Recording in Audacity to flashcards for revision in English
Recording in Audacity to flashcards for revision 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.
What the Audacity stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the revision deck in the sections Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into flashcards for revision
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Record the audio
The recording starts in a new track, or at the end of the selected track, and the channels of the recording follow the channels of the track
- 2
Upload the file
The Recording in Audacity goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is English, and the revision deck comes back into the chat.
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Run the instruction of the revision deck
The instruction of the task asks for the revision deck and puts the answer about the Recording in Audacity into the sections Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.
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Mark the language of the speech
The speech of the Recording in Audacity is English, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on English while the revision deck is written.
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Check the file before the upload
The file of the recording is opened by the standard importer, or by the optional FFmpeg library if it is installed
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 Audacity keeps, and what it says about it
- Where the file is
The recording of Audacity is taken from the sound input of the computer or from a mixer, and the source is chosen in the Audio Setup Toolbar or in the Audio Settings Preferences.
- What the file is
The WAV and AIFF files, including all PCM variants, are imported into Audacity with the standard uncompressed files importer.
- What can go wrong
The recording is paused with the Pause button or with the P shortcut, and the recording continues when the Pause button is released or when P is pressed again.
- What the platform says
Right after the recording it is strongly recommended to export it at once to WAV or AIFF, ideally to an external drive, as a safety copy before the editing starts.
- What the platform says
The file of the recording is opened by the standard importer, or by the optional FFmpeg library if it is installed.
- 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
The file of the Recording in Audacity is what the Audacity keeps. The WAV and AIFF files, including all PCM variants, are imported into Audacity with the standard uncompressed files importer. The engine reads the English speech, and the sections Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions come out of it.
Tips
A name that was never said in the Recording in Audacity stays out of the revision deck.
Set the language of the Recording in Audacity before you send the file.
The file of the Recording in Audacity stays on your own disk.
Questions about Recording in Audacity and flashcards for revision
What does the Audacity keep for the Recording in Audacity?
The WAV and AIFF files, including all PCM variants, are imported into Audacity with the standard uncompressed files importer. The file of the Recording in Audacity is the input of the engine, and the revision deck is written from it.
What does the Audacity say about the Recording in Audacity?
A recording that is not exported at once can be lost with a crash of the computer: the manual calls the export a safety copy. The engine reads the English speech of the Recording in Audacity and writes the revision deck from that text.
How is the revision deck built from the Recording in Audacity?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the revision deck in the sections Cards, Terms to define, Self-check questions; every line comes from the transcript of the Recording in Audacity.
Is there a limit to the length of the Recording in Audacity?
One file of the Recording in Audacity may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Recording in Audacity?
Bring the file of the Recording in Audacity to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the revision deck with the time of every line.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Lecture to flashcards for revisionThe 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.
Recording in Audacity to textWhere Audacity keeps the file, what it holds and what the engine does with it.
Sources
- MAudacity manual: Recording (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- MAudacity manual: Importing audio (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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