AIFF audio file to structured notes in English
AIFF audio file to structured notes in English: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
With the AIFF audio file the engine writes the written notes: the transcript first, then the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions. The speech is in English, the free plan gives 3 files a day, and one file is up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into structured notes
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Record with the safety copy
In Audacity the recording is exported immediately to WAV or AIFF as a safety copy before the editing starts
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Hand the file over
The recording of the AIFF audio file is attached to the widget of the page with the language of the speech set to English, and the written notes comes back as a file of text.
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Ask the written instruction for the written notes
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the AIFF audio file as the student who missed the class, and the written notes comes in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions.
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Name the language of the speech
The recording of the AIFF audio file is in English, and that is one of the 99+ languages the engine reads; the setting of the widget says English and the written notes follows.
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Check the file before the upload
The safety copy of a recording in Audacity is written as a WAV or an AIFF file
What comes back from the engine
- TXT
One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.
- TXT, CSV
The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.
- SRT, VTT
SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.
- Markdown, DOCX
The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.
What AIFF keeps, and what it says about it
- Where the file is
Audacity imports the AIFF files, including all PCM variants, with the standard uncompressed files importer.
- What the file is
After a recording in Audacity the recording is exported at once to WAV or AIFF, ideally to an external drive, as a safety copy.
- What can go wrong
The WAV and AIFF files are imported with the standard uncompressed files importer of Audacity.
- What the platform says
The AIFF files are imported into Audacity together with the WAV files and all the PCM variants.
- What the platform says
The safety copy of a recording in Audacity is written as a WAV or an AIFF file.
- Length of one file
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
- Free plan
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
- Pro plan
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
What the recording does not give you
Audacity imports the AIFF files, including all PCM variants, with the standard uncompressed files importer. The English speech of the AIFF audio file is read first, and the written notes is what the student who missed the class gets out of the transcript.
Tips
A name that was never said in the AIFF audio file stays out of the written notes.
A recording of the AIFF audio file in English is read as English.
Check who may download the file of the AIFF audio file.
Questions about AIFF audio file and structured notes
Which problems can come with the AIFF audio file?
Audacity imports the AIFF files, including all PCM variants, with the standard uncompressed files importer. The engine does not change the file of the AIFF audio file; it reads it as it is and writes the written notes.
What does the AIFF say about the AIFF audio file?
A file that is not a standard uncompressed WAV or AIFF, for example a raw PCM file, is normally imported with File > Import > Raw Data. The engine reads the English speech of the AIFF audio file and writes the written notes from that text.
How is the written notes built from the AIFF audio file?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the written notes in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions; every line comes from the transcript of the AIFF audio file.
Is there a limit to the length of the AIFF audio file?
One file of the AIFF audio file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the AIFF audio file?
Bring the file of the AIFF audio file to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the written notes with the time of every line.
Related pages
- The same task on aiff audio file to text podcast show notes ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Lecture to structured notesThe page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.
- Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
Sources
- MAudacity manual: Importing audio (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- MAudacity manual: Recording (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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