How to transcribe Instagram Reels to text

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 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

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