Speech to Text

Upload a recording and turn spoken audio into editable text.

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Turn recordings into usable text

Interviews, lectures and spoken notes contain material that people need to revisit. A transcript provides a written reference for finding passages and developing an article, study notes or a working draft from the recording.

Find a quote in an interview

Find a quote in an interview

A journalist has an interview recording containing material for several parts of an article. A transcript provides a written reference for locating discussion of a particular topic and choosing potential quotes. The journalist can return to the original audio for context while building the article around the interview.

Review a lecture after class

Review a lecture after class

A student wants to revisit an explanation from a recorded lecture. The transcript can sit beside class notes, making it easier to find the relevant term and connect it with the lesson outline. Returned timing segments, when available, provide another reference for locating the passage in the recording.

Check what was said in a meeting

Check what was said in a meeting

A project team needs to revisit how a deadline or responsibility was discussed in a meeting. Turning the recording into text provides source material for preparing follow-up notes. The team can refer to the wording of the conversation while deciding which decisions and actions belong in the written summary.

Move spoken notes into an editing draft

Move spoken notes into an editing draft

A writer records ideas while the structure of an article is still taking shape. Transcribing those voice memos produces editable text that can be organised in a writing editor. The spoken observations become raw material for an outline, an argument or the opening of a story.

How to transcribe an audio file

  1. Choose the recording

    Open voicv.com and choose Speech to Text. Provide a supported audio file with clear, intelligible speech and check that you are authorised to upload it.

  2. Review access and submit

    Sign in with an eligible paid entitlement. The request cost is based on the audio duration; check the displayed information before starting transcription.

  3. Read, check and download

    Review the transcript alongside the recording. Copy or download the text, and inspect the timing segments when they are available in the returned result.

Read, locate and reuse recorded speech

Read the recording as a transcript

Turn recorded speech into a text transcript that you can read in full. Spoken material becomes easier to scan, giving you a written starting point for an interview draft, lecture notes or your own editorial work.

Return to a passage by its time

Review word timestamps to locate a passage in the recording. When speaker turns include usable start and end times, open the full transcript and replay that turn. Older results without turn timings can still play the full recording.

Take the text into your own editor

Copy a speaker turn or download the full transcript as TXT or DOCX to continue editing. SRT and VTT exports use available timestamps for subtitles, while JSON retains structured text and timing data for other tools.

Audio transcription questions

Is this live speech recognition?

This page transcribes audio supplied for a task. Prepare a recording and submit it for processing; it is not a live meeting assistant with continuous microphone capture. If you are comparing tools for interviews or lectures, distinguish recorded-file transcription from voice typing before choosing the workflow you need.

What kind of recording works best?

Use a recording in which speech can be heard clearly, with as little overlapping dialogue and background noise as possible. Names and specialist terms deserve particular review afterwards. Improving the original recording is more useful than expecting a transcription service to recover information that is not intelligible in the audio.

Will it identify each speaker automatically?

When the service returns speaker information, the transcript groups speech under labels such as Speaker 1 and Speaker 2, with timestamps when available. These labels distinguish voices; they do not identify people by name. Review overlapping speech against the recording.

Can I download a subtitle file?

Yes. Use the download menu to export SRT or VTT when the result includes usable timestamps. Word timings are grouped into readable captions; if only turn timings are returned, those original ranges are used. Check the captions against your media. TXT, DOCX and JSON are also available.

Is Speech to Text free to use?

Submitting transcription tasks requires an eligible paid entitlement, such as an active subscription or a qualifying one-time-purchase entitlement. Free account credits alone do not unlock the tool. You can still read the public page before deciding whether the workflow suits your recording. Check the current pricing page for account options.

How is the credit cost calculated?

The request is priced from the actual audio duration. Review the cost shown before submission and keep a copy of the recording for your own checks. Submitting the recording again creates another request. If a returned transcript needs editorial corrections, that is different from the task itself failing to process.

Can I upload a private conversation?

Make sure you have the necessary permission to record and process the conversation, and review Voicv’s Privacy Policy before uploading sensitive material. A paid plan does not supply consent from the people speaking. Share the resulting transcript only with the people and for the purposes that your permissions actually cover.

What should I do if transcription fails?

Read the original task error, then check the file, audio clarity and account eligibility before trying again. A failed task follows the saved-charge refund rules. Long-pending tasks can be cancelled after the configured waiting period. Keep the source recording so you can retry or transcribe a clearer excerpt when appropriate.

Choose a recording worth reviewing

Start with intelligible audio, then check the resulting words against the sound before you quote, edit or share them.

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