Audacity imports the WAV and AIFF files, including all PCM variants, and a raw PCM file without a standard header is imported with File > Import > Raw Data.
PCM file
PCM audio file to structured notes in English
PCM audio file to structured 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
With the PCM audio file the engine writes the written notes: the transcript first, then the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions. The speech is in English, 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 structured notes
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Check the header
A file with a standard header is imported as an ordinary audio file; a raw PCM file is imported with File > Import > Raw Data
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Attach the recording
The file of the PCM audio file is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the written notes.
- 3
Turn the text into the written notes
The text of the PCM audio file is given to the instruction of the written notes, and the answer is written in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions, one after another.
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Set the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this PCM audio file is in English, and the widget carries that setting for the written notes.
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Check the file before the upload
In the table of the codecs and the containers of OBS Studio the PCM row names the MP4, MOV and MKV containers
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 PCM keeps, and what it says about it
The PCM codec is used by OBS Studio together with the MP4, MOV and MKV containers, as the uncompressed audio of the table.
The VoiceTracer of Philips records in the PCM (WAV) format, a stereo recording without compression.
LPCM stands in the list of the audio formats of the VLC player, next to AMR (3GPP) and ADPCM.
In the table of the codecs and the containers of OBS Studio the PCM row names the MP4, MOV and MKV containers.
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
The case
What the recording does not give you
Before the written notes there is the file of the PCM audio file. Audacity imports the WAV and AIFF files, including all PCM variants, and a raw PCM file without a standard header is imported with File > Import > Raw Data. The English speech is read once, and the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions are written from it.
Tips
The instruction of the written notes is already written.
Mark the language of the speech of the PCM audio file.
The file of the PCM audio file stays on your own disk.
Questions about PCM audio file and structured notes
What does the PCM say about the PCM audio file?
The VoiceTracer of Philips records in the PCM (WAV) format, a stereo recording without compression. The engine reads the English speech of the PCM audio file and writes the written notes from that text.
Which problems can come with the PCM audio file?
A WAV file from a portable recorder with a proprietary compressed audio should be opened with the FFmpeg library, not as raw data. The engine does not change the file of the PCM audio file; it reads it as it is and writes the written notes.
What comes back after the English PCM audio file is read?
the written notes in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions, with the time of every line of the recording of the PCM audio file.
How long may the file be, and how much is free?
One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, and the free plan gives 3 files a day for the written notes.
Where does the file of the PCM audio file wait?
On the PCM. The facts of the table above name the place where the file of the PCM audio file is kept and the way it comes off.
Related pages
- The same task on pcm raw audio to text podcast show notes ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Lecture to structured notesThe 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: Importing audio (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- OOBS Knowledge Base: Audio and Video Formats Guide (read 2026-10-25)obsproject.com · checked
- WPhilips: VoiceTracer audio recorder DVT4110 and DVT4115 (read 2026-10-25)www.dictation.philips.com · checked
- WVLC features: the formats it plays (read 2026-10-25)www.videolan.org · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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