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.
Voice memo
Voice memo to action items in English
Voice memo to action items 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 table of action items in the sections Summary, Decisions, Action items; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into action items
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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
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Send the file to the engine
The engine takes the Voice memo from the widget of the page; the speech is in English, and the table of action items comes back with the timecodes.
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Ask for the table of action items
The instruction of the table of action items is written for this task already: it reads the text of the Voice memo and asks for Summary, Decisions, Action items, and it keeps every claim to the transcript.
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Name the language of the speech
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 table of action items is written.
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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 file of the Voice memo is what the iPhone keeps. 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 English speech, and the sections Summary, Decisions, Action items come out of it.
Tips
The instruction of the table of action items is already written.
The engine does not translate the Voice memo from English.
Check who may download the file of the Voice memo.
The transcript of the app needs iOS 18 and an iPhone 12 or a newer one.
Questions about Voice memo and action items
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 English speech of the Voice memo and writes the table of action items 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 table of action items.
How is the table of action items built from the Voice memo?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the table of action items in the sections Summary, Decisions, Action items; 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 table of action items with the time of every line.
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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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