Transcribe a Viber voice message to text
Viber voice message to text: the speech of a Viber recording as text with the start and the end time of every line, exported as TXT, SRT, VTT or CSV. Up to 30 minutes a file on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
A voice message in Viber is an audio file, and the words of it come back from the widget above as one line per segment, with the time of every line. One file holds up to 30 minutes, and the free plan is $0.
How to transcribe a Viber voice message
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Open the chat with the message
Hold the voice message in the chat and the menu comes up with «Forward» and «Share». What the menu holds depends on the version of the app and on whether the message is still in the chat.
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Save the audio file
Forward the message to yourself or to a chat where you can keep files. On a phone the menu holds «Save to device», and the file that arrives is an audio file of the message.
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Upload it on the page
Put the audio on the widget above and leave the language on automatic detection. The engine reads 99+ languages, and it picks the language of the file on its own.
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Export the words
The result is a line per segment with the second it starts at. Export TXT to paste the words somewhere, SRT to put them under a clip, or CSV to keep the time and the voice.
What you get
- TXT
Plain text for an email, a note or a chat
- SRT
Subtitles for video editors and platforms
- VTT
Subtitles for a browser and a website
- CSV
A table: time, speaker, text
- DOCX
A Word document with speakers and times
- Markdown
Text with headings for notes
What the transcript of a voice message holds
- A voice message in a chat
it is audio and not text; My notes of the app can show its own transcript
- The menu of a message
it holds «Forward» and «Share»; what it shows depends on the version of the app
- One file
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
- The words of the message
99+ languages; the language is detected on its own
Why a voice message needs a text
A voice message is the shortest recording in a chat and the hardest one to keep: it cannot be searched, it cannot be pasted into a document, and it is gone with the chat. A text of the same message makes the sentence something you can find again in a second.
Tips
Forward the message to yourself before the chat is cleared.
Keep the date of the message in the name of the file.
Listen to the first seconds of the file before the upload.
Export SRT when the words go back into the clip.
Questions this page answers
Can Viber show the words of a voice message?
In some versions of the app My notes keeps the voice notes and shows their text. The languages it covers depend on the version, so the answer is not the same on every phone.
How do I get the audio file out of the chat?
Hold the message and choose «Forward» or «Share»; on a phone the menu holds «Save to device» as well. There is no separate button for a download, and the message of another person may not be saved at all.
What if the message is short?
A voice message is often under a minute, so it is a small file and one upload is enough. The limit of one file is up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
Does the transcript keep who spoke?
One voice message is one speaker, so the question does not arise. When the recording holds several voices, switch on the separation of the speakers and the export names them.
Sources
- HViber: the chat and the voice messageshelp.viber.com · checked 24 October 2026
- HViber: My notes and the voice noteshelp.viber.com · checked 24 October 2026
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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.