The Recorder app of a phone labels the sounds of the recording and makes a transcript of it.
Lecture, compared
Best lecture transcription app
Best lecture transcription app: what to compare before you pick a service, what the file gives and what the engine adds to it. Free $0, 3 files a day.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
Phone recorder is not part of the upload: the engine reads a file and not a page. Every segment of the recording of the lecture keeps the moment it was said. The free plan is $0, and Pro is $10 a month paid yearly ($120 a year).
Best lecture transcription app: what to compare
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Mind the length
The Recorder app records up to 18 hours, so one lecture can be a very long file.
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Take the file off Phone recorder
Open Phone recorder on the device where the recording was made, find the file and take it down. Nothing else of the platform is needed afterwards.
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Send the file to the engine
Drop the file of the recording of the lecture on the widget above, set the language and switch the speaker split on when more than one person talks.
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Read the text, fix a name
The text comes back one segment per line, with the start and the end time of every piece. A wrong name is fixed in the editor.
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 says about the file, and where the plans differ
$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
What the recording of the lecture does not give you is a text you can search, quote or hand over. Everything after the meeting is decided by what was written down, and by what can be found in it later. Our own engine reads the recording of the lecture once, and the text of it is yours to work with.
Tips
Take CSV when the text of the recording of the lecture has to go into a spreadsheet.
Markdown is the format to keep the text of the recording of the lecture in a wiki.
DOCX is the format for a review of the recording of the lecture, and it comes with Pro.
The limit of one file is 30 minutes on the free plan, and the Pro plan has no minute limit.
Read the first lines of the text before you send the file of the recording of the lecture out.
Questions about the best lecture transcription app
What should I ask about the price of the best lecture transcription app?
For best lecture transcription app, one file is enough: the recording of the lecture is uploaded to the widget above and the text comes back.
Can I try the best lecture transcription app before I pay?
Take the recording of the lecture first, then send the file to our own engine: the text comes back one segment per line.
What should I compare in the best lecture transcription app?
The engine does not care where the recording came from: Phone recorder only decides where the file waits for you.
What should I test in the best lecture transcription app?
Give the recording of the lecture to the engine as it is, and every line of the text keeps the time of the moment it was said.
Is the best lecture transcription app worth the money?
One upload is enough: the recording of the lecture goes to the widget, and the text of it comes back as a document.
Related pages
- Lecture recording to textLecture recording to text: the file of Phone recorder, the limits of it and the price of the service.
- Lecture recording to notesLecture recording to notes: what Phone recorder says about the recording, and what the engine adds to it.
- How to transcribe a lectureHow to transcribe a lecture: the same question about Phone recorder, with the steps and the free plan.
- Transcribe a lectureA room, a microphone and a text that can be read the next morning.
Sources
- SGoogle Pixel help: the Recorder app (read 2026-10-24)support.google.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