Transcribe Audio to Text

In today's fast-paced digital age, the ability to transcribe audio to text offers immense value in education, business, and research. Converting lectures, podcasts, and meetings into written format enhances accessibility, aids learning, and streamlines data processing. By providing searchable, easily digestible content, it accelerates information retrieval and analysis, empowering individuals and organizations to make informed decisions faster.

What is Transcribe Audio? 

The model that processes the data uses a special AI technology to turn spoken words into written text. 

For this release, it can understand and transcribe speech in English only. It can distinguish between the speakers if there are multiple people in the audio. 

Currently, we support WAV, MP3, and M4A audio formats for Transcribe Audio. 

How to use Transcribe Audio

There are some key points that have to be taken into consideration before using the feature: 

• an Internet connection is needed for the feature to work
• the feature won’t work in the background
• only locally stored files can be transcribed for now
• the model is downloaded to the device and operates locally, ensuring your data remains secure without being sent elsewhere
• enabling this feature may increase battery usage
• while the feature works well with spoken content like lectures and podcasts, it may not be suitable for music and noises, potentially leading to inaccurate results
• this feature is not supported on certain devices: iPhone 11 and older iPhone models; iPad (9th, 8th generation) iPad mini (5th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th, 3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd, 1st generation) 
   

Given that this is an experimental feature, we prominently encourage you to share the feedback with us. Your input is invaluable as we continue to refine and improve this technology. You can drop us a line at rdsupport@readdle.com. 

Transcribe Audio can be accessed via 4 entry points: 

• Actions menu - can be entered via the three dots button.
• Extension - can be accessed from other apps via Share.
• Smart Action - depending on the file type and the action performed, the banner automatically suggests your further actions.
• Audio player - can be accessed via the three dots icon.

How Transcribe Audio works

1. Choose any of the entry points and enable the feature. 
2. The Whisper neurotechnology model will be downloaded to your device.
3. The transcription process begins. 
4. The final file will be saved to the same location as the original audio.