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 to show notes in Russian
Voice memo to show notes 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.
With the Voice memo from the iPhone the engine writes the show notes: the transcript first, then the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes. The speech is in Russian, the free plan gives 3 files a day, and one file is up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into show notes
- 1
Share the file
The Share sheet of the app sends the file through AirDrop, through Mail or through Messages
- 2
Upload the file
The widget takes the file of the Voice memo as it is and marks the speech as Russian, so the engine does not have to guess what it is about.
- 3
Ask the written instruction for the show notes
The transcript of the Voice memo goes to the instruction that is written for the show notes, and the sections of the answer are Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes.
- 4
Name the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; this Voice memo is in Russian, so the language of the widget is set to Russian for the show notes.
- 5
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
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 iPhone is only the place where the recording waits; the text and the show notes are made by the engine, in Russian.
Tips
The sections of the show notes 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 show notes
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 show notes is written from it.
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 Russian speech of the Voice memo and writes the show notes from that text.
What comes back after the Russian Voice memo is read?
the show notes in the sections Episode summary, Chapters, Quotes, with the time of every line of the recording of the Voice memo.
What do I get without a card?
3 files a day of up to 30 minutes every day, and the export of the text in the formats of the service, so the show notes comes back in every one of them.
Do I need an account for the Voice memo?
The file of the Voice memo and the widget are enough: the engine reads the Russian speech and writes the show notes.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Podcast episode to show notesThe 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
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.