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Transcribe an Olympus voice recorder file to text.

WhipScribe transcribes the MP3, WAV, WMA or DS2 files from an Olympus or OM System voice recorder, copied over USB. Packs: $4 for 300 minutes, $18 for 3,000, $32 for 6,000; Workspace $19 a month. Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file. Measured turnaround: about 2 minutes per audio hour. 99 languages. Checked 2 Nov 2026.

Free preview of the opening minutes Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file 99+ languages TXT · DOCX · SRT · VTT · JSON

The file you have

What an Olympus recorder saves.

WS and VN models
MP3 on most models; some also record PCM WAV, and older models WMA.
DS dictation models
DS2 or DSS dictation files, read directly here without converting.
Where it is
Connect by USB and the recorder appears as a drive; recordings sit in its voice folders.
Typical size
About 30–60 MB an hour as MP3; about 600 MB an hour as 16-bit stereo WAV.

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.

1

Connect the recorder

USB cable (or the built-in USB plug on WS models); open the drive that appears.

2

Copy the recording

Open the voice folders, copy the file to your computer.

3

Upload it

MP3, WAV, WMA, DS2 and DSS all upload as they are.

Good to know

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

Example. A law student copies a 1 h 50 min lecture from a WS-883 as a 100 MB MP3. The transcript is back in under four minutes, with chapters that follow the lecture's sections.

What comes back

More than a wall of text.

The same four things for every Olympus recorder 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 110-minute lecture is 110 minutes, so the $4 pack (300 minutes) covers it twice. Every recording gets a free preview, and in 31 countries, or for recordings of an hour or more in most others, 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.

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

3,332 recordings, 2,490 audio hours, 65 languages detected. An hour of audio came back in 3.1 minutes for half of the recordings and within 17.5 minutes for nine in ten, measured from the moment the file landed to the finished transcript. Refreshed 2026-10-28; method on how we test.

FAQ

Olympus voice recorder (OM System) to text, answered.

How do I get recordings off an Olympus voice recorder?

Connect it to your computer by USB; it appears as a drive. Copy the file from the voice folder and upload it here.

Can you transcribe DS2 and DSS files?

Yes. Olympus and Philips dictation files are read directly, with no conversion.

Does it work with OM System recorders?

Yes. OM System is the current brand for Olympus recorders; the files are the same.

What does transcribing Olympus recorder recordings cost?

The preview is free, and so is the summary in 31 countries or for recordings of an hour or more. A pack opens the full transcript: $4 for 300 minutes, $18 for 3,000 minutes, $32 for 6,000 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.

Keep going

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