Voice memo to a task list in English
Voice memo to a task list 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.
What the iPhone stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the task list in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into a task list
- 1
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 recording of the Voice memo is attached to the widget of the page with the language of the speech set to English, and the task list comes back as a file of text.
- 3
Turn the text into the task list
The instruction of the task list is written for this task already: it reads the text of the Voice memo and asks for Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later, and it keeps every claim to the transcript.
- 4
Name the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; this Voice memo is in English, so the language of the widget is set to English for the task list.
- 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
- 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
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. That is the part that depends on the iPhone; everything after it is the work of the task list, and it is the same for every recording.
Tips
Send the transcript to the instruction only once.
Mark the language of the speech of the Voice memo.
Rename the file of the Voice memo before you send it.
The transcript of the app needs iOS 18 and an iPhone 12 or a newer one.
Questions about Voice memo and a task list
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 task list 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 task list.
What comes back after the English Voice memo is read?
the task list in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later, 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 task list.
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 another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Voice memo to a task listThe 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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