The file is downloaded from dropbox.com: you log in, hover over the file, tick the checkbox next to it and press Download.
Dropbox file to structured notes in English
Dropbox file 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.
The file of the Dropbox file is the input of this page, and the Dropbox keeps it, Transcribsi reads the English speech and writes the written notes in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions. One file may be up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into structured notes
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Sign in to dropbox.com
You open dropbox.com and sign in to the account with the recording
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Attach the recording
The file of the Dropbox file is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the written notes.
- 3
Turn the text into the written notes
The text of the Dropbox file 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 Dropbox file is in English, and the widget carries that setting for the written notes.
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Check the file before the upload
The comments of a file are downloaded as a .txt file that is created automatically
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 Dropbox keeps, and what it says about it
A folder is downloaded the same way: the checkboxes of the files and of the folders are ticked and Download is pressed.
The comments of a file are downloaded from the file itself: the comments icon in the upper right corner, then the more options icon and Download comments.
A folder is downloaded as a compressed .zip file.
The comments of a file are downloaded as a .txt file that is created automatically.
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
What the recording does not give you
Before the written notes there is the file of the Dropbox file. The file is downloaded from dropbox.com: you log in, hover over the file, tick the checkbox next to it and press Download. 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 Dropbox file.
The file of the Dropbox file stays on your own disk.
Because of the limits of the browser and of the network, Dropbox recommends the desktop app for the large files.
Questions about Dropbox file and structured notes
What does the Dropbox say about the Dropbox file?
A folder is downloaded the same way: the checkboxes of the files and of the folders are ticked and Download is pressed. The engine reads the English speech of the Dropbox file and writes the written notes from that text.
Which problems can come with the Dropbox file?
Because of the limits of the browser and of the network, Dropbox recommends the desktop app for the large files. The engine does not change the file of the Dropbox file; it reads it as it is and writes the written notes.
What comes back after the English Dropbox file is read?
the written notes in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions, with the time of every line of the recording of the Dropbox file.
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 Dropbox file wait?
On the Dropbox. The facts of the table above name the place where the file of the Dropbox file is kept and the way it comes off.
Related pages
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.
Dropbox file to textWhere Dropbox keeps the file, what it holds and what the engine does with it.
Sources
- HDropbox help: how to download a file or folder from Dropbox (read 2026-10-25)help.dropbox.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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.