Voice memo

Voice memo to file in English

Voice memo to file 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. The engine reads 99+ languages.

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

The Voice memo from the iPhone becomes the minutes: the engine reads the English speech and the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item are written from the transcript. The free plan gives 3 files a day of up to 30 minutes.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into file

  1. 1

    Share the file

    The Share sheet of the app sends the file through AirDrop, through Mail or through Messages

  2. 2

    Hand the file over

    The file of the Voice memo is sent as an attachment; the language of the speech is English, and the minutes comes back in the export of the service.

  3. 3

    Turn the text into the minutes

    The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Voice memo as the person who keeps the record, and the minutes comes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item.

  4. 4

    Mark the language of the speech

    The recording of the Voice memo is in English, and that is one of the 99+ languages the engine reads; the setting of the widget says English and the minutes follows.

  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 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 is read by the engine in English, and the minutes is written from the text, not from a guess.

Tips

  • A name that was never said in the Voice memo stays out of the minutes.

  • Mark the language of the speech 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 file

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 minutes.

What does the iPhone keep for the Voice memo?

The transcript of the app needs iOS 18 and an iPhone 12 or a newer one. The file of the Voice memo is the input of the engine, and the minutes is written from it.

What comes back after the English Voice memo is read?

the minutes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item, 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 minutes.

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 video to blog post ru

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

Meeting minutes ready to file

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