Saving a project, which is the AUP3 file, does not export the audio for other applications: the export is a separate step.
Audacity, step by step
How to transcribe audio in Audacity
How to transcribe audio in Audacity: the steps that take the Audacity recording and turn it into text, with the export that comes back. Free $0, 3 files a day.
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In short
For how to transcribe audio in Audacity, the job begins with the download, and the download is the part that the platform decides. The file of the recording may be 30 minutes, and the free plan is $0 with 3 files a day.
How to transcribe audio in Audacity, step by step
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Open the project
The project of Audacity is opened, and the recording that has to be transcribed is the one inside it.
- 2
Export the audio
Export Audio writes the sound of the project as a file of its own, and that file is what the engine reads.
- 3
Leave the program alone
The other applications are closed before the recording, so that the sound of the file is clean.
- 4
Take the file off Audacity
Open Audacity on the device where the recording was made, find the file and take it down. Nothing else of the platform is needed afterwards.
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Send the file to the engine
Drop the file of the Audacity recording on the widget above, set the language and switch the speaker split on when more than one person talks.
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.
How Audacity stores the file, and what it says about it
A recording made with other programs running can skip, and the manual advises to close them before the recording.
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The case
What the recording does not give you
For how to transcribe audio in Audacity, the work starts the moment somebody asks: where is that file, and where is its text? The minutes are written twice: once while people talk, and once a week later from a recording nobody wants to sit through. The engine takes the Audacity recording and gives back a text, and the text keeps the time of every part of it.
Tips
Turn on the split by speaker when more than two people talk in the Audacity recording.
Give the speakers of the Audacity recording their names in the editor, one time, and export again.
Send the audio track of the Audacity recording when the platform gives you both.
The audio of the Audacity recording is smaller than the video of the same call.
Export SRT when the Audacity recording has to become a subtitled video.
Questions about how to transcribe audio in Audacity
Can I search the text after I transcribe audio in Audacity?
Our own engine reads the Audacity recording and gives the text back; the part the platform decides is only the download.
What are the steps to transcribe audio in Audacity?
For how to transcribe audio in Audacity, the text comes out of one upload: the file of the Audacity recording goes to the engine and the text comes back.
What do I need before I transcribe audio in Audacity?
The recording of Audacity is enough for the engine, and the text of it comes back with the time of every line.
Do I need an account to transcribe audio in Audacity?
Upload the Audacity recording and read the result: our own engine writes down what it hears, with the time of every piece.
What is in the file after I transcribe audio in Audacity?
The file is all it takes: the Audacity recording goes to our own engine and a document comes back.
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Sources
- MFAQ:Opening and Saving Files - Audacity Manual (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- MBasic Recording, Editing and Exporting - Audacity Manual (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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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.
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