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Transcribe an iPhone call recording to text.

Calls recorded with the iPhone's own record button are saved in the Notes app. Save the audio to Files, drop it here, and get a transcript in any of 99+ languages with a summary of what was agreed.

Free preview and summary Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file 99+ languages TXT · DOCX · SRT · VTT · JSON

The file you have

Where an iPhone call recording is, and how to get it out.

Recording: During a call tap the record button. Everyone on the call hears an announcement that recording has started.
Where it is saved: The Notes app, in the Call Recordings folder, as a note with the audio attached.
Getting the file: Open the note, tap the ⋯ on the recording and choose Save Audio to Files (or share the audio). The file is an .m4a.
Availability: Apple does not offer call recording in every country, and it needs a recent iOS version.

There is no link to paste for this one. Get the file onto your phone or computer first, then upload it in the box above.

How it works

Three steps, the first one is the only one that takes any thought.

Save the audio from Notes

Open the call's note → ⋯ on the recording → Save Audio to Files.

Open this page on the phone and pick the file

Tap the upload box and choose the .m4a from Files.

Read the summary and transcript

The summary lists what was agreed and names the speakers; every transcript line has its timestamp.

Good to know

What trips people up, and what to do about it.

Notes writes its own transcript for some languages. Bring the audio here when the call was in a language Notes does not cover, when you want a summary and chapters, or when you need DOCX or TXT to send on.
No record button on your phone? Put the call on speaker and record it with Voice Memos on a second device, or use a recorder app; any of those files uploads the same way.
Long calls are fine. A two-hour conference call is one file; the limit is 10 hours.
Calls recorded by a third-party app are usually MP3 or M4A in that app's share menu. Export the file and upload it.

Example. A contractor records a 25-minute call with a supplier, in Spanish. The audio saved from Notes is a 12 MB .m4a; the Spanish transcript is back in under a minute and the summary lists the quantities, prices and delivery date. Checked 4 October 2026: an .m4a uploaded through this site came back as text.

What comes back

More than a wall of text.

The same four things for every iPhone call recording, whatever its length.

A transcript with timestamps

Every line carries its time. Click a line to hear that second again, or search a name or phrase and jump to each place it was said.

A summary, chapters and key quotes

A brief with the takeaways, chapters with their start times, and the quotes worth keeping. Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters.

Questions answered from the recording

Ask where a topic came up or what was decided, and get the answer with the time it was said, instead of scrolling the whole text.

Every export

TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, JSON from the same transcript: a document to edit, caption files for video, plain text to paste, structured data for your own tools.

Pricing

Free preview. Packs from $4, and the minutes never expire.

A 25-minute call is 25 minutes, so the $4 pack (500 minutes) covers it 20 times over. Every recording gets a free preview and a summary you can read before paying; a pack opens the full transcript and every export. Packs are one-time purchases with no subscription and no seat fee.

$4500 minutesBuy $81,000 minutesBuy $122,000 minutesBuy $245,000 minutesBuy

Pick a pack to open secure checkout. Workspace is $19 a month for unlimited transcription (300-hour fair-use mark). Full pricing

What we measured, last 30 days

1,901 recordings, 830 audio hours, 64 languages detected. An hour of audio came back in 3.7 minutes for half of the recordings and within 19.7 minutes for nine in ten, measured from the moment the file landed to the finished transcript. Refreshed 2026-10-02; method on how we test.

FAQ

iPhone call recording to text, answered.

Where are iPhone call recordings saved?

In the Notes app, in a folder called Call Recordings. Each call is a note with its audio.

How do I transcribe an iPhone call recording?

Open the call's note, tap the ⋯ on the recording, choose Save Audio to Files, then upload that .m4a in the box on this page.

Does it work for calls that are not in English?

Yes. The language is detected automatically from 99+ languages and the transcript stays in that language.

What does transcribing iPhone call recordings cost?

The preview and the summary are free. A pack opens the full transcript: $4 for 500 minutes, $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes, $24 for 5,000 minutes. Packs are one-time, credits never expire, and Workspace is $19 a month if you transcribe every week.

How long can the recording be?

One file can run up to 10 hours or 5 GB. The box on this page takes files up to 500 MB; a larger file continues on the main upload page, which uploads it in parts. Most recordings come back in about two minutes per hour of audio.

Is the recording kept private?

Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training. You can delete a recording and its transcript at any time.