What does the Phone recorder say about the Lecture recording?
The recording of the Recorder app is kept in the Files app of the phone. The engine reads the English speech of the Lecture recording and writes the list of quotations from that text.
Lecture
Lecture recording to quotes with timestamps in English
Lecture recording to quotes with timestamps 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 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
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Mind the length
The Recorder app records up to 18 hours, so one lecture can be a very long file
- 2
Attach the recording
The engine takes the Lecture recording from the widget of the page; the speech is in English, and the list of quotations comes back with the timecodes.
- 3
Ask the task for the list of quotations
The text of the Lecture recording is given to the instruction of the list of quotations, and the answer is written in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes, one after another.
- 4
Tell the engine what it hears
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this Lecture recording is in English, and the widget carries that setting for the list of quotations.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
The Recorder app of a phone labels the sounds of the recording and makes a transcript of it
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
| What | What the platform says |
|---|---|
| Where the file is | A lecture is recorded the way the room is recorded: with the Voice Memos app of a phone, with the Recorder app, or with a meeting platform. |
| What the file is | The recording of the Recorder app is kept in the Files app of the phone. |
| What can go wrong | The Recorder app of a phone labels the sounds of the recording and makes a transcript of it. |
| What the platform says | The Recorder app records up to 18 hours, so one lecture can be a very long file. |
| 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 |
The case
What the recording does not give you
The recording of the Recorder app is kept in the Files app of the phone. The Lecture recording from the Phone recorder is only the input: the engine reads the English speech and writes the list of quotations out of the transcript.
Tips
The instruction of the list of quotations is already written.
A recording of the Lecture recording in English is read as English.
A file over 30 minutes has to be cut into parts; the Pro plan takes a recording of any length.
The Recorder app records up to 18 hours, so one lecture can be a very long file.
Questions about Lecture recording and quotes with timestamps
Which problems can come with the Lecture recording?
The Recorder app records up to 18 hours, so one lecture can be a very long file. The engine does not change the file of the Lecture recording; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
How is the list of quotations built from the Lecture recording?
The engine reads the English 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 Lecture recording.
Is there a limit to the length of the Lecture recording?
One file of the Lecture recording may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Lecture recording?
Bring the file of the Lecture recording to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the list of quotations with the time of every line.
Related pages
The same task on lecture recording to text meeting action items ru
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.
Lecture 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
- 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
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