M4A file

M4A audio file to show notes in English

M4A audio file 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

The M4A audio file becomes the show notes: the engine reads the English speech and the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes are written from the transcript. The free plan gives 3 files a day of up to 30 minutes.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into show notes

  1. 1

    Find the file

    Any file type can be stored in Google Drive, so the recording of the phone is uploaded to the account as it is

  2. 2

    Send the recording to the bot

    The recording of the M4A audio file is attached to the widget of the page with the language of the speech set to English, and the show notes comes back as a file of text.

  3. 3

    Run the instruction of the show notes

    The transcript of the M4A audio file goes to the instruction that is written for the show notes, and the sections of the answer are Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes.

  4. 4

    Tell the engine what it hears

    The recording of the M4A audio file is in English, and that is one of the 99+ languages the engine reads; the setting of the widget says English and the show notes follows.

  5. 5

    Check the file before the upload

    In the FAQ of the FFmpeg library of Audacity the M4A is written next to the codec it carries: M4A (AAC), AC3 and WMA

The result

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.

The facts

What M4A keeps, and what it says about it

Where M4A keeps the file, and what it says about it
WhatWhat the platform says
Where the file isAudacity opens an M4A file with the FFmpeg library: it allows the program to import and export a much larger range of audio formats, including M4A (AAC), AC3 and WMA.
What the file isThe Telegram Bot API takes an audio file only in the .MP3 or .M4A format, and it sends a voice message in the .OGG file encoded with OPUS, .MP3 or .M4A format.
What can go wrongGoogle Drive keeps the M4A among the files it stores: any file type can be stored in Drive, and the list of the audio formats it previews names MP3, MPEG, WAV, .ogg and .opus.
What the platform saysIn the FAQ of the FFmpeg library of Audacity the M4A is written next to the codec it carries: M4A (AAC), AC3 and WMA.
What the platform saysA voice message of the Telegram Bot API is an .OGG file encoded with OPUS, an .MP3 file or an .M4A file.
Length of one fileup 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

Audacity opens an M4A file with the FFmpeg library: it allows the program to import and export a much larger range of audio formats, including M4A (AAC), AC3 and WMA. The M4A audio file is read by the engine in English, and the show notes is written from the text, not from a guess.

Tips

  • The sections of the show notes are the same for every recording.

  • The language of the widget is the language of the M4A audio file.

  • The file of the M4A audio file stays on your own disk.

  • Bots can currently send audio files of up to 50 MB in size, and the limit may be changed in the future.

FAQ

Questions about M4A audio file and show notes

Which problems can come with the M4A audio file?

Audacity opens an M4A file with the FFmpeg library: it allows the program to import and export a much larger range of audio formats, including M4A (AAC), AC3 and WMA. The engine does not change the file of the M4A audio file; it reads it as it is and writes the show notes.

What does the M4A say about the M4A audio file?

Bots can currently send audio files of up to 50 MB in size, and the limit may be changed in the future. The engine reads the English speech of the M4A audio file and writes the show notes from that text.

How is the show notes built from the M4A audio file?

The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the show notes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes; every line comes from the transcript of the M4A audio file.

Is there a limit to the length of the M4A audio file?

One file of the M4A audio file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.

Is a link enough for the M4A audio file?

Bring the file of the M4A audio file to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the show notes with the time of every line.

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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