The Voice Memos app of a phone records with the built-in microphone or with an external one.
Interview
Interview recording to show notes in English
Interview recording 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.
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 English speech becomes the show notes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into show notes
- 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 file of the Interview recording is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the show notes.
- 3
Give the transcript to the instruction
The instruction of the task asks for the show notes and puts the answer about the Interview recording into the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.
- 4
Name the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this Interview recording is in English, and the widget carries that setting for the show notes.
- 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
Before the show notes there is the file of the Interview recording. The Voice Memos app of a phone records with the built-in microphone or with an external one. The English speech is read once, and the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes are written from it.
Tips
The sections of the show notes are the same for every recording.
The language of the widget is the language of the Interview recording.
The file of the Interview recording stays on your own disk.
The recording of an interview is only as good as the microphone it was made with.
Questions about Interview recording and show notes
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 show notes is written from it.
What does the Phone recorder say about the Interview recording?
The recording of an interview is only as good as the microphone it was made with. The engine reads the English speech of the Interview recording and writes the show notes from that text.
Who reads the show notes after the Interview recording is sent?
the producer of the episode. The transcript of the Interview recording 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 Interview recording?
The file of the Interview recording and the widget are enough: the engine reads the English speech and writes the show notes.
Related pages
- The same task on interview recording 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.
- 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
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.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps