A Label Track is an additional track of the project: the labels in it mark points or regions of the audio tracks, and the label track itself holds no audio.
recording with timecodes
Recording with timecodes to file in English
Recording with timecodes to file 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
The Recording with timecodes from the Audacity becomes the minutes: the engine reads the English speech and the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item are written from the transcript. The free plan gives 3 files a day of up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into file
- 1
Read the time of the head
The Time Toolbar shows the position of the record head in the hh:mm:ss format, and the format of the display is changed with its context menu
- 2
Hand the file over
The file of the Recording with timecodes is sent as an attachment; the language of the speech is English, and the minutes comes back in the export of the service.
- 3
Turn the text into the minutes
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Recording with timecodes as the person who keeps the record, and the minutes comes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item.
- 4
Mark the language of the speech
The recording of the Recording with timecodes is in English, and that is one of the 99+ languages the engine reads; the setting of the widget says English and the minutes follows.
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Check the file before the upload
Right after the recording it is strongly recommended to export it at once to WAV or AIFF as a safety copy, before the editing starts
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 Audacity keeps, and what it says about it
The Time Toolbar is read-only and shows the current position of the play head or of the record head, and while the recording runs it follows the record head.
The recording of Audacity is taken from the sound input of the computer or from a mixer, and the source is chosen in the Audio Setup Toolbar or in the Audio Settings Preferences.
Audacity labels a point, a single moment of the audio, or a region, a span with a start and an end time; a point label is a region label with the same start and the same end.
The labels are imported and exported as text label files, and the text of a label can be kept for annotation or for transcription.
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 Time Toolbar is read-only and shows the current position of the play head or of the record head, and while the recording runs it follows the record head. The Recording with timecodes is read by the engine in English, and the minutes is written from the text, not from a guess.
Tips
A name that was never said in the Recording with timecodes stays out of the minutes.
Mark the language of the speech of the Recording with timecodes.
A file over 30 minutes has to be cut into parts; the Pro plan takes a recording of any length.
A very large number of labels in one project, hundreds or thousands, can make Audacity noticeably sluggish.
The Time Toolbar is read-only, so the audio position cannot be reset with it: the Selection Toolbar is needed for that.
Questions about Recording with timecodes and file
Which problems can come with the Recording with timecodes?
A Label Track is an additional track of the project: the labels in it mark points or regions of the audio tracks, and the label track itself holds no audio. The engine does not change the file of the Recording with timecodes; it reads it as it is and writes the minutes.
What does the Audacity keep for the Recording with timecodes?
A very large number of labels in one project, hundreds or thousands, can make Audacity noticeably sluggish. The file of the Recording with timecodes is the input of the engine, and the minutes is written from it.
What comes back after the English Recording with timecodes is read?
the minutes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item, with the time of every line of the recording of the Recording with timecodes.
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 minutes.
Where does the file of the Recording with timecodes wait?
On the Audacity. The facts of the table above name the place where the file of the Recording with timecodes is kept and the way it comes off.
Related pages
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The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
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Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
Sources
- MAudacity manual: Label Tracks (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- MAudacity manual: Time Toolbar (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- MAudacity manual: Recording (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps