What are the steps to transcribe a phone call?
The file of the call recording is the input, and the engine reads it as it is: no conversion, no link, and no account.
Call recording, step by step
How to transcribe a phone call
How to transcribe a phone call: the steps that take the call recording and turn it into text, with the export that comes back. Free $0, 3 files a day.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
iPhone is not part of the upload: the engine reads a file and not a page. No conversion first, iPhone files are read exactly as they are. The free plan is $0 with 3 files a day, and one file may be 30 minutes.
How to transcribe a phone call, step by step
- 1
Record the call
Call Recording in the Phone app starts the recording and puts it into Call Recordings inside Notes.
- 2
Save the audio
The Save Audio Files setting keeps the recording in the app, where it can be shared out of it.
- 3
Mind the notice
Both people hear that the call is recorded, so the recording is a matter of agreement between them.
- 4
Send the file to the engine
Drop the file of the call recording on the widget above, set the language and switch the speaker split on when more than one person talks.
- 5
Read the text, fix a name
The text comes back one segment per line, with the start and the end time of every piece. A wrong name is fixed in the editor.
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.
How iPhone stores the file, and what it says about it
| What | What the platform says |
|---|---|
| Where the file is | A call is recorded in the Phone app, in the Call Recording section of the call, and the file is kept in Call Recordings inside the Notes app. |
| What can go wrong | Both people on the call hear a notice that the call is being recorded. |
| 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 |
The case
What the recording does not give you
What the call recording does not give you is a text you can search, quote or hand over. What the file of the call recording cannot do is answer a question asked three weeks later. Our engine reads the file of the call recording and returns it as text, with the start and the end of every piece.
Tips
Name the file of the call recording after the meeting, not after the day.
iPhone gives the file, but the name of the file is yours to choose.
Check the length of the call recording before the upload: 30 minutes is the limit of one file.
Over 30 minutes on the free plan a file has to be cut before sending; Pro has no minute limit.
Set the language of the call recording yourself when you know it, or leave it on automatic detection.
Questions about how to transcribe a phone call
What do I need before I transcribe a phone call?
Bring the call recording to your disk and upload it here; our own engine returns the text with the time of every line.
Do I need an account to transcribe a phone call?
Our own engine reads the call recording and keeps the time of every segment, so the work ends with a document.
What is in the file after I transcribe a phone call?
Send the call recording to the widget and the text comes back as a document, with the speakers on request.
Is there a faster way to transcribe a phone call?
There is one step before the engine: the file of the call recording has to be on your own disk.
Related pages
- Free call recording transcriptionFree call recording transcription: where iPhone keeps the file, and what the engine does with it.
- Phone call recording to textPhone call recording to text: the steps of the platform, and what comes back from the engine.
- Phone call transcriptPhone call transcript: the file of iPhone, the limits of it and the price of the service.
- Transcribe a phone call recordingThe recording of a call, the notice both sides hear and the file that comes out of it.
Sources
- SiPhone user guide: record and transcribe a call (read 2026-10-24)support.apple.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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