Discord, step by step

How to transcribe Discord audio

How to transcribe Discord audio: the steps that take the recording from Discord and turn it into text, with the export that comes back. Free $0, 3 files a day.

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

For how to transcribe Discord audio, the work starts with the file, and the file comes from the platform. Every segment of the text keeps the moment it was said. The free plan is $0 with 3 files a day, and one file may be 30 minutes.

How it works

How to transcribe Discord audio, step by step

  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

    Send the file to the engine

    Drop the file of the recording from Discord on the widget above, set the language and switch the speaker split on when more than one person talks.

  5. 5

    Read the text, fix a name

    The text comes back one segment per line, with the start and the end time of every piece. A wrong name is fixed in the editor.

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

How Discord stores the file, and what it says about it

Where the file is

A voice message of Discord is one audio attachment: Opus at 48 kHz and 32 kbps in an OGG container.

What can go wrong

The client sends the audio itself: a voice message is uploaded as a stream of Opus in an OGG container.

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

The case

What the recording does not give you

The work that follows the recording from Discord waits for a person with an hour and a half. Everything that comes after the recording asks for an hour of somebody's time, and that hour is hard to find. The engine reads the recording from Discord once and hands the text back, so nobody has to listen to it twice.

Tips

  • Name the file of the recording from Discord after the meeting, not after the day.

  • Discord gives the file, but the name of the file is yours to choose.

  • Check the length of the recording from Discord before the upload: 30 minutes is the limit of one file.

  • Over 30 minutes on the free plan a file has to be cut before sending; Pro has no minute limit.

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

FAQ

Questions about how to transcribe Discord audio

What are the steps to transcribe Discord audio?

The file of the recording from Discord is the input, and the engine reads it as it is: no conversion, no link, and no account.

What do I need before I transcribe Discord audio?

Bring the recording from Discord to your disk and upload it here; our own engine returns the text with the time of every line.

Do I need an account to transcribe Discord audio?

Our own engine reads the recording from Discord and keeps the time of every segment, so the work ends with a document.

What is in the file after I transcribe Discord audio?

Send the recording from Discord to the widget and the text comes back as a document, with the speakers on request.

Is there a faster way to transcribe Discord audio?

There is one step before the engine: the file of the recording from Discord has to be on your own disk.

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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