Which problems can come with the Voicemail?
The voicemail of a phone is in the Phone app: the Voicemail tab, then the message itself. The engine does not change the file of the Voicemail; it reads it as it is and writes the table of action items.
Phone voicemail
Voicemail to action items in Russian
Voicemail to action items 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.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
The Voicemail from the iPhone becomes the table of action items: the engine reads the Russian speech and the sections Summary, Decisions, Action items are written from the transcript. The free plan gives 3 files a day of up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into action items
- 1
Open the voicemail
In the Phone app press Voicemail and open the message that is needed
- 2
Send the recording to the bot
The Voicemail goes to the service through the upload widget; the speech is Russian, and the table of action items comes back into the chat.
- 3
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 Voicemail and asks for Summary, Decisions, Action items, and it keeps every claim to the transcript.
- 4
Tell the engine what it hears
The speech of the Voicemail is Russian, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on Russian while the table of action items is written.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
The transcript of a voicemail is shown next to the message on the screen of the phone
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
| What | What the platform says |
|---|---|
| Where the file is | The voicemail of a phone is in the Phone app: the Voicemail tab, then the message itself. |
| What the file is | The transcript of a voicemail is shown next to the message on the screen of the phone. |
| What can go wrong | The transcription of voicemails is in beta and covers English messages only. |
| What the platform says | The transcription of a voicemail depends on the quality of the recording of it. |
| 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 Voicemail from the iPhone holds the voices and the order of the words. The voicemail of a phone is in the Phone app: the Voicemail tab, then the message itself. From that text comes the table of action items, in the sections Summary, Decisions, Action items.
Tips
A name that was never said in the Voicemail stays out of the table of action items.
A recording of the Voicemail in Russian is read as Russian.
Take the file of the Voicemail as soon as you have it.
The transcription of voicemails is in beta and covers English messages only.
The transcription of a voicemail depends on the quality of the recording of it.
Questions about Voicemail and action items
What does the iPhone keep for the Voicemail?
The transcription of voicemails is in beta and covers English messages only. The file of the Voicemail is the input of the engine, and the table of action items is written from it.
What comes back after the Russian Voicemail is read?
the table of action items in the sections Summary, Decisions, Action items, with the time of every line of the recording of the Voicemail.
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 table of action items comes back in every one of them.
Do I need an account for the Voicemail?
The file of the Voicemail and the widget are enough: the engine reads the Russian speech and writes the table of action items.
Related pages
- The same task on voicemail to text video to blog post enThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Meeting to action itemsThe 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.
- Voicemail to textWhere iPhone keeps the file, what it holds and what the engine does with it.
Sources
- SiPhone user guide: check the voicemail (read 2026-10-24)support.apple.com · checked
- SiPhone user guide: transcribe a voicemail (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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