Recording of several hours to quotes with timestamps in English
Recording of several hours 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.
What the Long recording 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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Choose the quality
The quality of the recording decides the length: the memory of the VoiceTracer holds 2147 h of MP3 at 8 kbps and 12 h of PCM at 44.1 kHz/16 bit
- 2
Hand the file over
The widget takes the file of the Recording of several hours as it is and marks the speech as English, so the engine does not have to guess what it is about.
- 3
Apply the instruction of the task
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Recording of several hours as the editor of the interview, and the list of quotations comes in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
- 4
Mark the language of the speech
The recording of the Recording of several hours is in English, and that is one of the 99+ languages the engine reads; the setting of the widget says English and the list of quotations follows.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
The file of the Sound Recorder of Windows holds up to three hours of the sound
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 Long recording keeps, and what it says about it
- Where the file is
Sound Recorder of Windows records the sound for up to three hours per recording file, so the meeting of a whole day is split into several files.
- What the file is
The memory of the VoiceTracer holds 2147 h of MP3 at 8 kbps, 536 h at 32 kbps, 134 h at 128 kbps, 53 h at 320 kbps and 12 h of PCM at 44.1 kHz/16 bit.
- What can go wrong
Google Drive keeps any file type, and every file of the account except the documents and the images has a limit of up to 5 TB.
- What the platform says
The length of the recording of the VoiceTracer depends on the format and on the quality: 2147 h of MP3 at 8 kbps and 24 h of PCM at 22 kHz/16 bit.
- What the platform says
The file of the Sound Recorder of Windows holds up to three hours of the sound.
- 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
What the recording does not give you
Google Drive keeps any file type, and every file of the account except the documents and the images has a limit of up to 5 TB. The Recording of several hours is read by the engine in English, and the list of quotations is written from the text, not from a guess.
Tips
A name that was never said in the Recording of several hours stays out of the list of quotations.
The engine does not translate the Recording of several hours from English.
Rename the file of the Recording of several hours before you send it.
The app of Windows writes up to three hours per recording file, so a longer talk is written as several files.
Questions about Recording of several hours and quotes with timestamps
Which problems can come with the Recording of several hours?
Google Drive keeps any file type, and every file of the account except the documents and the images has a limit of up to 5 TB. The engine does not change the file of the Recording of several hours; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
What does the Long recording keep for the Recording of several hours?
The app of Windows writes up to three hours per recording file, so a longer talk is written as several files. The file of the Recording of several hours is the input of the engine, and the list of quotations is written from it.
Who reads the list of quotations after the Recording of several hours is sent?
the editor of the interview. The transcript of the Recording of several hours is read first, and the list of quotations comes out of it in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
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 list of quotations comes back in every one of them.
Do I need an account for the Recording of several hours?
The file of the Recording of several hours and the widget are enough: the engine reads the English speech and writes the list of quotations.
Related pages
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.
Sources
- SMicrosoft Support: Sound Recorder app for Windows FAQ (read 2026-10-25)support.microsoft.com · checked
- WPhilips: VoiceTracer audio recorder DVT4110 and DVT4115 (read 2026-10-25)www.dictation.philips.com · checked
- SGoogle Drive Help: Files you can store in Google Drive (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
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