M4A & Voice Memo transcription

M4A to Text — transcribe your Voice Memos.

iPhone Voice Memos and most Apple recordings export as M4A. Drop that file here and get accurate paragraph text back — recorded interviews, spoken notes, meetings you captured on your phone. Whisper Large v3 Turbo reads the M4A directly, no converting.

Plus & Pro feature Up to 500MB / 6 hours M4A / AAC in SRT · VTT · TXT · PDF

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Accuracy benchmark

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Recorded interview — iPhone Voice Memo, exported as M4A

Transcript Summary Repurpose

00:00:06 Thanks for meeting me. Can you start with how you got into the trade?

00:00:13 Honestly by accident. I was covering a shift for my brother and never left.

00:00:21 And that was — what, fifteen years ago now?

00:00:26 Sixteen this spring. Everything I know I learned standing at that bench.

Copied · transcript .srt .vtt .pdf .txt

What you get

Every M4A to text without converting.

Upload the M4A, get accurate paragraph text back. Voice Memos, recorded interviews, and spoken notes all run through the same pipeline.

M4A read directly

Export straight from Voice Memos and drop the M4A in. We decode the AAC audio and transcribe it — no need to convert to MP3 or WAV first.

Interview-length, no timeout

A 40-minute interview or a two-hour meeting is fine. Files up to 500MB and six hours are split, transcribed in parallel, and stitched back into one transcript.

Clean, speaker-ready text

Output arrives as punctuated sentences with paragraph breaks — quotable straight away, no wall of lowercase to clean up.

How it works

From M4A to transcript in three steps.

Choose the file, let us transcribe it, then export or translate. Transcription costs 10 credits per audio-hour on Plus and Pro plans.

Choose your M4A

Export from Voice Memos, then drag the M4A onto the box above or click to browse. Files can run up to 500MB and six hours — no converting first.

We transcribe it

Whisper Large v3 Turbo decodes the AAC audio and transcribes it. Long recordings are split into overlapping segments, processed in parallel, and stitched into one transcript. Costs 10 credits per audio-hour.

Export, translate, repurpose

Copy the text, export SRT/VTT/TXT/PDF, translate to 40 languages, or turn it into an article — no re-upload.

Beyond the transcript

More than an M4A transcriber.

Every transcript can be summarized, translated, repurposed, or exported — one upload, many directions out.

AI summaries

A two-sentence recap of the interview plus the key point — skim a long recording before you read it.

40-language translation

Transcribe the M4A once, then translate the text to Spanish, French, Mandarin, and 37 more without re-uploading.

Repurpose to 8 formats

Turn a recorded conversation into an article, a thread, or a newsletter — the phrasing stays in your voice.

Export anywhere

SRT and VTT for captions, TXT for notes, PDF for sharing quotes — one click each.

Who this is for

Built for interviewers and note-takers.

Journalists transcribing recorded interviews

Researchers turning field notes into text

Writers capturing ideas as voice memos

Students recording and transcribing lectures

Lawyers documenting recorded statements

Founders transcribing customer calls

How it works

How to convert an M4A to text.

M4A is the format iPhone Voice Memos and most Apple recorders produce. When your interview or spoken note is already an M4A on your phone or Mac, upload it here and get accurate paragraph text back. M4A-to-text transcription is a Plus and Pro feature at 10 credits per audio-hour.

Straight from Voice Memos, no conversion

Share or export a Voice Memo and you get an M4A. Drop it in as-is — we decode the AAC audio and transcribe it. You never have to convert to MP3 or WAV, which is where most Apple-audio workflows stall.

Interviews and long meetings, no timeout

A 40-minute interview or a multi-hour meeting recording would time out most browser transcribers. We accept M4A files up to 500MB and six hours, split them into overlapping chunks, transcribe in parallel, and re-stitch so nothing drops at the seams.

Quotable text on the first pass

Whisper Large v3 Turbo handles the quiet second speaker, room echo, and pocket noise typical of phone recordings. Output arrives as punctuated sentences with paragraph breaks, so you can lift a quote straight into your piece without re-listening.

Translate and repurpose the interview

After transcription, translate the text to any of 40 languages, or repurpose it into an article, a thread, or a newsletter in one click — the phrasing stays in your voice. All from the same upload, no re-recording.

Your M4A is deleted after processing

The uploaded file is used to produce your transcript and then removed from our storage automatically. Your transcript stays saved in your history; the source M4A does not linger on our servers. For video and other audio formats, see the /audio-to-text/ hub.

FAQ

Common questions.

How do I convert an M4A to text?

Export the recording from Voice Memos, then upload the M4A into the box above — drag and drop or click to browse. We transcribe the audio with Whisper Large v3 Turbo and return readable text with toggleable timestamps. M4A-to-text transcription is a Plus and Pro feature.

Can I transcribe an iPhone Voice Memo?

Yes — that is exactly what this is for. Voice Memos export as M4A. Share or export the memo to a file, drop it in, and get an accurate transcript back. No converting to another format first.

Is M4A transcription free?

No. Uploading and transcribing your own M4A files is a paid Plus and Pro feature at 10 credits per audio-hour. The free URL-based transcriber is a separate tool. We run the full transcription on your file, which is why upload is paid.

Do I need to convert the M4A to MP3 first?

No. Drop the M4A in as-is. We decode the AAC audio and transcribe it directly, so there is no conversion step on your end.

How long can my M4A be?

Up to 500MB and six hours. Longer interviews and meetings are split into overlapping segments, transcribed in parallel, and stitched back into one continuous transcript, so length is not a problem.

Is my M4A file kept after transcription?

No. Your uploaded M4A is used to produce the transcript and then deleted from our storage automatically. The finished transcript stays in your history; the original file does not linger on our servers.

“Every source interview I record on my iPhone. Exporting the memo and dropping the M4A in gets me a clean, quotable transcript before I even leave the café.”

Sofia Reinholt

Freelance features writer

Drop your M4A — quotable transcript in minutes.

Voice Memos and any M4A, up to 500MB / 6 hours. A Plus & Pro feature at 10 credits per audio-hour. Start at the /upload/ page.

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