Dictaphone

Dictaphone recording to text

Dictaphone recording to text: upload the recording of the dictaphone and get the text of it with a timecode on every segment, the speakers on request, and TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV or DOCX out. Free $0, 3 files a day.

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

Here is the whole path: take the recording of the dictaphone from Olympus dictaphone, send the file to the widget on this page, and the text comes back one segment per line. The free plan is $0 and gives 3 files a day.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into text

  1. 1

    Check the record mode

    The mode of the dictaphone is shown on its screen: PCM, MP3 or WMA.

  2. 2

    Play it back

    The recording is kept in the memory of the device and is played back on the device itself.

  3. 3

    Mind the format

    The Linear PCM mode is an uncompressed WAV, and the MP3 and the WMA modes are the compressed ones.

  4. 4

    Read it, fix a name, export

    The text comes back one segment per line, with the start and the end time of every piece. Fix a name in the editor and export TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, CSV or DOCX.

  5. 5

    Wait for the transcript

    Our own measurement on a short file was 0.84 s. A long recording goes through a queue and is saved to your account, so the text is there when you come back for it.

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 Olympus dictaphone keeps, and what it gives

Where Olympus dictaphone keeps the file, and what it says about it
WhatWhat the platform says
Where the file isThe recording of an Olympus dictaphone stays in the memory of the device, and it is played back on the device itself.
What the file isThe dictaphones of Olympus record in Linear PCM, MP3 and WMA, and they play those three formats back.
What can go wrongThe mode of the device is shown on its screen, and it decides the format of the file: PCM, MP3 or WMA.
What usually failsThe Linear PCM mode is an uncompressed WAV, and the MP3 and the WMA modes are the compressed ones.
Length of one fileup 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

Say one word of a decision three weeks later and see whether you can find it. In an Olympus dictaphone recording that word lives in a sound file that nobody can skim. Send the file through our own transcription engine and it comes back as text, one segment per line, with the start and the end time of every piece. A search then turns into a quotation with a timestamp.

Tips

  • A file called meeting-2026-10-24 tells you nothing in November.

  • Set the language yourself when you know it, or leave it on automatic detection.

  • A meeting of four voices needs the speaker split, otherwise the names stay empty.

  • DOCX is the format for a review or a hand-off, and it comes with Pro.

Questions about Olympus dictaphone files

Can I send the video of the Olympus dictaphone recording?

Yes, a video file is read as well and the audio inside it is enough. If you want the file small, take the audio track of the same recording instead.

What if the Olympus dictaphone file records somebody else?

Then it is the rule of any conversation: the people in the room have to know that it is being recorded. Nothing in this service changes that duty.

What size may the Olympus dictaphone file be?

up to 30 minutes, on every plan. A longer Olympus dictaphone recording has to be cut into parts before it is sent here.

Does the Olympus dictaphone file keep working after the download?

On your device, yes: the file you took down is yours. What may change is the copy of Olympus dictaphone, because a cloud recording can be deleted by its owner.

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Transcribe any audio file

The plain version of the service: a file in, a text with the times out.

Sources

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Reading: 4 minutesUpdated Transcribsi editorial team

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