What does the Box keep for the Box file?
The chosen items are downloaded together in a single zip file. The file of the Box file is the input of the engine, and the minutes is written from it.
Box
Box file to file in English
Box file to file 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. The engine reads 99+ languages.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
Upload the Box file and ask for the minutes. 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 to get the file and turn it into file
- 1
Confirm the download
The button Download is pressed and the items are downloaded together in a single zip file
- 2
Give the file to the service
The Box file goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is English, and the minutes comes back into the chat.
- 3
Ask the written instruction for the minutes
The instruction that is set for this task goes through the transcript of the Box file and writes the minutes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item; nothing is added that was not said.
- 4
Set the language of the speech
The speech of the Box file is English, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on English while the minutes is written.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
The download of a folder arrives as one zip file, and several items are downloaded together in a single zip file
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
| What | What the platform says |
|---|---|
| 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 |
The case
What the recording does not give you
The Box file holds the voices and the order of the words. The chosen items are downloaded together in a single zip file. From that text comes the minutes, in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item.
Tips
The sections of the minutes are the same for every recording.
A recording of the Box file in English is read as English.
Rename the file of the Box file before you send it.
Questions about Box file and file
What does the Box say about 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 engine reads the English speech of the Box file and writes the minutes from that text.
How is the minutes built from the Box file?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the minutes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item; every line comes from the transcript of the Box file.
Is there a limit to the length of the Box file?
One file of the Box file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Box file?
Bring the file of the Box file to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the minutes with the time of every line.
Related pages
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Meeting minutes ready to fileThe 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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3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps