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 audio file to file in Russian
PCM audio file to file 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. The engine reads 99+ languages.
A Russian PCM audio file is read once and comes back as the minutes. The answer keeps the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item and the time of every line, and 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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Record it in a container
In OBS Studio the PCM audio is recorded in the MP4, MOV and MKV containers
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Upload the file
The file of the PCM audio file is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as Russian; the answer comes back as the minutes.
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Ask for the minutes
The transcript of the PCM audio file goes to the instruction that is written for the minutes, and the sections of the answer are Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item.
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Mark the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this PCM audio file is in Russian, and the widget carries that setting for the minutes.
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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
What the recording does not give you
The VoiceTracer of Philips records in the PCM (WAV) format, a stereo recording without compression. The PCM audio file is only the input: the engine reads the Russian speech and writes the minutes out of the transcript.
Tips
The instruction of the minutes is already written.
The engine does not translate the PCM audio file from Russian.
Take the file of the PCM audio file as soon as you have it.
Questions about PCM audio file and file
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 minutes is written from it.
What does the PCM say about 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 reads the Russian speech of the PCM audio file and writes the minutes from that text.
Who reads the minutes after the PCM audio file is sent?
the person who keeps the record. The transcript of the PCM audio file is read first, and the minutes comes out of it in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item.
Is there a limit to the length of the PCM audio file?
One file of the PCM 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 PCM audio file?
Bring the file of the PCM audio file to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the minutes with the time of every line.
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
- 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
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.