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 Russian
Voice memo to quotes with timestamps 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.
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 Russian 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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Record the memo
Open the Voice Memos app and record with the built-in or with an external microphone
- 2
Send the file to the engine
The Voice memo goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is Russian, and the list of quotations comes back into the chat.
- 3
Ask for 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.
- 4
Mark the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; the speech of this Voice memo is in Russian, 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
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 Voice memo from the iPhone is only the input: the engine reads the Russian speech and writes the list of quotations out of the transcript.
Tips
The sections of the list of quotations are the same for every recording.
A recording of the Voice memo in Russian is read as Russian.
The file of the Voice memo stays on your own disk.
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 say about 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 engine reads the Russian speech of the Voice memo and writes the list of quotations from that text.
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.
Who reads the list of quotations after the Voice memo is sent?
the editor of the interview. The transcript of the Voice memo is read first, and the list of quotations comes out of it in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
Is there a limit to the length of the Voice memo?
One file of the Voice memo may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Voice memo?
Bring the file of the Voice memo to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the list of quotations with the time of every line.
Related pages
- The same task on voice memo to text meeting minutes enThe 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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3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps