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Voice Memo to Text · Memo to text

Voice Memo to Text

Turn a voice memo into text: upload the recording from your phone and get a clean, timestamped transcript you can export as TXT or SRT. No app to install, no per-minute contract.

No credit card · No watermark · Works in browser
Free tier to start 67 languages Privacy first
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Tasks
Voice Memo to Text
Subtitle
Voiceover
TTS
S
Voice Memo to Text
Progress visible in browser
M4A · MP3 · WAV · AAC Text AI
M4A · MP3 · WAV · AAC
Output
SRT subtitle✓
Dubbed video✓
Transcript✓
Progress72%
67+Translation languages
300+AI voices
90Recognition languages
100%No watermark on export
Sound Familiar?

The old way is slow and expensive

Manual translation, hired voice actors, days of waiting. Creators and teams lose time and money on every single video.

Skip the old workflow

I have forty voice memos of ideas and I can only find anything by playing them one by one.

I recorded an interview on my phone and now I need it as text, not as an hour of audio I have to sit through again.

Every transcription app I look at wants a subscription before it tells me the price, and I am not paying monthly for something I use twice.

How It Works

Done in four simple steps

Upload, pick languages, and let the AI handle the rest. No software to install.

01

Export the memo from your phone (Voice Memos → share → Save to Files, or pull the file off Android) — it keeps the .m4a extension

A few clicks, that is all.

02

Upload it here and pick the spoken language, or leave it to auto-detect

A few clicks, that is all.

03

Transcription runs in minutes and returns a transcript with sentence breaks and timestamps

A few clicks, that is all.

04

Fix names and jargon, then export TXT, SRT or translate it

A few clicks, that is all.

A voice memo is the lowest-friction way to capture a thought, and the highest-friction thing to do anything with afterwards — you cannot search it, quote it, or paste it into an email. This page turns the recording into text. The memo on your phone is almost always an M4A (that is what Voice Memos on iPhone produces, and what most Android recorders and call-recording apps export), and M4A uploads straight in; MP3, WAV, AAC and video files work too. The output is a real transcript, not a wall of words: sentence breaks, punctuation and a timestamp on every line, so you can jump to the part you remember hearing rather than re-listening to the whole thing. From there, export TXT for notes and messages, SRT if the audio belongs to a video, or translate it into 67+ languages. Transcription is 1 credit per minute of audio and you get 20 credits free at sign-up, which covers twenty minutes of memos before you decide anything.

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Why SpeakVid

Everything you need, nothing you do not

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Straight from the phone's format

No converting the memo to WAV first: the M4A that Voice Memos and Android recorders produce is accepted as-is, along with MP3, WAV, AAC and MP4.

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Searchable, quotable, timestamped

A transcript with line-level timestamps turns an audio archive into something you can search, quote in an article, paste into meeting notes or feed to an AI assistant.

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Pay per minute, not per month

1 credit per minute of audio with 20 free at sign-up — no subscription, and failed tasks are not charged. 67+ languages, up to 98% accuracy on clear audio.

What You Get

Inputs and limits

Upload the memo, get a timestamped transcript iPhone M4A and Android recordings both work
M4A · MP3 · WAV · AAC · MP4 Export TXT, SRT or translate it
No watermark Clean exports, always
Fast processing Minutes, not days
FAQ

Common questions

How do I turn a voice memo into text?+

Export the memo from your phone first — on iPhone open Voice Memos, tap the memo, Share, Save to Files; on Android copy the recording out of the recorder folder. Then upload the .m4a (or .mp3/.wav) here, choose the spoken language, and the transcript comes back in minutes with punctuation and timestamps. Transcription costs 1 credit per minute of audio, with 20 credits free at sign-up.

Does it work with iPhone Voice Memos?+

Yes — Voice Memos exports M4A, which is accepted directly, so there is no conversion step. The same applies to Android recorder output and to call-recording apps that save M4A or MP3. If your file is in an unusual container, exporting it as M4A or MP3 from a free converter first is usually enough.

How accurate is it on phone recordings?+

Up to 98% on clear audio, and phone mics are usually good enough — the real variables are background noise, how far you were from the phone, and whether several people talk at once. Every line has a timestamp, so checking a doubtful phrase means jumping to it instead of re-listening to everything.

Can I transcribe a memo in another language?+

Yes, 67+ languages, including Chinese, English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Cantonese. Pick the spoken language before the task or let it be detected, and you can then translate the finished transcript into any other supported language without re-processing the audio.

Do I need to install an app?+

No. Recording still happens in your phone's own recorder — that is the one thing a browser cannot replace — but the transcription runs online, so there is nothing to install, no mobile subscription, and it works the same from a laptop. You can also record directly in the workbench with the microphone if you are at a computer.

What happens to my recordings?+

Audio is used for the task you started and cleared when it finishes; it is not shared with third parties and not used for training. Failed tasks are not charged, and completed transcripts stay in your history so you can re-export as TXT, SRT, or in another language later.

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