AIFF audio file to show notes in English
AIFF audio file to show 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.
Transcribsi reads the AIFF audio file in English and writes the show notes. The file comes off the platform as it is, one file may be up to 30 minutes, and the free plan gives 3 files a day.
How to get the file and turn it into show 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
- 2
Send the file to the engine
The file of the AIFF audio file is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the show notes.
- 3
Ask for the show notes
The instruction of the show notes is written for this task already: it reads the text of the AIFF audio file and asks for Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes, and it keeps every claim to the transcript.
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Name the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this AIFF audio file is in English, and the widget carries that setting for the show notes.
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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 AIFF audio file is only the input: the engine reads the English speech and writes the show notes out of the transcript.
Tips
A name that was never said in the AIFF audio file stays out of the show notes.
The engine does not translate the AIFF audio file from English.
Rename the file of the AIFF audio file before you send it.
Questions about AIFF audio file and show notes
What does the AIFF say about the AIFF audio file?
Audacity imports the AIFF files, including all PCM variants, with the standard uncompressed files importer. The engine reads the English speech of the AIFF audio file and writes the show notes from that text.
Which problems can come with 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 does not change the file of the AIFF audio file; it reads it as it is and writes the show notes.
What comes back after the English AIFF audio file is read?
the show notes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes, with the time of every line of the recording of the AIFF audio file.
How long may the file be, and how much is free?
One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, and the free plan gives 3 files a day for the show notes.
Where does the file of the AIFF audio file wait?
On the AIFF. The facts of the table above name the place where the file of the AIFF audio file is kept and the way it comes off.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Podcast episode to show 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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