Convert voice to text
Voice notes, memos and recordings go in, and clean, editable text comes out. Works with files from any phone, recorder or chat app.
Free: 60 min per 30 days, files up to 30 min / 50 MB · Paid plans: 10 to 100 hrs, files up to 2 GB. Big video? Upload just its audio track: same transcript, much faster upload.
Encrypted in transit · audio & video auto-delete in 30 days · never used to train AI
Optional settings
Set this for the most accurate result on quiet or mixed audio.
Get a second copy translated into another language (Pro).
Uncommon words the AI might misspell. List them so they come out right.
Last updated 21 July 2026
"Voice to text" means two different things, and knowing which one you need saves real time. If you want to talk and watch words appear as you speak, that's live dictation; your phone's keyboard microphone already does it, and our dictation page covers that route. If you already have a recording, that's transcription, and it's what this page does. A voice note, a memo, a WhatsApp or Messenger audio message, an hour of thinking out loud on your commute: upload the file, get the text.
The recording route has quiet advantages over live dictation. A dictation engine gets one pass at your words in real time; a transcription engine reads the whole finished recording with full context, so it punctuates better, survives background noise better, and handles multiple voices. It also means you can capture thoughts at talking speed, about three times faster than typing, without watching a screen, then turn the recording into text when it suits you.
Voice messages from chat apps work too, because they're ordinary audio files once saved: WhatsApp voice notes export as OGG, iPhone voice memos as M4A, and Messenger audio as MP4, and all of them upload directly with no conversion. Starting costs nothing, and the free monthly hour absorbs a steady stream of voice notes without a card ever entering the picture.
How it works
- 1Save or export the voice recording from Voice Memos, WhatsApp, Messenger or any recorder app.
- 2Upload it here (or record directly in the browser with the mic button).
- 3Edit any word inline, then copy the text or export TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT or VTT.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
How can I do voice to text?
Two routes. To type by speaking, use the microphone key on your phone keyboard or dictation on your computer, which is free and built in. To get text from a recording that already exists, upload the file to a transcription tool like this one and the full text comes back in seconds. Dictation is for composing and transcription is for capturing, and most people asking this question have a recording, so they need the second route.
Can I convert voice notes from WhatsApp or Messenger?
Yes. In WhatsApp, long-press the voice note, choose forward or share, and save it as a file (it arrives as OGG audio). Messenger audio saves as MP4. Both upload directly with no conversion step. Short notes transcribe in seconds, and the whole flow works in your phone's browser.
Is voice to text free?
For most voice-note habits, yes. The free plan resets each month with an hour of transcription in recordings up to 30 minutes, exported as plain text, and no credit card is involved. Longer files, DOCX/PDF/SRT/VTT exports and AI features start with Basic at $12/month.
How do I convert voice to text on iPhone or Android?
Open Trustample in Safari or Chrome on the phone, upload the recording from Files (or record right in the browser), and the transcript appears in the same tab. The browser is the app here, so there is nothing to download and no storage given up. iPhone Voice Memos upload as-is; most Android recorder files do too.
What if the recording has more than one voice?
On every paid plan, segments arrive labeled Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on, and renaming a label once applies it through the whole transcript. For a personal memo with one voice, the free plan's plain transcript is all you need.
Is my voice recording private?
Yes. A voice note often carries things you would only say to one person, so the handling matches: encrypted storage, no AI training on your recordings, audio auto-deleted after 30 days while transcripts stay until you delete them, and a paranoid mode that destroys the recording the moment its text exists.
An honest note: Very quiet or mumbled voice memos, the kind recorded while walking with the phone in a pocket, transcribe worse than deliberate speech. If a memo matters, hold the phone near your mouth and speak normally; the difference in accuracy is larger than any setting we could offer.
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