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Recording with a microphone to a task list in English

Recording with a microphone 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.

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

What the External microphone stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the task list in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into a task list

  1. 1

    Choose the input

    The sound input of the computer or the mixer of the interface is chosen, and the recording source is picked in the Audio Setup Toolbar or in the Audio Settings Preferences

  2. 2

    Hand the file over

    The recording of the Recording with a microphone is attached to the widget of the page with the language of the speech set to English, and the task list comes back as a file of text.

  3. 3

    Ask the written instruction for the task list

    The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Recording with a microphone as the person who made the memo, and the task list comes in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later.

  4. 4

    Name the language of the speech

    The engine reads 99+ languages; this Recording with a microphone is in English, so the language of the widget is set to English for the task list.

  5. 5

    Check the file before the upload

    When Stereo or Spatial Audio is selected, Voice Memos records using multiple microphones on the iPhone and with right and left audio channels

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 External microphone keeps, and what it says about it

Where the file is

Audacity takes the sound into the computer through the sound input control panel or through the mixer of the audio interface, and the source of the recording is chosen in the Audio Setup Toolbar.

What the file is

A dictaphone with three microphones records a strong separation of the left and the right channel, so a person can be heard live, and a directional microphone records a talk at a distance.

What can go wrong

When Stereo or Spatial Audio is selected, Voice Memos records with several microphones of the iPhone and with the right and the left audio channels.

What the platform says

The channels of the recording follow the channels of the track: a mono recording can be placed on a stereo track, and the mono audio is written to both channels.

What the platform says

When Stereo or Spatial Audio is selected, Voice Memos records using multiple microphones on the iPhone and with right and left audio channels.

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

The case

What the recording does not give you

Audacity takes the sound into the computer through the sound input control panel or through the mixer of the audio interface, and the source of the recording is chosen in the Audio Setup Toolbar. That is the part that depends on the External microphone; everything after it is the work of the task list, and it is the same for every recording.

Tips

  • Read the sections of the task list before you send it on.

  • A recording of the Recording with a microphone in English is read as English.

  • The file of the Recording with a microphone stays on your own disk.

  • The VoiceTracer has 2 omni-directional microphones for stereo recording and 1 directional microphone for distance zoom recording.

FAQ

Questions about Recording with a microphone and a task list

Which problems can come with the Recording with a microphone?

When Stereo or Spatial Audio is selected, Voice Memos records with several microphones of the iPhone and with the right and the left audio channels. The engine does not change the file of the Recording with a microphone; it reads it as it is and writes the task list.

What does the External microphone say about the Recording with a microphone?

The VoiceTracer has 2 omni-directional microphones for stereo recording and 1 directional microphone for distance zoom recording. The engine reads the English speech of the Recording with a microphone and writes the task list from that text.

How is the task list built from the Recording with a microphone?

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 Recording with a microphone.

Is there a limit to the length of the Recording with a microphone?

One file of the Recording with a microphone may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.

Is a link enough for the Recording with a microphone?

Bring the file of the Recording with a microphone to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the task list with the time of every line.

Related pages

Sources

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    Audacity manual: Recording (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
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    Pricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked

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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