ScribeForge uses xAI Grok as the engine behind its audio transcription service. The result is a browser-based workflow with timestamps, support for 25+ languages, search-ready transcript output, and speaker labels when the recording allows clear separation. No account or API key required.
Upload an audio file and get a transcript right now — free.
Transcribe with Grok AI →Grok is xAI's flagship large language model, built with a focus on reasoning, real-time knowledge, and multimodal capabilities — including audio understanding. Unlike older automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems that rely on purely acoustic models, Grok brings language-level context into the transcription pipeline, making it particularly strong on:
ScribeForge integrates directly with the xAI Grok Speech-to-Text API (grok-stt) to deliver transcription results typically in under 30 seconds for files up to 100 MB.
Drag and drop or select an audio file (MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, OGG, WEBM, or MP4 audio track) on the ScribeForge homepage. No account needed.
The file is securely sent to the Grok API, which performs speech recognition enriched with language-model context — catching homophones, proper nouns, and sentence boundaries more reliably than pure ASR.
Within seconds you get a full transcript with segment-level timestamps and punctuation. Speaker labels may appear when the recording has clear speaker separation.
Download as plain text or copy directly to your clipboard. Paid plans give you more credits to transcribe at scale.
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Timestamps | Segment-level, included in every transcript |
| Speaker labels | Best-effort labels when the recording allows clear separation |
| Languages | 25+ languages detected automatically (with mid-stream switching) |
| Max file size | 100 MB per file |
| Processing speed | ~1 min of audio transcribed in <10 seconds (typical) |
| Export formats | Copy to clipboard or download as TXT |
| Privacy | Files deleted from servers after processing |
ScribeForge accepts the most common audio and video container formats:
If your format isn't listed, convert it to MP3 with a free tool like Audacity before uploading.
xAI has published a 5.0% error rate on its phone-call entity recognition benchmark. That is useful context, but it should not be treated as a guarantee for every meeting, interview, voice note, or noisy real-world recording.
In practice, transcript quality depends on microphone quality, overlap, background noise, accents, and compression. Grok's language-model context can help with punctuation, proper nouns, and phrasing, but results still need review on important material.
Grok STT supports 25+ languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Turkish, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Thai and more. Language is detected automatically — no need to specify it before uploading — and the API handles seamless mid-stream language switching.
See our full benchmark: Grok STT vs Whisper vs Deepgram for detailed accuracy numbers across six audio conditions.
Several AI transcription engines are available today. Here's how Grok-powered ScribeForge compares on the dimensions that matter most for everyday users:
| Engine / Tool | Strength | Limitation |
|---|---|---|
| ScribeForge (Grok) | Browser-first workflow, timestamps, free tier, no account | 100 MB file limit |
| OpenAI Whisper | Open-source, local processing possible | Requires setup; no built-in browser workflow |
| AssemblyAI | Enterprise API, rich features | Paid-only, developer-focused |
| Otter.ai | Real-time meeting notes | English-centric, account required |
| Rev AI | High accuracy, human fallback | Expensive per-minute pricing |
A practical differentiator for ScribeForge today is the browser-first wrapper around Grok STT: no account, simple pricing, timestamps, and a faster path from file upload to usable text.
Try Grok STT in the browser — no sign-up, no API key, and full workflow tools like timestamps, transcript search, and export.
Use Grok STT Free →No account · 2 free/day · 100 MB uploads