Audacity recording

Recording in Audacity to a blog post in English

Recording in Audacity to a blog post 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.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short

Upload the Recording in Audacity and ask for the blog post. The speech is in English, the engine keeps the time of every line, and one file may be up to 30 minutes. The free plan gives 3 files a day.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into a blog post

  1. 1

    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. 2

    Hand the file over

    The Recording in Audacity goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is English, and the blog post comes back into the chat.

  3. 3

    Ask for the blog post

    The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Recording in Audacity as the author of the post, and the blog post comes in the sections Headline and lead, Outline, Draft.

  4. 4

    Name 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 blog post is written.

  5. 5

    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

The result

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.

The facts

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

The case

What the recording does not give you

The Recording in Audacity holds the voices and the order of the words. The WAV and AIFF files, including all PCM variants, are imported into Audacity with the standard uncompressed files importer. From that text comes the blog post, in the sections Headline and lead, Outline, Draft.

Tips

  • Read the sections of the blog post before you send it on.

  • Set the language of the Recording in Audacity before you send the file.

  • Rename the file of the Recording in Audacity before you send it.

FAQ

Questions about Recording in Audacity and a blog post

Which problems can come with the Recording in Audacity?

The WAV and AIFF files, including all PCM variants, are imported into Audacity with the standard uncompressed files importer. The engine does not change the file of the Recording in Audacity; it reads it as it is and writes the blog post.

What does the Audacity keep for 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 file of the Recording in Audacity is the input of the engine, and the blog post is written from it.

What comes back after the English Recording in Audacity is read?

the blog post in the sections Headline and lead, Outline, Draft, with the time of every line of the recording of the Recording in Audacity.

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 blog post.

Where does the file of the Recording in Audacity wait?

On the Audacity. The facts of the table above name the place where the file of the Recording in Audacity is kept and the way it comes off.

Sources

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    Audacity manual: Recording (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
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    Audacity manual: Importing audio (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
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    Pricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked

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Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute

Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps