The Voice Memos app of a phone records with the built-in microphone or with an external one.
Interview
Interview recording to quotes with timestamps in Russian
Interview recording 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.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
What the Phone recorder 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
- 1
Agree the recording
A recorded call is announced to both sides, so the recording of an interview is agreed out loud
- 2
Upload the file
The Interview recording goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is Russian, and the list of quotations comes back into the chat.
- 3
Give the transcript to the instruction
The transcript of the Interview recording goes to the instruction that is written for the list of quotations, and the sections of the answer are Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
- 4
Name the language of the speech
The speech of the Interview recording is Russian, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on Russian while the list of quotations is written.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
A meeting recorded on Zoom comes as an MP4 video or as an M4A audio
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 Phone recorder keeps, and what it says about it
A recorded phone call is kept in Call Recordings inside the Notes app, and both people hear a notice about it.
A meeting recorded on Zoom comes as an MP4 video or as an M4A audio.
The recording of an interview is only as good as the microphone it was made with.
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
The case
What the recording does not give you
The Interview recording from the Phone recorder holds the voices and the order of the words. A recorded phone call is kept in Call Recordings inside the Notes app, and both people hear a notice about it. From that text comes the list of quotations, in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
Tips
Read the sections of the list of quotations before you send it on.
The language of the widget is the language of the Interview recording.
Take the file of the Interview recording as soon as you have it.
The recording of an interview is only as good as the microphone it was made with.
Questions about Interview recording and quotes with timestamps
What does the Phone recorder keep for the Interview recording?
The Voice Memos app of a phone records with the built-in microphone or with an external one. The file of the Interview recording is the input of the engine, and the list of quotations is written from it.
Which problems can come with the Interview recording?
The recording of an interview is only as good as the microphone it was made with. The engine does not change the file of the Interview recording; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
How is the list of quotations built from the Interview recording?
The engine reads the Russian speech and the instruction writes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; every line comes from the transcript of the Interview recording.
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 list of quotations.
Where does the file of the Interview recording wait?
On the Phone recorder. The facts of the table above name the place where the file of the Interview recording is kept and the way it comes off.
Related pages
The same task on interview recording to text meeting minutes en
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.
Interview recording to textWhere Phone recorder keeps the file, what it holds and what the engine does with it.
Sources
- SiPhone user guide: make a recording (read 2026-10-24)support.apple.com · checked
- SiPhone user guide: record and transcribe a call (read 2026-10-24)support.apple.com · checked
- SZoom help: the files of a meeting (MP4, M4A, chat, CC.VTT) (read 2026-10-24)support.zoom.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
Reading: 4 minutesUpdated Transcribsi editorial team
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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