Box file to quotes with timestamps in English
Box file to quotes with timestamps 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 Box stores is what the engine needs. The English 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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Take the file out of the archive
The zip file is unpacked on the device, and the file inside is the one that is transcribed
- 2
Hand the file over
The widget takes the file of the Box file as it is and marks the speech as English, so the engine does not have to guess what it is about.
- 3
Apply the instruction of the task
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Box file as the editor of the interview, and the list of quotations comes in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
- 4
Name the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; this Box file is in English, so the language of the widget is set to English for the list of quotations.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
A file downloaded from Firefox with the option Open In arrives in the read-only mode
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 Box keeps, and what it says about it
- Where the file is
The file is taken from the Box account with the download icon of the item.
- What the file is
The chosen items are downloaded together in a single zip file.
- What can go wrong
A folder is downloaded to the computer as a zipped file.
- What the platform says
The download of a folder arrives as one zip file, and several items are downloaded together in a single zip file.
- What the platform says
A file downloaded from Firefox with the option Open In arrives in the read-only mode.
- 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
A folder is downloaded to the computer as a zipped file. the Box is only the place where the recording waits; the text and the list of quotations are made by the engine, in English.
Tips
The sections of the list of quotations are the same for every recording.
The language of the widget is the language of the Box file.
The file of the Box file stays on your own disk.
Questions about Box file and quotes with timestamps
Which problems can come with the Box file?
The chosen items are downloaded together in a single zip file. The engine does not change the file of the Box file; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
What does the Box keep for the Box file?
A shared folder applies the size limit of the plan of the owner of the folder, whatever the plan of the collaborators is. The file of the Box file is the input of the engine, and the list of quotations is written from it.
Who reads the list of quotations after the Box file is sent?
the editor of the interview. The transcript of the Box file is read first, and the list of quotations comes out of it in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
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 Box file?
The file of the Box file and the widget are enough: the engine reads the English speech and writes the list of quotations.
Related pages
- The same task on box file to text meeting action items ruThe 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
- SBox help: download files and folders from Box (read 2026-10-25)support.box.com · checked
- SBox help: common issues with downloading files (read 2026-10-25)support.box.com · checked
- SBox help: understand the maximum file size you can upload to Box (read 2026-10-25)support.box.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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