Phone voicemail

Voicemail to text

Voicemail to text: upload the voicemail and get the text of it with a timecode on every segment, the speakers on request, and TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV or DOCX out. Free $0, 3 files a day.

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

Here is the whole path: take the voicemail from iPhone, send the file to the widget on this page, and the text comes back one segment per line. The free plan is $0 and gives 3 files a day.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into text

  1. 1

    Open the voicemail

    In the Phone app press Voicemail and open the message that is needed.

  2. 2

    Share the recording

    The share sheet of the message opens the audio of the voicemail, and it can be saved to the Files app.

  3. 3

    Do not rely on the built-in text

    The transcription of the phone is in beta, it covers English messages, and it depends on the quality of the recording.

  4. 4

    Read the first lines before you share them

    The engine keeps the time of every segment, so a correction in the editor does not move anything else. Read the beginning and the names before the file goes out.

  5. 5

    Send the file to the engine

    Drop the file on the widget above, or pick it from the device. Set the language, switch the speaker split on when more than one person talks, and send.

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 gives

Where iPhone keeps the file, and what it says about it
WhatWhat the platform says
Where the file isThe voicemail of a phone is in the Phone app: the Voicemail tab, then the message itself.
What the file isThe transcript of a voicemail is shown next to the message on the screen of the phone.
What can go wrongThe transcription of voicemails is in beta and covers English messages only.
What usually failsThe transcription of a voicemail depends on the quality of the recording of it.
Length of one fileup 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

Two things are worth knowing before you start. First, the service takes a file and not the address of a page: the voicemail has to reach the disk first, and the steps above say how. Second, a transcript is only as good as the sound, and a headset microphone and the microphone of a room give two very different texts out of the same engine.

Tips

  • Give the file the name of the meeting, so it is findable a month later.

  • If the recording mixes ru and en, choose the language of the talk.

  • Give the speakers their names in the editor, one time, and export again.

  • Export SRT when the iPhone recording has to become a subtitled video.

Questions about iPhone files

Can the iPhone recording become subtitles?

Yes. SRT and VTT come out of the same file, with the time of every line, and that is the format a player of a video needs.

The iPhone file is in a language I do not read.

99+ languages are read, ru and en. Set the language in the widget or leave it on automatic detection, and the text comes back in that language.

Does the service open an iPhone link for me?

No. The engine takes a file, not the address of a page. Take the voicemail off iPhone first, with the steps above, and send the file itself.

Who is allowed to take the iPhone file?

Usually the host or the organiser of the meeting. If the download button is not there for you, the recording is not yours to take and the host has to do it.

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Transcribe any audio file

The plain version of the service: a file in, a text with the times out.

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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