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Turn a WhatsApp voice message into text

OneDollarTranscript turns WhatsApp voice messages into text: save the voice message from WhatsApp, upload the file (usually .opus or .ogg), pay $1 once and read what was said. Long voice notes, voice notes in another language and recordings you need to keep as text all work. No account, no app to install.

$1 up to 60 minutes $3 up to 10 hours TXT + SRT No signup

YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X (Twitter), Vimeo, SoundCloud, Dailymotion, Loom, or a direct link to an audio/video file.

How to get a voice note out of WhatsApp

  1. On Android: press and hold the voice message, tap the share icon and send it to Files, Drive or your browser.
  2. On iPhone: press and hold the voice message, tap Forward, then the share icon, and choose Save to Files.
  3. Upload the saved file here. WhatsApp voice notes are .opus or .ogg files, which work as they are.
  4. Pay $1 and read the transcript, or download it as TXT.

Why turn a voice note into text?

Long voice messages are hard to skim, impossible to search and awkward to play in a meeting or on a train. As text you can read them in seconds, quote them, or keep a record, for example of instructions, agreements or a relative's story.

Voice notes in another language

The language is detected automatically, and you can add a translation into any of 142 languages. Useful for messages from relatives, clients or suppliers abroad.

Private by default

The voice message is deleted as soon as the transcript is ready, and the transcript is deleted after 30 days. The model providers we use do not train on your files.

What you get

A clean transcript and a subtitle file.

Every order includes both files. Download them as soon as the transcript is ready.

Example output from a short interview recording
Example
interview.txt with timestamps

[00:00] Thanks for making the time today. Happy to. Where would you like to start? At the beginning: how did the project come together?

[00:15] It started with one long recording and a very short deadline.

interview.srt SRT
  1. 1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,600 Thanks for making the time today.
  2. 2 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:07,200 Happy to. Where would you like to start?
  3. 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:12,600 At the beginning: how did the project come together?
  4. 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:20,400 It started with one long recording and a very short deadline.
  • TXT to read and quote Clean paragraphs of everything said. Timestamps on or off.
  • SRT subtitles Timed to the audio. Works with YouTube, Premiere, Final Cut and VLC.
  • Translation, if you ask A second TXT and SRT in the language you choose.

Questions

Can I transcribe several voice notes at once?

Each file is one order. If you have many short voice notes, you can join them into one audio file first and pay once.

Does it work with Telegram, Signal or iMessage audio?

Yes. Any audio file you can save from a messaging app works, such as .ogg, .opus, .m4a, .aac or .amr.

What does a 3-minute voice note cost?

$1, the same as any file up to 60 minutes.

How much does a transcript cost?

$1 per file up to 60 minutes, or $3 per file up to 10 hours, paid once. The price comes from the real length of your file and is shown before you pay. No subscription, no credits, no minimums.

Files up to 60 minutes

$1 per file, once

  • Full transcript of everything said
  • TXT (with or without timestamps) + SRT
  • Optional translation into another language
  • 142 spoken languages, auto-detected
  • Automatic refund if it fails
Upload a file

Longer files, up to 10 hours

$3 per file, once

  • Full transcript of everything said
  • TXT (with or without timestamps) + SRT
  • Optional translation into another language
  • 142 spoken languages, auto-detected
  • Automatic refund if it fails
Upload a file

Prices include everything we charge. Local sales tax or VAT is added at checkout where it applies. Recordings longer than 10 hours are not supported yet.

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