Talks, shows and spoken tracks from SoundCloud — as text.
Longer than 2 minutes?You get the first 2 minutes here. Kalpa transcribes the rest — free to start on iPhone
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To turn SoundCloud to text, click Share under a public track, copy the link and paste it above. Kalpa transcribes the spoken parts and returns text with timestamps; speech works better than sung lyrics. The first 2 minutes of any SoundCloud track are free here; the rest is in Kalpa.
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A talk, show or spoken piece.
on.soundcloud.com links work.
The first 2 minutes are free here.
The full show or talk is in the Kalpa app.
Interviews, lectures and spoken segments get lost in a feed. Paste the track link and keep the words as timestamped text you can copy or download.
Interviews and segments as text.
Uploaded by universities and speakers.
Captions and descriptions.
| Free web tool | Kalpa app | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | First 2 minutes of any recording | The whole recording, no limit |
| Summary, quotes and topics | — | Yes |
| Search everything you saved | — | Ask in chat, jump to the moment |
| Your own recordings | Upload a file | Record on iPhone or Apple Watch, transcribed on device |
| Languages | 25, detected automatically | 25, detected automatically |
Kalpa works best on speech, so talks and shows on SoundCloud transcribe well while sung lyrics may come out inaccurate.
Kalpa transcribes the first 2 minutes of any SoundCloud track for free, with no sign-up, and the rest of the track is in the Kalpa app.
No, Kalpa can only transcribe public SoundCloud tracks, so make the track public or upload the audio file (up to 100 MB) instead.
Yes, short on.soundcloud.com links work the same way as full SoundCloud track links.
Kalpa detects the language automatically and supports 25 languages, including Spanish, German and Ukrainian.
Kalpa keeps what you watch, say and think in one place you can talk to. Free to start on iPhone and Apple Watch.
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