Transcribe Signal voice notes even the very long ones.
To transcribe a Signal voice note, save it from the chat and upload the audio file here, up to 10 hours or 5 GB; a 15-minute note comes back as text in about 30 seconds. The first 20 minutes are free on your first visit, and thirty notes of 15 minutes, 450 minutes in all, fit the $6 pack of 500 minutes.
From Signal to text
A voice note you saved is an ordinary audio file, and it uploads like one.
Saving the note from the chat
Signal keeps voice notes inside the conversation. Use the save or download option on the message to put the audio file on your phone or computer; the menu differs between Android, iPhone and Signal Desktop, and the file is usually an M4A or AAC audio file. WhipScribe has no connection to Signal and only sees the file you choose to upload.
Recording with consent
If the audio is a recorded call rather than a note someone sent you, recording it needs the consent the law where you are requires. Ask first, and keep the other person's yes at the start of the recording.
Notes from a long project
Thirty voice notes of 15 minutes add up to 450 minutes, which the $6 pack of 500 minutes covers at $0.72 an audio hour. A year of notes from a long project, say 1,800 minutes, belongs on the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes.
What each note becomes
Every upload returns a brief with the point of the note and its takeaways, chapters with timestamps for a long one, and the names, numbers and dates it mentions. When a recording holds two voices, both are named in the summary, key quotes and chapters.
Long voice notes elsewhere
A 15-minute voice note is quick to send and slow to hear.
✗ Without text
The information is in there somewhere.
- Replaying a note to find one address
- Notes too long to hear on a commute
- No search across months of notes
- Copying numbers down by hand
- Missing the one date that mattered
- Forwarding audio nobody has time for
✓ With the note uploaded
Every note readable and searchable.
- About 30 seconds for 15 minutes
- The date and figures in the brief
- Searchable DOCX or TXT
- Chapters inside a long note
- Thirty notes on the $6 pack
- Subtitles if the note becomes a video
Sample
A long voice note about a renovation, as it comes back.
This voice note is illustrative and was written for this page; it is from no real person. Timestamps show a 15-minute note.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $6 (500 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$6/500 min
8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 500 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$12/2,000 min
33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 2,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Signal voice notes, the usual questions.
How long does a Signal voice note take to transcribe?
A 15-minute note takes about 30 seconds, and a 2-hour recording about 4 minutes, at roughly 2 minutes per audio hour.
What does a batch of voice notes cost?
The first 20 minutes are free when you first visit, which covers a single note of that length in full. Thirty 15-minute notes, 450 minutes, sit on the $6 pack of 500 minutes, and credits never expire between batches.
How big can a saved voice note be?
Each file can be up to 10 hours or 5 GB, and before the first pack up to 2 GB. A voice note is a small fraction of that. In the rare case the upload refuses a voice note, convert it to MP3 first.
Can I combine many short notes into one upload?
Yes. Join them in an audio editor in the order they were sent and upload the result, which gives one document with chapters. Uploading them separately gives each its own brief.
Which languages are supported?
99 languages, detected automatically with nothing to choose. A note that drifts between two languages is detected on its main language, and the switches are handled.
What can I download, and who hears the note?
Each note can be downloaded as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT or JSON. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training; that matters for notes people sent you in private.
Related
More voice notes and calls
Read the note instead of replaying it. The first 20 minutes of your notes are free.
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