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 action items in English
PCM audio file to action items 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
What the PCM stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the table of action items in the sections Summary, Decisions, Action items; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into action items
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Record it in a container
In OBS Studio the PCM audio is recorded in the MP4, MOV and MKV containers
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Give the file to the service
The widget takes the file of the PCM audio file as it is and marks the speech as English, so the engine does not have to guess what it is about.
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Ask for the table of action items
The instruction that is set for this task goes through the transcript of the PCM audio file and writes the table of action items in the sections Summary, Decisions, Action items; nothing is added that was not said.
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Tell the engine what it hears
The engine reads 99+ languages; this PCM audio file is in English, so the language of the widget is set to English for the table of action items.
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Check the file before the upload
LPCM stands in the list of the audio formats of the VLC player, next to AMR (3GPP) and ADPCM
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
The VoiceTracer of Philips records in the PCM (WAV) format, a stereo recording without compression. the PCM is only the place where the recording waits; the text and the table of action items are made by the engine, in English.
Tips
The sections of the table of action items are the same for every recording.
Set the language of the PCM audio file before you send the file.
A file over 30 minutes has to be cut into parts; the Pro plan takes a recording of any length.
Questions about PCM audio file and action items
What does the PCM keep for the PCM audio file?
The VoiceTracer of Philips records in the PCM (WAV) format, a stereo recording without compression. The file of the PCM audio file is the input of the engine, and the table of action items is written from it.
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 table of action items.
What comes back after the English PCM audio file is read?
the table of action items in the sections Summary, Decisions, Action items, 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 table of action items.
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 sales call summary ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Meeting to action itemsThe 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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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