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// Tool 007 · Browser · Audio + URL

One transcript tool. URL or file, browser or Colab.

Drop an audio/video file or paste a URL. Direct audio links and uploads transcribe in your browser via Whisper. IG/TikTok/YouTube URLs need Colab (Instagram blocks browser fetches) — one click opens the notebook. Output downloads under a sensible filename, not transcript.txt.

Browser No Upload transformers.js Whisper
1. Input — file or URL
or
Paste URL
Direct audio links work in-browser. IG/TikTok/YouTube open in Colab.

This URL needs Colab

Instagram blocks browser-initiated fetches, so a serverless scraper has to run the download. The Colab notebook handles URL → audio + caption + transcript end-to-end, then auto-downloads a smartly-named transcript.

Open in Colab →
2. Optional metadata — shown in output header
3. Model + options
Status
Drop a file or paste a URL to begin.
Output
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Why not just use Colab for everything?
Colab is a context-switch — new tab, GPU pick, wait for boot. For podcast files and direct audio URLs, the browser handles it locally with no upload and no Google account. Colab only fires when the URL belongs to a platform (IG, TikTok, YouTube) that blocks browser fetches.
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Quality reality
Browser base.en is fine for English speech. It mishears proper nouns — tool names, brand names, URLs — more than the Colab path's large-v2. If a clip is dense with named tools and you need accuracy, paste the URL even if it's a direct link to send it through Colab manually.
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Smart filenames
Output is named from the source: file uploads keep their original name (episode-42.mp3 → episode-42.txt), direct URLs derive from the last path segment, and the Title field overrides both. No more transcript.txt piles.