.
  • 📖 Subtitles enhance video engagement without sound.
  • 🆓 Free and pro versions available with Mac Whisper.
  • 🖥️ Mac Whisper uses OpenAI's Whisper API for transcription.
  • 🖋️ Easily export transcriptions in multiple formats.
  • ⚙️ Pro version of Mac Whisper provides advanced features.
  • 🔄 Transcribing is faster with Mac Whisper compared to manual efforts.
  • 💡 Captions provide context and aid decision-making for viewers.
  • 💸 Mac Whisper pro version costs a one-time fee of €18.
  • 🚀 Improve workflow efficiency with AI tools like Mac Whisper.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:06:20

    Mac Whisper is a powerful, free tool for transcribing video and audio content with high accuracy. It provides a solution for creating subtitles, which are essential for engaging viewers who watch without sound. While platforms like YouTube and Instagram offer auto-generated captions, they often lack accuracy and control, necessitating a standalone application for quality consistency. Mac Whisper utilizes OpenAI's Whisper AI for transcription, offering both free and pro versions, the latter for a one-time fee with advanced features like batch processing. Its user-friendly interface allows users to quickly drag and drop files for transcription, which is completed swiftly, producing accurate text for none-format and SRT export for use in video editing. This makes it an invaluable tool for content creators looking to enhance productivity and workflow efficiency effortlessly.

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Video Q&A

  • What is Mac Whisper?

    Mac Whisper is a free tool that transcribes audio into text.

  • Why are captions important in videos?

    Captions are crucial as they allow viewers to engage with the video even without sound, helping them decide whether to continue watching.

  • How does Mac Whisper compare with social media auto-generated captions?

    Mac Whisper offers more control and accuracy than auto-generated captions from social media platforms, which can sometimes be inaccurate.

  • Is Mac Whisper free?

    Yes, Mac Whisper has a free version available.

  • What is the difference between the free and pro versions of Mac Whisper?

    The pro version provides advanced features such as batch transcriptions and manually adding speakers for transcripts.

  • How can you export transcriptions in Mac Whisper?

    Transcriptions can be exported as text files or SRT/VTT subtitle files suitable for use in video editing.

  • Is there a cost for the pro version of Mac Whisper?

    Yes, the pro version is a one-time payment of €18.

  • How efficient is Mac Whisper at transcribing?

    The tool can transcribe a one-minute video in under 10 seconds.

  • Can Mac Whisper be used for both audio and video files?

    Yes, it can be used to transcribe both types of files.

  • What inspired the creation of Mac Whisper?

    The tool was inspired by OpenAI's Whisper API, which provides the underlying transcribing capabilities.

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    so here is a free tool that lets you
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    transcribe your videos and audio
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    effortlessly and it's pretty accurate I
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    have been using it from last few days
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    and here I am telling you about this
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    free tool called Mac whisper transcribe
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    is actually converting the audio into
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    text so you may have watched a lot of
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    videos on YouTube and other social media
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    where there are subtitles captions that
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    is a transcription of the audio in that
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    video because surprisingly a lot of
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    people watch videos without audio so
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    when they have subtitles they watch it
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    for a few seconds and then they decide
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    whether to tap on the video or not to
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    continue watching that video so captions
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    or subtitles are quite important and
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    that is why YouTube has a feature of
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    autogenerating subtitles closed captions
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    for all the videos because it helps
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    users get context about that video even
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    Instagram offers this feature of
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    creating captions from the videos and
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    these autogenerating features of social
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    media apps are good but they give you
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    little to no control over how the
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    transcription is done sometimes it is
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    pure garbage so this is why I recommend
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    everyone to use a standalone application
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    to transcribe their videos to create
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    subtitles doing it manually takes a lot
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    of time and you have to create videos
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    faster and faster I am always talking
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    about creating a faster workflow and
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    that is why I recommend everyone to use
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    these tools these AI tools that can
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    speed up your workflow like 5x even 10x
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    so there are already a lot of
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    applications available we will be
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    talking about that in a separate video
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    be sure to check that out on the channel
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    but in this video I'm going to talk
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    about about a free application for Mac
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    that I came across but before that let
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    me tell you how I came across it so I
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    was browsing the openi website which is
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    the parent company of chat GPT which has
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    taken the World by strong it's been only
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    6 months chat GPT is available for
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    everyone and it is crazy and I was
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    browsing their website and turns out
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    they have got a lot of other AI products
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    so whisper is a transcribing tool that
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    converts speech into text and does a
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    fairly well job so this is a pure AI
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    product from open AI other companies and
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    other start s can create products around
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    it using their API and there is a lot of
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    documentation and you can also use it
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    for your purpose also by creating a
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    small web app I was actually going
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    through the documentation to create a
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    web app for myself because this is
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    absolutely free and there are services
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    that charge you $9 $10 per transcription
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    of a video so this one is really good
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    and really promising but then I came
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    across this app called Mac whisper which
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    is available on gumroad it is created by
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    someone called Jordi Bruin so this
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    application has got a free version as
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    well as pro version so the difference
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    between the pro and the free version is
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    so the free version lets you use a
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    slightly downgraded version of the
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    transcription pro version lets you use
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    the higher end the pro version is a
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    one-time payment option and it only
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    costs € 18 gives you more features like
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    batch transcriptions manually add
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    speaker to your transcript so there are
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    a lot of features but if you just want
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    to transcribe a video of audio file the
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    free version works really well I'm going
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    to do a demo as I have already
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    downloaded and installed the Mac whisper
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    the free version so this is how it is it
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    is saying to upgrade I won't be
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    upgrading and let me show you the free
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    version how well it works so I have just
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    created an Instagram reel uh let me grab
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    that reel super fast so this is the
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    Instagram re that I created so chpd for
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    iOS is finally available in more than 20
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    countries it's free to use so the
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    interface is pretty much like and now I
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    would want to get the transcription of
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    that video so that I can add captions to
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    to this one you can see how amazing it
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    is I'm just going to drag and drop it
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    here and it starts transcribing 47%
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    done 97 98 it's finished so it just took
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    under 10 second to transcribe a 1 minute
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    video and let's see how well the
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    transcription is so charity for iOS is
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    finally available in more than 20
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    countries it's free to use so the
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    interface is pretty much like the web
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    version but you can also input The
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    Prompt using your voice so you can
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    record your voice and give it a prompt
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    okay write a poetry of six lines about
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    global
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    warming so you can see that it is
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    responding pretty fast there are more
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    than a so you get the idea how fast it
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    is and it is free to use it is free to
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    use forever there is no limitation like
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    after five videos you will have to pay
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    nothing like so like if you have
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    converted an audio F and you don't want
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    to put in a video you just want the
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    transcribed ver is you can click here
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    this will give you the text file you can
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    copy and then you can paste it anywhere
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    but if you want to export an SRT file
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    subtitle F you can do that SRT file vtt
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    text format and there are other formats
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    as well so SRT will give you times so if
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    you export the SRT file let me export
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    the SRT
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    file it is saved now if I open the final
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    cut by the way if you want to do it in
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    any other video editing application the
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    process would be similar like how you
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    import the SRT file add the captions
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    into your program in Final Cut Pro I use
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    a plugin caption but drag my video put
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    it in my timeline and now I will find
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    caption
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    burner this is the plug-in that I use I
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    will drag it till the end now I will
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    highlight it and import edit caption and
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    now I can click on
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    import this is the SRD file that we
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    downloaded and I will open I will click
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    on import and I will replace the
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    existing sample or demo of the caption
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    burner it will replace I will save it so
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    chat GPD for iOS is finally available in
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    more than 20 countries it's free to use
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    so the interface is pretty much like the
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    web version but you can also input The
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    Prompt using your voice so you can
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    record your voice and give so this is
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    how you add captions to your video by
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    transcribing the video or the audio file
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    free of cost using Mac Whisper app the
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    download link will be in the description
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    and there is another video you should
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    watch that talks about text-based video
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    editing applications you can use to
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    speed up the process of editing videos
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    so that's about it in this video I hope
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    you find this useful I will see you in
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    the next one till then take care
Tags
  • Mac Whisper
  • transcription
  • subtitles
  • captions
  • AI tools
  • OpenAI
  • video editing
  • Whisper API
  • Gumroad