In this video, I tested a brand new tool you can use to automatically transcribe your audio or video files: the Transcribe feature inside Microsoft Word. Earlier, I used to recommend Otter.ai because it gave 600 free minutes per month, but those free minutes are gone now (you only get a few files for free). A lot of you asked me for an alternative, and honestly the best alternative right now is MS Word—yes, Microsoft Word—because it gives you transcription with all the rich Word editing features. I show you exactly where to find it in Word Online (office.com) and I also make it clear: this works only in Word Online and you need a premium Microsoft 365 account (work/school accounts may already have it). Then I walk through both modes: uploading prerecorded audio (Word allows 300 minutes of audio upload each month) and recording in real time. I review accuracy, speaker identification, renaming speakers, jumping to timestamps, and the super-handy “plus” button to insert sections into your document. Finally, I share a trick: recordings don’t have the same monthly upload limit, so you can play a prerecorded audio/video on your phone near your PC mic and transcribe it as a “recording.” In my test, Word did a great job on both my real voice and a digital voice, with only a couple of small errors (mostly because of my pronunciation).