Google Drive audio file to show notes in English
Google Drive 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.
Upload the Google Drive audio file and ask for the show notes. The speech is in English, the engine keeps the time of every line, and one file may be up to 30 minutes. The free plan gives 3 files a day.
How to get the file and turn it into show notes
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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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Upload the file
The file of the Google Drive 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.
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Give the transcript to the instruction
The instruction of the task asks for the show notes and puts the answer about the Google Drive audio file into the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.
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Mark the language of the speech
The speech of the Google Drive 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.
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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
- Where the file is
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.
- What the file is
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.
- What can go wrong
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.
- What the platform says
The audio formats MP3, MPEG, WAV, .ogg and .opus are among the file types that can be previewed in Google Drive.
- What the platform says
The preview of Google Drive is a scaled down version of the file, and it can look a little different when it is opened.
- 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 Google Drive audio file holds the voices and the order of the words. 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. From that text comes the show notes, in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes.
Tips
Send the transcript to the instruction only once.
Set the language of the Google Drive audio file before you send the file.
Check who may download the file of the Google Drive audio file.
Questions about Google Drive audio file and show notes
What does the Google Drive keep for 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 file of the Google Drive audio file is the input of the engine, and the show notes is written from it.
What does the Google Drive say about the Google Drive audio file?
A text document that is converted to the Google Docs format can be up to 50 MB. The engine reads the English speech of the Google Drive audio file and writes the show notes from that text.
Who reads the show notes after the Google Drive audio file is sent?
the producer of the episode. The transcript of the Google Drive audio file is read first, and the show notes comes out of it in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes.
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 show notes 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 English speech and writes the show notes.
Related pages
The 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.
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
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