Voice Recorder to Text: Transcribe Your Recorder’s Files
Copy the recording from your voice recorder to the computer and upload it as it is. MP3 and WAV files from handheld recorders and dictaphones become editable text with speakers and timestamps, even when they run for hours.
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What Gets Recorded on a Dedicated Recorder
Journalists and researchers who record on a handheld recorder get a transcript of each session without converting files first.
Lawyers, doctors and writers who dictate letters or notes get the text back to edit instead of typing it up.
A recorder left on the table for a two-hour lecture or a board meeting produces one long WAV file; upload it whole.
Voice Recorder Formats and What Uploads Here
What popular recorders save, according to their manufacturers, and how each file is handled.
- Sony ICD series
- MP3 or linear PCM WAV, both upload as they are
- Zoom H1n and H4n Pro
- WAV or MP3; upload WAV for the cleanest recognition
- Philips VoiceTracer
- MP3 or WAV, both accepted
- Olympus / OM System dictation
- DSS and DS2 dictation files are not accepted: record in MP3 or WAV, or convert with the maker’s software
- Encrypted DS2
- Needs the password in Philips SpeechExec or Olympus ODMS before it can be converted
- Older recorders
- WMA files from older models and AMR recordings upload as they are
- File size
- Up to 8 GB per file, enough for many hours of WAV
Record and Upload for the Best Transcript
A recorder captures what it hears. These settings make the text cleaner.
Recording mode
Choose MP3 or WAV, not dictation format
If your recorder offers DSS or DS2, switch to MP3 or WAV for recordings you want to transcribe. It saves a conversion step.
Placement
Put the recorder close to the speakers
A recorder in the middle of the table hears everyone; one in a bag or at the far end picks up mostly the room.
Long files
Upload whole, don’t split
One long file keeps the timestamps continuous; there is no need to cut a two-hour recording into parts.
How to Transcribe a Voice Recorder File
From voice recording to text in three steps.
Connect the recorder by USB or take out the memory card and copy the MP3 or WAV file.
Drop the file here, choose the spoken language and turn on speaker labels for interviews.
Correct names while listening, then download the text as TXT, DOCX, PDF or subtitles.