How much does it cost to transcribe a voice memo?

To try it, nothing: without an account, the trial transcribes up to the first 10 minutes of a recording, and the result page shows what you can read without paying and how to read the rest. What the free account includes today and Pro's prices are on the pricing page.

Which voice memo files can I upload?

The file your phone saved, as it is: we accept MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, Opus, MP4, MOV and WebM, among others.

Can it separate my voice from someone else's in the recording?

In American English, British English and Indian English, the transcript separates the voices into Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on; you rename each label once, and the name holds for the whole transcript. In Australian English and Philippine English, it separates them too, on recordings of up to 2 hours. If the separation fails, the transcript comes without speaker labels, and says so.

What happens to my memos?

Your recordings and transcripts are not used to train models. In the no-account trial, the file and the transcript are deleted 48 hours later — or 7 days after payment, if you buy just that transcript; in an account, they are kept until you delete them.

Turn a voice memo into text

Upload the memo as your phone saved it — an M4A from the recorder app, an Opus or OGG voice note from a messaging app — and try it here, with no account. In an account, the text comes with a time on every word: click a line to hear what you actually said, fix it, and export it.

LanguageIdentify speakers

Auto detect can mishandle a recording that switches language.

Free: one recording up to 10 minutes · its transcript to read · no account · deleted after 48 hours

What you get

In an account — free or Pro, with the same features — the transcript comes with:

Your words as text: Punctuated and timed; click any line to hear that passage, and the transcript follows the audio while it plays.
Editing in the text itself: A memo is spoken in fragments and restarts. Tidy them in the text, with the audio beside you, before you paste it anywhere.
Export: Word (DOCX), TXT, SRT and VTT, on every plan.
Questions about a long memo: Ask what you said about a subject; the answer points to the passages and the moment in the recording they are in.
Who spoke, when it is not only you: In American English, British English and Indian English, the transcript separates the voices into Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on; you rename each label once, and the name holds for the whole transcript. In Australian English and Philippine English, it separates them too, on recordings of up to 2 hours. If the separation fails, the transcript comes without speaker labels, and says so.

Getting the memo off your phone

Share or export the recording from the recorder app as a file and upload that file; a voice note from a messaging app can be saved or forwarded to yourself as a file too. Upload it as it is — there is no need to convert it. We accept MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, Opus, MP4, MOV and WebM, among others.

A memo dictated while walking or driving carries wind, traffic and a phone held far from the mouth, and the transcript shows it. Every automatic transcript has errors, and they cluster on proper names, numbers and technical terms. Before you quote a passage, click the line and listen: with a time on every word, that check takes seconds. There are no spoken commands: say “new paragraph” and you may get the words rather than the break.

You can also record in the browser, on a phone or a computer. Keep the page open and the screen on until you stop: a browser can end a recording when the page goes into the background.

Long memos

Without an account, the trial transcribes up to the first 10 minutes of a recording. On Pro, each file can be up to 8 hours, within the month's included hours; what each plan includes, the pricing page shows. See plans and prices.

On long recordings, speaker labels can wander from one section to the next — a consequence of how long audio is processed, not a setting.

Before you upload

Name the main language rather than leaving it on automatic. Automatic detection has to decide what language each stretch of speech is in, and where a recording switches language, what was said in the other one may come back translated instead of transcribed — or not come back at all. Either way nothing is marked as missing: the transcript will look complete.

Philippine English is marked “preview” in the language list: offered, but without a quality commitment yet, so check its transcript more closely before you use it.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to transcribe a voice memo?: To try it, nothing: without an account, the trial transcribes up to the first 10 minutes of a recording, and the result page shows what you can read without paying and how to read the rest. What the free account includes today and Pro's prices are on the pricing page.
Which voice memo files can I upload?: The file your phone saved, as it is: we accept MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, Opus, MP4, MOV and WebM, among others.
Can it separate my voice from someone else's in the recording?: In American English, British English and Indian English, the transcript separates the voices into Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on; you rename each label once, and the name holds for the whole transcript. In Australian English and Philippine English, it separates them too, on recordings of up to 2 hours. If the separation fails, the transcript comes without speaker labels, and says so.
Can I record the memo here instead of on the phone's recorder?: Yes, in the browser, on a phone or a computer. Keep the page open and the screen on until you stop; a browser can end a recording when the page goes into the background.
What happens to my memos?: Your recordings and transcripts are not used to train models. In the no-account trial, the file and the transcript are deleted 48 hours later — or 7 days after payment, if you buy just that transcript; in an account, they are kept until you delete them.