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.
Recording of several hours to file in English
Recording of several hours to file 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.
The Recording of several hours from the Long recording becomes the minutes: the engine reads the English speech and the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item are written from the transcript. The free plan gives 3 files a day of up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into file
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Check the free space
Google Drive keeps any file type up to 5 TB, and the free space of the account is checked before the files are uploaded
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Attach the recording
The Recording of several hours goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is English, and the minutes comes back into the chat.
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Apply the instruction of the task
The text of the Recording of several hours is given to the instruction of the minutes, and the answer is written in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item, one after another.
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Tell the engine what it hears
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this Recording of several hours is in English, and the widget carries that setting for the minutes.
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Check the file before the upload
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 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
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.
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 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.
The file of the Sound Recorder of Windows holds up to three hours of the sound.
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
What the recording does not give you
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. The Recording of several hours from the Long recording is only the input: the engine reads the English speech and writes the minutes out of the transcript.
Tips
The instruction of the minutes is already written.
Set the language of the Recording of several hours before you send the file.
Take the file of the Recording of several hours as soon as you have 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 file
What does the Long recording say about 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 reads the English speech of the Recording of several hours and writes the minutes from that text.
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 minutes is written from it.
Who reads the minutes after the Recording of several hours is sent?
the person who keeps the record. The transcript of the Recording of several hours is read first, and the minutes comes out of it in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item.
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 minutes 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 minutes.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Meeting minutes ready to fileThe 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
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.