The preset scenes of the VoiceTracer adjust the audio settings of the recorder depending on what is recorded: notes, audio for speech recognition, interviews, lectures, meetings, music or a custom scene.
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Dictation into a recorder to structured notes in English
Dictation into a recorder to structured notes 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
With the Dictation into a recorder the engine writes the written notes: the transcript first, then the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions. The speech is in English, the free plan gives 3 files a day, and one file is up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into structured notes
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Choose the scene
The scene for the speech recognition is chosen in the preset scenes of the recorder before the dictation starts
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Attach the recording
The file of the Dictation into a recorder is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the written notes.
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Turn the text into the written notes
The text of the Dictation into a recorder is given to the instruction of the written notes, and the answer is written in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions, one after another.
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Set the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this Dictation into a recorder is in English, and the widget carries that setting for the written notes.
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Check the file before the upload
The dictation of the VoiceTracer is written in the MP3 format, and the memory of the recorder holds 2147 h of MP3 at 8 kbps
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 Dictation keeps, and what it says about it
The Standard mode of the Voice Recorder of a Galaxy phone captures a balanced sound and is best for the voice memos, and the Interview mode captures the sound directed at the top and at the bottom of the phone.
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.
The dictation of the VoiceTracer is written in the MP3 format, and the memory of the recorder holds 2147 h of MP3 at 8 kbps.
Right after the recording it is strongly recommended to export it at once to WAV or AIFF as a safety copy before the editing starts.
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
The case
What the recording does not give you
Before the written notes there is the file of the Dictation into a recorder. The preset scenes of the VoiceTracer adjust the audio settings of the recorder depending on what is recorded: notes, audio for speech recognition, interviews, lectures, meetings, music or a custom scene. The English speech is read once, and the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions are written from it.
Tips
The instruction of the written notes is already written.
Mark the language of the speech of the Dictation into a recorder.
The file of the Dictation into a recorder stays on your own disk.
Questions about Dictation into a recorder and structured notes
What does the Dictation say about the Dictation into a recorder?
The preset scenes of the VoiceTracer adjust the audio settings of the recorder depending on what is recorded: notes, audio for speech recognition, interviews, lectures, meetings, music or a custom scene. The engine reads the English speech of the Dictation into a recorder and writes the written notes from that text.
Which problems can come with the Dictation into a recorder?
If the recording is interrupted by a drop-out, Audacity inserts zeroes to keep the other parts synchronized and adds a label track called Dropouts. The engine does not change the file of the Dictation into a recorder; it reads it as it is and writes the written notes.
What comes back after the English Dictation into a recorder is read?
the written notes in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions, with the time of every line of the recording of the Dictation into a recorder.
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 written notes.
Where does the file of the Dictation into a recorder wait?
On the Dictation. The facts of the table above name the place where the file of the Dictation into a recorder is kept and the way it comes off.
Related pages
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The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Lecture to structured notesThe 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
- WPhilips: VoiceTracer audio recorder DVT4110 and DVT4115 (read 2026-10-25)www.dictation.philips.com · checked
- WSamsung Support: Record voice memos with Voice Recorder on your Galaxy phone (read 2026-10-25)www.samsung.com · checked
- MAudacity manual: Recording (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
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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