Voice memo

Voice memo to structured notes in English

Voice memo to structured notes 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

Upload the Voice memo from the iPhone and ask for the written notes. The speech is in English, the engine keeps the time of every line, and one file may be up to 30 minutes. The free plan gives 3 files a day.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into structured notes

  1. 1

    Record the memo

    Open the Voice Memos app and record with the built-in or with an external microphone

  2. 2

    Send the recording to the bot

    The file of the Voice memo is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the written notes.

  3. 3

    Ask the written instruction for the written notes

    The transcript of the Voice memo goes to the instruction that is written for the written notes, and the sections of the answer are Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions.

  4. 4

    Tell the engine what it hears

    The speech of the Voice memo is English, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on English while the written notes is written.

  5. 5

    Check the file before the upload

    The recording is shared out of the app: Share, and then AirDrop, Mail or Messages

The result

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.

The facts

What iPhone keeps, and what it says about it

Where the file is

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.

What the file is

The recording is shared out of the app: Share, and then AirDrop, Mail or Messages.

What can go wrong

The transcript of the app needs iOS 18 and an iPhone 12 or a newer one.

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

Pro plan

$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 memo from the iPhone holds the voices and the order of the words. 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. From that text comes the written notes, in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions.

Tips

  • Send the transcript to the instruction only once.

  • The language of the widget is the language of the Voice memo.

  • A file over 30 minutes has to be cut into parts; the Pro plan takes a recording of any length.

  • The transcript of the app needs iOS 18 and an iPhone 12 or a newer one.

FAQ

Questions about Voice memo and structured notes

Which problems can come with 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 does not change the file of the Voice memo; it reads it as it is and writes the written notes.

What does the iPhone say about the Voice memo?

The transcript of the app needs iOS 18 and an iPhone 12 or a newer one. The engine reads the English speech of the Voice memo and writes the written notes from that text.

How is the written notes built from the Voice memo?

The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the written notes in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions; every line comes from the transcript of the Voice memo.

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 written notes with the time of every line.

Related pages

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The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.

Lecture to structured notes

The page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.

Transcribe audio to text

What the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.

Voice memo to text

Where iPhone keeps the file, what it holds and what the engine does with it.

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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.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps