Voicemail to file in English
Voicemail 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.
What the iPhone stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the minutes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into file
- 1
Share the recording
The share sheet of the message opens the audio of the voicemail, and it can be saved to the Files app
- 2
Upload the file
The file of the Voicemail is sent as an attachment; the language of the speech is English, and the minutes comes back in the export of the service.
- 3
Ask the written instruction for the minutes
The instruction of the task asks for the minutes and puts the answer about the Voicemail into the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.
- 4
Name the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; this Voicemail is in English, so the language of the widget is set to English for the minutes.
- 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
- 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
What the recording does not give you
The voicemail of a phone is in the Phone app: the Voicemail tab, then the message itself. the iPhone is only the place where the recording waits; the text and the minutes are made by the engine, in English.
Tips
Read the sections of the minutes before you send it on.
The language of the widget is the language of the Voicemail.
Check who may download the file of the Voicemail.
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 file
What does the iPhone keep for the Voicemail?
The voicemail of a phone is in the Phone app: the Voicemail tab, then the message itself. The file of the Voicemail is the input of the engine, and the minutes is written from it.
What does the iPhone say about the Voicemail?
The transcription of voicemails is in beta and covers English messages only. The engine reads the English speech of the Voicemail and writes the minutes from that text.
How is the minutes built from the Voicemail?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the minutes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item; every line comes from the transcript of the Voicemail.
Is there a limit to the length of the Voicemail?
One file of the Voicemail may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Voicemail?
Bring the file of the Voicemail to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the minutes with the time of every line.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Meeting minutes ready to fileThe 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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