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 a task list in English
Google Drive audio 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.
One Google Drive audio file is enough for the task list. The engine reads it in English and writes the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later, and every line of the answer comes from the recording. The free plan gives 3 files a day.
How to get the file and turn it into a task list
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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 recording of the Google Drive audio file 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.
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Apply the instruction of the task
The instruction of the task asks for the task list and puts the answer about the Google Drive audio file into the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.
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Name the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; this Google Drive audio file is in English, so the language of the widget is set to English for the task list.
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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
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. That is the part that depends on the Google Drive; everything after it is the work of the task list, and it is the same for every recording.
Tips
A name that was never said in the Google Drive audio file stays out of the task list.
The language of the widget is the language of the Google Drive audio file.
Take the file of the Google Drive audio file as soon as you have it.
Questions about Google Drive audio file and a task list
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 task list 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 task list from that text.
Who reads the task list after the Google Drive audio file is sent?
the person who made the memo. The transcript of the Google Drive audio file is read first, and the task list comes out of it in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later.
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 task list 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 task list.
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.
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.