Voice Recording to Transcript

Each transcription costs 1 credit per 30 minutes, rounded up: 10 minutes costs 1 credit and 45 minutes costs 2. Credits are deducted upfront based on the estimated duration, so your balance temporarily decreases. On success, we settle against the actual duration, returning any excess or deducting the difference. Free credits are used first. Failed jobs are refunded in full and the refunded amount is shown. Choosing a file and previewing audio do not use credits.

Sign in, choose a saved audio file, and select Upload & transcribe. The transcript arrives with timestamps and speaker labels; play the recording back and correct any words before you export.

Yes, you can try it without paying. New accounts get 2 free credits once, which covers about one hour of audio in total, and no card is required. After that, 1 credit covers 30 minutes of audio and packs start at $9.99 for 20 credits. Choosing a file is free; starting a transcription is what spends a credit.

Yes. In Voice Memos, share the recording and save it to Files. Choose that M4A file in the transcription tool.

Save the voice note to your device and select it here. If your browser cannot read the exported Opus file, convert it to WAV or MP3 first.

Try MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG-Opus, AMR, MP4 or WMA. WebM and AIFF are not supported by the speech provider. Codec support also depends on your browser; if a recording fails to open, try MP3 or WAV.

Yes. Files up to 500 MB are accepted, and long recordings are charged in 30-minute blocks: a 2-hour interview uses 4 credits. Jobs run asynchronously, so you can close the tab and reload the page to pick the transcript back up.

We use the provider's recording-file models with punctuation and number formatting on: the same transcription model for Free and Pro. Pro also includes speaker labels. On clean recordings accuracy is high; background noise, strong accents, crosstalk, and unusual proper nouns are where errors appear. Replay uncertain segments and check names, numbers, and quotes before sharing — every segment stays editable.

Free and Pro use the same model for English and Chinese recordings. Support for other languages varies, so test a short section first.

On Pro, yes: transcripts carry inferred speaker labels (Speaker A, Speaker B, and so on) that you can rename before exporting. Free accounts use the same transcription model without speaker labels. Check any label against the recording: short replies, overlapping speech and similar voices can be misattributed.

Yes, transcription runs in the cloud. Your recording is sent to our speech-recognition provider, which processes it on its own cloud infrastructure and returns the transcript. We delete our own copy of the audio as soon as the result is saved; the provider keeps its copy for a limited period under its retention policy. Nothing is uploaded until you press Upload & transcribe. See the privacy policy for details.

Usually a small fraction of the recording length. Jobs run asynchronously, so you can keep the tab open or reload the page later to pick the transcript back up. Long files take longer to upload on a slow connection.

Yes, with Pro. Free accounts can export TXT and SRT at any time. Pro unlocks DOCX for Word, VTT, JSON, and Print / PDF through the browser print dialog.

Yes. Each timestamped segment has its own editable text field. Your corrections carry over to every export.