Dropbox file to a task list in English
Dropbox file to a task list 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.
With the Dropbox file the engine writes the task list: the transcript first, then the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later. 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 a task list
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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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Send the recording to the bot
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 task list.
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Ask the written instruction for the task list
The transcript of the Dropbox file goes to the instruction that is written for the task list, and the sections of the answer are Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later.
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Tell the engine what it hears
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this Dropbox file is in English, and the widget carries that setting for the task list.
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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
- Where the file is
The file is downloaded from dropbox.com: you log in, hover over the file, tick the checkbox next to it and press Download.
- What the file is
A folder is downloaded the same way: the checkboxes of the files and of the folders are ticked and Download is pressed.
- What can go wrong
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.
- What the platform says
A folder is downloaded as a compressed .zip file.
- What the platform says
The comments of a file are downloaded as a .txt file that is created automatically.
- 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
- Pro plan
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
What the recording does not give you
Before the task list 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 Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later are written from it.
Tips
Read the sections of the task list before you send it on.
A recording of the Dropbox file in English is read as English.
The file of the Dropbox file stays on your own disk.
Questions about Dropbox file and a task list
Which problems can come with 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 does not change the file of the Dropbox file; it reads it as it is and writes the task list.
What does the Dropbox say about 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 reads the English speech of the Dropbox file and writes the task list from that text.
How is the task list built from the Dropbox file?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the task list in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later; every line comes from the transcript of the Dropbox file.
Is there a limit to the length of the Dropbox file?
One file of the Dropbox file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Dropbox file?
Bring the file of the Dropbox file to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the task list with the time of every line.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Voice memo to a task listThe 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
Reading: 4 minutesUpdated Transcribsi editorial team
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