Any file type can be stored in Google Drive, and the limit for a file that is not a Google Docs, Sheets or Slides file is 5 TB.
Google Drive audio file to quotes with timestamps in Russian
Google Drive audio file to quotes with timestamps in Russian: 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.
What the Google Drive stores is what the engine needs. The Russian speech becomes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into quotes with timestamps
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Find the file
The file is opened on drive.google.com, and it is found through the folders of the left panel or through the search of Drive
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Hand the file over
The Google Drive audio file goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is Russian, and the list of quotations comes back into the chat.
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Run the instruction of the list of quotations
The text of the Google Drive audio file is given to the instruction of the list of quotations, and the answer is written in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes, one after another.
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Name the language of the speech
The speech of the Google Drive audio file is Russian, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on Russian while the list of quotations is written.
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Check the file before the upload
The preview of Google Drive is a scaled down version of the file, and it can look a little different when it is opened
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 Google Drive keeps, and what it says about it
The files are put in order with folders: a file is dragged and dropped into a folder, and the file can be found again through the folders of the left panel.
A description is added to a file or a folder in the panel of details on the right; the description can be written in rich text.
The audio formats MP3, MPEG, WAV, .ogg and .opus are among the file types that can be previewed in Google Drive.
The preview of Google Drive is a scaled down version of the file, and it can look a little different when it is opened.
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
The file of the Google Drive audio file is what the Google Drive keeps. Any file type can be stored in Google Drive, and the limit for a file that is not a Google Docs, Sheets or Slides file is 5 TB. The engine reads the Russian speech, and the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes come out of it.
Tips
The instruction of the list of quotations is already written.
Set the language of the Google Drive audio file before you send the file.
A file over 30 minutes has to be cut into parts; the Pro plan takes a recording of any length.
Questions about Google Drive audio file and quotes with timestamps
Which problems can come with the Google Drive audio file?
A description is added to a file or a folder in the panel of details on the right; the description can be written in rich text. The engine does not change the file of the Google Drive audio file; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
What does the Google Drive keep for the Google Drive audio file?
A text document that is converted to the Google Docs format can be up to 50 MB. The file of the Google Drive audio file is the input of the engine, and the list of quotations is written from it.
What comes back after the Russian Google Drive audio file is read?
the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes, with the time of every line of the recording of the Google Drive audio file.
What do I get without a card?
3 files a day of up to 30 minutes every day, and the export of the text in the formats of the service, so the list of quotations comes back in every one of them.
Do I need an account for the Google Drive audio file?
The file of the Google Drive audio file and the widget are enough: the engine reads the Russian speech and writes the list of quotations.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Interview to quotes with timestampsThe 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.
Google Drive audio file to textWhere Google Drive keeps the file, what it holds and what the engine does with it.
Sources
- SGoogle Drive help: files you can store in Google Drive (read 2026-10-25)support.google.com · checked
- SGoogle Drive help: organize your files in Google Drive (read 2026-10-25)support.google.com · checked
- SGoogle Drive help: use Google Drive for desktop (read 2026-10-25)support.google.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.