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Voice recorder for Android

Record it.
Read it.
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Transcriptio records meetings, lectures and ideas, and turns them into text you can search, edit and share. It transcribes right on your phone, so nothing has to leave it.

Free · Android 8.0 or later

Transcribes on your phone

No internet needed. 21 languages, and the words light up as you listen.

Search every word

Finds words inside your transcripts, not only in the titles.

Backed up to your Drive

Optional and free. Synced to your other phones, and open on any computer.

Share it your way

The audio, plain text, a PDF, a Word document or subtitles.

Transcription that stays on your phone

Download a speech model once, and Transcriptio turns your recordings into text right on the phone, even in airplane mode. Tap any word to hear that moment; fix a mistake as you would in a document.

  • 21 languages, recognized by themselves
  • A small English-only model for phones with less memory
  • Edit the transcript like a document

Everything in its place

Give each recording a folder with its own color and icon, add tags, and star what matters. Search finds words inside the transcripts, not only in the titles.

  • Folders, tags and favorites
  • Search across every transcript
  • A Record button on your home screen

Your recordings, on any computer

Google Drive backup is optional: leave it off and your recordings stay only on your phone. Turn it on in the app and every recording, transcript and folder is kept in your own Drive. Sign in here with the same Google account to listen, read, correct and download them in your browser.

  • Free for everyone who signs in
  • Kept in sync between your phones
  • Straight from your Drive to your browser
Open your recordings

How it works

  1. 1

    Record or import

    Tap Record, use the home-screen button, or share an audio file from another app.

  2. 2

    Transcribe

    On your phone, for free, even without an internet connection.

  3. 3

    Use it

    Search it, correct it, send it as a PDF or Word file, or open it on your computer.

Private by design

Your recordings are yours. They live on your phone and, if you choose, in your own Google Drive.

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  • Transcribing on the phone sends nothingThe speech model runs on the phone itself.
  • Backups go to your DriveNot to our servers. The website reads them from there too.
  • No account neededYou only sign in to back up to your Drive.

Questions

Is Transcriptio free?

Yes. Recording, transcribing on your phone, organizing, sharing and Google Drive backup are all free.

Do I need an account?

No. You sign in with Google only to back up to your Drive.

Which languages does it understand?

21 languages, and it recognizes which one is spoken:

  • Bulgarian
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Estonian
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Lithuanian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Slovak
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Ukrainian

Some languages come out better than others; the app shows how well each one works before you download it. For English there is also a smaller model for phones with less memory.

Can I see my recordings on a computer?

Yes. Turn on Google Drive backup in the app, then sign in on this site with the same Google account. You can listen, read, correct the transcript and download it.

Which phones does it run on?

Android 8.0 or later. The larger speech model works best with 4 GB of memory or more; a small English model needs less.

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