The Voice Memos app of a phone records with the built-in microphone or with an external one, and the file stays in the app.
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Voice memo to quotes with timestamps in English
Voice memo to quotes with timestamps 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 iPhone stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into quotes with timestamps
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Or read the built-in text
The app transcribes the memo with iOS 18 on an iPhone 12 or a newer one, but the file is what this page needs
- 2
Give the file to the service
The engine takes the Voice memo from the widget of the page; the speech is in English, and the list of quotations comes back with the timecodes.
- 3
Turn the text into the list of quotations
The instruction that is set for this task goes through the transcript of the Voice memo and writes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; nothing is added that was not said.
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Tell the engine what it hears
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this Voice memo is in English, and the widget carries that setting for the list of quotations.
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Check the file before the upload
The recording is shared out of the app: Share, and then AirDrop, Mail or Messages
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 iPhone keeps, and what it says about it
The recording is shared out of the app: Share, and then AirDrop, Mail or Messages.
The transcript of the app needs iOS 18 and an iPhone 12 or a newer one.
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
Before the list of quotations there is the file of the Voice memo. The Voice Memos app of a phone records with the built-in microphone or with an external one, and the file stays in the app. The English speech is read once, and the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes are written from it.
Tips
A name that was never said in the Voice memo stays out of the list of quotations.
The engine does not translate the Voice memo from English.
Rename the file of the Voice memo before you send it.
The transcript of the app needs iOS 18 and an iPhone 12 or a newer one.
Questions about Voice memo and quotes with timestamps
What does the iPhone keep for the Voice memo?
The Voice Memos app of a phone records with the built-in microphone or with an external one, and the file stays in the app. The file of the Voice memo is the input of the engine, and the list of quotations is written from it.
Which problems can come with the Voice memo?
The transcript of the app needs iOS 18 and an iPhone 12 or a newer one. The engine does not change the file of the Voice memo; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
What comes back after the English Voice memo is read?
the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes, with the time of every line of the recording of the Voice memo.
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 list of quotations.
Where does the file of the Voice memo wait?
On the iPhone. The facts of the table above name the place where the file of the Voice memo is kept and the way it comes off.
Related pages
- The same task on voice memo to text meeting action items ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Interview to quotes with timestampsThe 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.
- Voice memo to textWhere iPhone keeps the file, what it holds and what the engine does with it.
Sources
- SiPhone user guide: make a recording (read 2026-10-24)support.apple.com · checked
- SiPhone user guide: view a transcription (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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