Upload your WAV file and get a transcript in seconds. Accuracy professionals trust when every word counts.
Every transcript includes speaker labels, precise timestamps, and proper punctuation. No manual formatting.
Keep your transcripts archived or share large files without paying for separate cloud storage.
3 free transcripts. No credit card required.
Turn hours of recorded conversation into organized, quotable text. Perfect for researchers, journalists, and content creators who need to find the exact moment someone said something.
Edit your transcript directly in the browser with Canvas, the built-in AI editor. Generate summaries, pull out key points, or reformat the text without leaving the page.
What first drew you to this project? Was there a moment when the idea started to feel real?
It was the first conversation with our community. Listening to their stories changed the questions we were asking.
Could you tell me more about that conversation, and what you decided to do differently afterward?
Store your WAV files and transcripts in Cockatoo Drive with encrypted cloud storage. No separate file-sharing service required.
Drag and drop your WAV file, or paste a link from YouTube, Dropbox, or Google Drive. Cockatoo handles format conversion automatically.
Choose between fastest mode for quick turnaround or highest-accuracy mode when precision matters most. The transcription engine is built in-house and updated regularly, with the mode selector visible in your dashboard.
Even the best transcription needs a quick review. Use the in-browser editor to correct technical terms, proper nouns, or industry jargon the model missed.
Illustrative processing estimate. Upload time, recording, system load, and model affect actual turnaround.
Compare plansProfessional audio deserves professional transcription. Upload uncompressed WAV files from your recorder or DAW and get back text accurate enough to quote directly in articles, reports, or legal documents.
WAV files are huge.
training-session.srt
Illustrative subtitle previewExtract the audio from video files, transcribe it, and every spoken word becomes searchable. Find the exact timestamp where a topic was mentioned, or export subtitles for accessibility.
Cockatoo runs tests on the same public benchmark academic researchers use to compare transcription systems, plus real-world audio samples with background noise and accents.
| Language | Word error rate |
|---|---|
| English | 3.9% |
| Spanish | 1.0% |
| French | 7.8% |
| German | 2.4% |
Lower is better. Selected per-language results from the public benchmark. Updated October 27, 2026.
Explore the full accuracy reportCockatoo publishes results on that standard test plus internal real-world recordings, so you can hear the audio and verify the accuracy yourself.
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Our users most appreciate accuracy on difficult accents and dialects, raw speed, and ease of use from the first upload.
“The app has simplified my dissertation work by trascribing the interviews I am working with currently.”
“This transcriber is incredibly accurate, and not bothered by all the different accents i present it with. Highly recommended.”
Video files have their audio extracted automatically, without a manual conversion step. Export the transcript as an SRT subtitle file alongside DOCX, PDF, and TXT.
Transcribe a two-hour interview or meeting, then use Canvas to generate a summary in one click. Get the key points without reading the full transcript.
Get the transcript in the original language, then translate the document into another language. Both steps happen in Cockatoo. No copy-paste into a separate translation tool.
Long-term storage is in the US. Many users treat Cockatoo as a transcript archive, so data is retained while your account is active and removed when you delete a file or close your account.
Support engineers can access your files only with your explicit permission.
Cockatoo is independently owned and runs its own transcription engine. No advertising revenue model, no reselling per-hour API access from a third party. When you need help, you talk to a human who works here.
Encrypted transfer
US and EU processing
Long-term storage in the US
Manage files in your account
The usage model works like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini paid plans. Default modes are practically unlimited with no monthly hour cap. The highest-accuracy modes have a weekly usage budget shown in Settings. When you hit the budget, the unlimited modes remain available and the budget resets weekly.
Cockatoo detects the language automatically when you upload a file. If it gets it wrong or you want to force a specific language, you can override the detection on a per-file basis before transcription starts.
Unlimited modes remain available when the budget is hit.
Cockatoo builds and runs its own transcription engine.
