WhatsApp voice note to text

Save the WhatsApp voice note, choose it here and read it as text. Free: the first 15 min of each transcript.

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Spoken language

Free: read the first 15 min of each file · up to 5 h · 512 MB

Where's my voice note?

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Tap and hold the voice message in the chat.
Tap the share icon at the top of the screen.
Save it to Files or Drive, then choose it here.

Tap and hold the voice message, then tap Forward.
Tap the share icon at the bottom right.
Tap Save to Files, then choose it here.

In WhatsApp Web or Desktop, hover over the voice message.
Open the menu with the down arrow and choose Download.
Choose the saved file here.

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Sample output

TranscriptSummaryChaptersSRT

00:00 Maya Thanks for joining. Let's start with the launch date.

00:04 Daniel Design is done, but the store listing still needs screenshots.

00:10 Maya Can we have those by Friday?

00:13 Daniel Yes, if marketing sends the final copy tomorrow.

00:18 Priya I'll send it tonight.

00:21 Maya Great. Then the launch date stays where it is.

The team keeps the launch date. Design is finished, and the store screenshots will be ready by Friday once marketing sends the final copy, which Priya sends tonight.

00:00 Launch date
00:10 Store screenshots by Friday
00:18 Final copy tonight

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00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,600
Maya: Thanks for joining. Let's start with the launch date.

2
00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:09,200
Daniel: Design is done, but the store listing still needs screenshots.

3
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,100
Maya: Can we have those by Friday?

4
00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,400
Daniel: Yes, if marketing sends the final copy tomorrow.

5
00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:19,800
Priya: I'll send it tonight.

6
00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,500
Maya: Great. Then the launch date stays where it is.

A transcript with timestamps and speaker labels you can rename
Speech in 55 languages, or automatic language detection
An AI summary and chapters you can jump between
Download as TXT, SRT, VTT, Word (DOCX), with subtitles timed to the spoken words
Video files too: only the audio track uploads
Filler words and repeats removed or kept, your choice

Need the full recording?

The whole transcript of every file, not only the first 15 min
50 h of file transcription a month, with no daily file limit
Downloads of the whole transcript as TXT, SRT, VTT, Word (DOCX)

$15.99 a month, or $12.99 a month billed yearly

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How it works

Choose the WhatsApp voice note you saved as a file.
Pick the spoken language or let SeaMeet detect it, then press Transcribe.
Read the voice note as text in your library.

A WhatsApp voice note, as text you can keep

To transcribe a WhatsApp voice note, in English or another language, first save it from WhatsApp as a file: the tabs above show how on Android, iPhone and WhatsApp Web. Choose that file on this page, pick the spoken language or let SeaMeet detect it, and press Transcribe. The text lands in your library, where you can come back to it and read it again later.

WhatsApp records voice notes with the Opus codec. A note saved on Android ends in .opus, and WhatsApp Web or the desktop app saves it as an .ogg file with the same Opus audio inside. Both upload here as they are, so there is nothing to convert or rename first.

WhatsApp can also transcribe voice notes itself, on the phone, once voice message transcripts are switched on in its chat settings. That feature works from a fixed list of languages that differs between iPhone and Android, and some languages are on neither list: a Persian or Indonesian voice note, for example, gets no transcript from WhatsApp at all. What WhatsApp shows also stays inside the chat. A transcript made here is a separate record you keep, with speaker labels when several people talk on the note and a summary when someone talks for a long time.

Free vs Sync Pro

	Free	Sync Pro
Readable transcript	First 15 min of each file	The whole transcript
Transcription hours	6 h in total	50 h of uploads a month
Files per day	Up to 10	No daily file limit
Longest and largest file	5 h · 512 MB	5 h · 512 MB
Downloads	TXT, SRT, VTT, Word (DOCX), first 15 min	TXT, SRT, VTT, Word (DOCX)
Price	Free	$15.99 a month, or $12.99 a month billed yearly

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Questions

How do I transcribe an English WhatsApp voice note?

Save the voice note from WhatsApp as a file, using the steps for your phone or for WhatsApp Web above. Choose the file on this page, set the spoken language to English or leave detection on, and press Transcribe; sign in free if the page asks. The transcript is kept in your library.

Can WhatsApp itself turn voice notes into text?

Yes, on the phone, once voice message transcripts are turned on in WhatsApp's chat settings; they are off by default. The languages differ between iPhone and Android, and some, such as Persian, Indonesian, Vietnamese or Polish, aren't covered on either. Uploading the saved note here lets you choose the spoken language yourself or let SeaMeet detect it.

What kind of file is a saved WhatsApp voice note?

WhatsApp records voice notes in Opus. A note saved on Android ends in .opus, and one saved from WhatsApp Web or the desktop app is an .ogg file. Upload it exactly as it comes out of WhatsApp; there is no need to turn it into MP3 first.

How do I convert a WhatsApp voice note to text on iPhone?

Tap and hold the voice note, tap Forward, then tap the share icon at the bottom right and choose Save to Files. Open this page on the iPhone, choose the note from Files, pick the spoken language or keep detection on, and press Transcribe.

Can I transcribe WhatsApp voice notes for free?

Yes, within the free plan: 6 h of transcription in total and up to 10 files a day. For each transcript you read the first 15 min, which for a typical voice note is often all of it.

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