Google Drive keeps an .AVI among the video files it stores, next to .MOV and .MPEGPS.
AVI video file to quotes with timestamps in Russian
AVI video file to quotes with timestamps in Russian: 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 AVI stores is what the engine needs. The Russian speech becomes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into quotes with timestamps
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Find the file
The .AVI is one of the video files that Google Drive stores and previews
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Send the recording to the bot
The file of the AVI video file is sent as an attachment; the language of the speech is Russian, and the list of quotations comes back in the export of the service.
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Run the instruction of the list of quotations
The instruction of the list of quotations is written for this task already: it reads the text of the AVI video file and asks for Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes, and it keeps every claim to the transcript.
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Tell the engine what it hears
The engine reads 99+ languages; this AVI video file is in Russian, so the language of the widget is set to Russian for the list of quotations.
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Check the file before the upload
The list of the video files of Google Drive names .AVI next to .MOV, .MPEGPS and .WMV
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 AVI keeps, and what it says about it
The VLC player opens AVI among the input formats it reads, in the same line with MPEG and ASF.
The FFmpeg library of Audacity imports the audio of most video files, so the sound of an AVI file is taken out without a converter.
AVI stands in the list of the input formats of the VLC player, next to MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3) and ASF / WMV / WMA.
The list of the video files of Google Drive names .AVI next to .MOV, .MPEGPS and .WMV.
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
What the recording does not give you
Google Drive keeps an .AVI among the video files it stores, next to .MOV and .MPEGPS. the AVI is only the place where the recording waits; the text and the list of quotations are made by the engine, in Russian.
Tips
Read the sections of the list of quotations before you send it on.
The language of the widget is the language of the AVI video file.
Take the file of the AVI video file as soon as you have it.
The preview of Google Drive is a scaled-down version of the complete file.
The FFmpeg library of Audacity cannot open a file that is DRM-protected to work only in a particular software.
Questions about AVI video file and quotes with timestamps
Which problems can come with the AVI video file?
Google Drive keeps an .AVI among the video files it stores, next to .MOV and .MPEGPS. The engine does not change the file of the AVI video file; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
What does the AVI keep for the AVI video file?
The preview of Google Drive is a scaled-down version of the complete file. The file of the AVI video file is the input of the engine, and the list of quotations is written from it.
What comes back after the Russian AVI video file is read?
the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes, with the time of every line of the recording of the AVI video file.
What do I get without a card?
3 files a day of up to 30 minutes every day, and the export of the text in the formats of the service, so the list of quotations comes back in every one of them.
Do I need an account for the AVI video file?
The file of the AVI video file and the widget are enough: the engine reads the Russian speech and writes the list of quotations.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Interview to quotes with timestampsThe 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
- SGoogle Drive Help: Files you can store in Google Drive (read 2026-10-25)support.google.com · checked
- WVLC features: the formats it plays (read 2026-10-25)www.videolan.org · checked
- MAudacity manual: FFmpeg Import/Export Library (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
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.