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# How to transcribe Instagram Reels to text

Repurposing Reels into posts, or researching a niche? Get the spoken words of any public Reel as text.

**Short answer**

Paste Reel URLs, or a profile, into the **Instagram Transcript Scraper**. It runs speech-to-text on the audio and returns the full text, timestamped segments, caption and stats.

## A real use case

A coach has 60 Reels and wants to turn them into a blog. They enter their own profile, transcribe the last 60 Reels, and paste the transcripts into an AI writer to draft 10 articles.

## Step by step

1. **Paste Reel links** or a profile URL.
2. **Set latest videos per profile** if you used a profile.
3. **Optional:** only videos from the last N days, or a minimum view count.
4. **Run** and export.

### Input (paste into the JSON tab)

```
{
  "profiles": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/your.profile/"
  ],
  "maxVideosPerProfile": 60,
  "includeSegments": true
}
```

### What you get back

```
{
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8x1abcDEF/",
  "transcript": "Here is how I plan a week of posts in 20 minutes...",
  "language": "en",
  "wordCount": 118,
  "durationSec": 38,
  "caption": "My Sunday planning routine"
}
```

Trimmed example. Names and numbers are illustrative; your run returns real data with more fields.

## Tips

- Add SRT output if you want subtitles to re-upload.
- `minViews` keeps only your best Reels for repurposing.
- Only one Reel? Use the free [Instagram Reel to text](https://anyvideototext.com/instagram-reel-to-text) tool instead.

## What it costs

$1.50 per 1,000 transcripts. 60 Reels cost about **$0.09**.

Plus a small per-run start fee. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit, enough to test. Check the listing for current pricing.

## FAQ

**Do I need an Instagram login?**

No. Public Reels only.

## Related

- [**Instagram Transcript Scraper**](https://apify.com/scrape-lads/instagram-transcript-scraper?utm_source=scrapelads&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=how-to-transcribe-instagram-reels&utm_content=instagram-transcript-scraper) Reels and video posts turned into text with timestamps. $1.50 / 1,000 transcripts.
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- [How to download YouTube transcripts in bulk](/how-to/download-youtube-transcripts-in-bulk/)
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## Try it on your own data

Paste the input above, run it, and see your results in a couple of minutes.
[Open Instagram Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/scrape-lads/instagram-transcript-scraper?utm_source=scrapelads&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=how-to-transcribe-instagram-reels&utm_content=instagram-transcript-scraper)