M4A audio file to a blog post in Russian
M4A audio file to a blog post in Russian: 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.
With the M4A audio file the engine writes the blog post: the transcript first, then the sections Headline and lead, Outline, Draft. The speech is in Russian, the free plan gives 3 files a day, and one file is up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into a blog post
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Send it as a voice message
For a voice message the Telegram Bot API asks for an .OGG file encoded with OPUS, an .MP3 file or an .M4A file
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Give the file to the service
The file of the M4A audio file is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as Russian; the answer comes back as the blog post.
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Turn the text into the blog post
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the M4A audio file as the author of the post, and the blog post comes in the sections Headline and lead, Outline, Draft.
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Tell the engine what it hears
The speech of the M4A audio file is Russian, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on Russian while the blog post is written.
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Check the file before the upload
A voice message of the Telegram Bot API is an .OGG file encoded with OPUS, an .MP3 file or an .M4A file
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 M4A keeps, and what it says about it
- Where the file is
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.
- What the file is
The 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 wrong
Google 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 says
In 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 says
A voice message of the Telegram Bot API is an .OGG file encoded with OPUS, an .MP3 file or an .M4A 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
What the recording does not give you
The file of the M4A audio file is what the M4A keeps. Google 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. The engine reads the Russian speech, and the sections Headline and lead, Outline, Draft come out of it.
Tips
The instruction of the blog post is already written.
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.
Questions about M4A audio file and a blog post
What does the M4A keep for 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 file of the M4A audio file is the input of the engine, and the blog post is written from it.
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 Russian speech of the M4A audio file and writes the blog post from that text.
Who reads the blog post after the M4A audio file is sent?
the author of the post. The transcript of the M4A audio file is read first, and the blog post comes out of it in the sections Headline and lead, Outline, Draft.
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 blog post with the time of every line.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Video to a blog postThe 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
- MAudacity manual: FFmpeg Import/Export Library (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- CTelegram Bot API (read 2026-10-25)core.telegram.org · 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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