Discord

Discord call recording to text

Discord call recording to text: upload the recording from Discord 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

The file of Discord is all the service needs: our own transcription engine turns it into a text with a timecode on every segment. One file may be up to 30 minutes, and the speakers are told apart on request.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into text

  1. 1

    Play the voice message

    Open the channel and play the voice message, so the client of the device downloads the audio.

  2. 2

    Mind the format

    The voice message is an OGG container with Opus inside, the format that the client sent.

  3. 3

    Read the waveform

    The waveform of the message shows the shape of the speech, and the length of it is written in the metadata.

  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 Discord keeps, and what it gives

Where Discord keeps the file, and what it says about it
WhatWhat the platform says
Where the file isA voice message of Discord is one audio attachment: Opus at 48 kHz and 32 kbps in an OGG container.
What the file isThe audio of a voice message is Opus at 32 kbps, a compressed file and not a studio recording.
What can go wrongThe client sends the audio itself: a voice message is uploaded as a stream of Opus in an OGG container.
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 a Discord 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

  • The audio track is smaller than the video of the same recording.

  • Check the length before you send it: the free plan takes files of 30 minutes; Pro has no minute limit.

  • Rename the file before you send it: the name of the meeting travels with it.

  • Do not guess the language: a wrong setting shows up in the names.

Questions about Discord files

What do I get back from the Discord file?

A text, one segment per line, with the start and the end time of every segment. The speakers are named on request, and the export comes as TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, CSV or DOCX.

The Discord file is very small. Is that normal?

It can be. A voice message is short, and a meeting that was mostly a screen share has little speech in it. The engine returns what is in the file and nothing more.

Could the service fetch the file from Discord itself?

Not today. The upload widget accepts files only, and no account of ours sits inside Discord. The table above says where the file waits.

How long does the Discord file stay where it is?

That is the rule of Discord and not ours. Take the file as soon as you have it, because a cloud recording can be removed by the platform or by the owner of the account.

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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