FLAC audio file to show notes in English
FLAC audio file to show 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.
A English FLAC audio file is read once and comes back as the show notes. The answer keeps the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes and the time of every line, and the free plan gives 3 files a day of up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into show notes
- 1
Open it in an audio program
The FLAC files are imported into Audacity together with MP3, Ogg Vorbis and MP2, without the FFmpeg library
- 2
Send the file to the engine
The file of the FLAC audio file is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the show notes.
- 3
Ask for the show notes
The instruction of the show notes is written for this task already: it reads the text of the FLAC audio file and asks for Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes, and it keeps every claim to the transcript.
- 4
Mark the language of the speech
The speech of the FLAC audio file is English, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on English while the show notes is written.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
In the table of the codecs and the containers of OBS Studio the FLAC row names the MP4 and MKV containers
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 FLAC keeps, and what it says about it
- Where the file is
Audacity imports FLAC among the formats it reads with its own importer, together with MP3, Ogg Vorbis and MP2.
- What the file is
The VLC player reads FLAC among the audio formats it plays: the list names FLAC next to ALAC and APE.
- What can go wrong
The FLAC codec is used by OBS Studio with the MP4 and MKV containers.
- What the platform says
FLAC stands in the list of the audio formats of VLC next to ALAC, Musepack, Wavpack and TrueAudio.
- What the platform says
In the table of the codecs and the containers of OBS Studio the FLAC row names the MP4 and MKV containers.
- 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
The file of the FLAC audio file is what the FLAC keeps. Audacity imports FLAC among the formats it reads with its own importer, together with MP3, Ogg Vorbis and MP2. The engine reads the English speech, and the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes come out of it.
Tips
The sections of the show notes are the same for every recording.
The language of the widget is the language of the FLAC audio file.
The file of the FLAC audio file stays on your own disk.
Questions about FLAC audio file and show notes
What does the FLAC say about the FLAC audio file?
The FLAC codec is used by OBS Studio with the MP4 and MKV containers. The engine reads the English speech of the FLAC audio file and writes the show notes from that text.
Which problems can come with the FLAC audio file?
A FLAC file that is DRM-protected to work only in a particular software cannot be opened with the FFmpeg library of Audacity. The engine does not change the file of the FLAC audio file; it reads it as it is and writes the show notes.
What comes back after the English FLAC audio file is read?
the show notes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes, with the time of every line of the recording of the FLAC audio 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 show notes.
Where does the file of the FLAC audio file wait?
On the FLAC. The facts of the table above name the place where the file of the FLAC audio file is kept and the way it comes off.
Related pages
- The same task on flac audio file to text voice memo to todo ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Podcast episode to show 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.
Sources
- MAudacity manual: Importing audio (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- WVLC features: the formats it plays (read 2026-10-25)www.videolan.org · checked
- OOBS Knowledge Base: Audio and Video Formats Guide (read 2026-10-25)obsproject.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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