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Free voice memo to text converter

Upload a voice memo from your iPhone or Android phone and get it as clean text with timestamps in minutes. M4A, MP3 and WAV work; other formats may need converting first. Works in 52 languages and dialects. One free transcription per day, up to 45 minutes, no signup required.

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How to turn a voice memo into text

Get the memo out of the recording app first. On an iPhone, open Voice Memos, tap the memo, open the menu on the memo and choose Share, then Save to Files or AirDrop; the result is an M4A file. On Android, recorder apps such as Google Recorder or Samsung Voice Recorder have a share option that hands you the file the same way. Then pick that file in the upload box above, on the phone itself or on a computer.

The upload is resumable, so a memo sent over mobile data picks up where it left off if the connection drops. After the upload, the page shows your place in the transcription queue and an estimated wait. The text then appears on this page with a timestamp on every line, and if the memo captures more than one person, each line says who spoke.

Clean text, not a rough draft

A memo is usually a thought you want as text somewhere else: a note, an email, a document. The text on this page can be copied straight out. The free tool uses the same transcription pipeline as the paid product, on infrastructure we operate, and your audio is not sent to third-party AI providers. Per-language accuracy is published openly on our benchmarks page.

Free limits for voice memos

One free transcription per day, shared across all free tools. The memo can run up to 45 minutes and be up to 1 GB. Timestamps, speaker labels and automatic language detection across 52 languages and dialects are included. Free transcripts are deleted automatically about 24 hours after they finish, so copy the text into your notes or sign up to keep it.

A free account adds signup credit, longer recordings, exports (TXT, SRT, VTT and more), a searchable library of every memo, and cited answers to questions about what you said. See pricing for the full picture.

More free tools

MP3 files have their own free MP3 to text converter, any other recording works in the free audio to text converter, and a recorded class has its own page, the lecture to notes converter. For a memo that is really a conversation, the free interview transcription tool page is written for recordings with several speakers. All of them are collected on the free tools page.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get a voice memo off my iPhone to transcribe it?

Open the Voice Memos app, tap the memo, open the menu on the memo and choose Share, then Save to Files, AirDrop or Mail. The memo is saved as an M4A file. Upload that file here from a Mac or PC, or straight from the phone by picking it from Files in the upload box.

Which audio formats work?

M4A (the iPhone Voice Memos format), MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG and FLAC work. Other formats may need converting to one of these first. Share or export the file from your recorder app, then upload it here.

Is this voice memo to text tool really free?

Yes. One memo a day, up to 45 minutes long, with no account and no card. The daily allowance is shared across all the free tools. A free account adds signup credit and longer file limits.

Does it handle background noise and accents?

It runs the same transcription pipeline as the paid product, and per-language accuracy is published openly on our benchmarks page. A memo recorded close to the phone in a quiet room will always come out cleaner than one recorded across a cafe, so hold the phone near you when you can.

Which languages?

It transcribes speech in 52 languages and dialects and detects the language on its own, so a memo needs no language setting before you upload it.

What about memos longer than the free limit?

The free tool stops at 45 minutes, and a longer memo is turned away before it uploads. Sign up free to transcribe it: an account comes with signup credit, much higher length limits, exports (TXT, SRT, VTT and more), and a searchable library of everything you transcribe.