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Is there an app that can transcribe a voice recording?

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  • J jsc42

    I had used Dragon Naturally Speaking in the last millennium. In those days, it was not very accurate and I had trouble even guessing what I had said in order to correct it. However, I would hope that it is a much better product by now with additional years of refinement and with faster, more powerful PCs that can support more advanced recognition algorithms. You can get a free trial version.

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    Lost User
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    Ever tried instructing a modern Google Home appliance? "Google, Play Queen" -"Now playing Dream" "Google, Play Queen Dammit!" -"Now playing Dream Rabbit" It feels like it is still at the same level as DD 20 years ago.

    Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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    • D Dominic Burford

      I have a work colleague who has been to a meeting and using her Android phone has recorded the meeting. It is 50 minutes long. It is saved in WAP format. She was wondering if there is an app or something that can transcribe the meeting from the voice recording into a digital / electronic document e.g. into a Word document. With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

      "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

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      Post the work on fiverr.. :-) $5 marketplace

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      • D Dominic Burford

        I have a work colleague who has been to a meeting and using her Android phone has recorded the meeting. It is 50 minutes long. It is saved in WAP format. She was wondering if there is an app or something that can transcribe the meeting from the voice recording into a digital / electronic document e.g. into a Word document. With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

        "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

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        dan sh
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        Dominic Burford wrote:

        With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

        Nothing would work perfect. You can probably try this one: [Transcribe - online transcription and dictation software](https://transcribe.wreally.com/) I am having tough time trying to tell Google what to do when I have absolutely universally best accent which everyone must follow if they want to succeed in life.

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          Ever tried instructing a modern Google Home appliance? "Google, Play Queen" -"Now playing Dream" "Google, Play Queen Dammit!" -"Now playing Dream Rabbit" It feels like it is still at the same level as DD 20 years ago.

          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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          • D Dominic Burford

            I have a work colleague who has been to a meeting and using her Android phone has recorded the meeting. It is 50 minutes long. It is saved in WAP format. She was wondering if there is an app or something that can transcribe the meeting from the voice recording into a digital / electronic document e.g. into a Word document. With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

            "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

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            GuyThiebaut
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            For a 50 minute long meeting you are better off transcribing it yourself. Since it's a meeting there will probably be difference people speaking. It may take you 2 hours to transcribe it - however cleaning up a badly auto-transcribed file may take longer.

            “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

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            • L Lost User

              Is it possible to do so without making the video public? It is after all audio of a meeting, with work-related and customer-related details.

              Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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              Nitin S
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              I have not tried for private videos but I guess it is possible because it takes video id as input

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              • D Dominic Burford

                I have a work colleague who has been to a meeting and using her Android phone has recorded the meeting. It is 50 minutes long. It is saved in WAP format. She was wondering if there is an app or something that can transcribe the meeting from the voice recording into a digital / electronic document e.g. into a Word document. With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

                "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

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                Munchies_Matt
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                WIFE 1.0 is pretty good at this kind of thing.

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                • M Munchies_Matt

                  WIFE 1.0 is pretty good at this kind of thing.

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                  glennPattonWork3
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                  You like rabbit punches? :)

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                  • D Dominic Burford

                    I have a work colleague who has been to a meeting and using her Android phone has recorded the meeting. It is 50 minutes long. It is saved in WAP format. She was wondering if there is an app or something that can transcribe the meeting from the voice recording into a digital / electronic document e.g. into a Word document. With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

                    "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

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                    dandy72
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                    Does it have to be an app? [Speech recognition](https://www.windowscentral.com/how-set-speech-recognition-windows-10) is built into Windows nowadays. You could hit Play on the phone, and place it right next to your PC's microphone so it transcribes it into, say, Notepad. I have *no* idea how well it'll work...but there's nothing to download and you can try it right now. I suspect there's a lot you'll want to re-edit by hand.

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                    • M Munchies_Matt

                      WIFE 1.0 is pretty good at this kind of thing.

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                      Munchies_Matt wrote:

                      WIFE 1.0 is pretty good at this kind of thing.

                      May corrupt any MS-Money files you have, and has the side-effect of scanning your entire network for "strange" software.

                      Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                      • D Dominic Burford

                        I have a work colleague who has been to a meeting and using her Android phone has recorded the meeting. It is 50 minutes long. It is saved in WAP format. She was wondering if there is an app or something that can transcribe the meeting from the voice recording into a digital / electronic document e.g. into a Word document. With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

                        "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

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                        MacSpudster
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                        Transcribe Through “YouTube” Go to YouTube and upload your video file. If you have an MP3 audio file, you may use a tool like Windows Movie Maker, iMovie on Mac or FFMpeg to convert the audio into a video file before uploading to YouTube. Wait for YouTube to completely process the video. The machine transcriptions may not immediately become available after uploading the video.

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                        • N Nitin S

                          Upload the file to youtube and then extract the auto generated transcribe text as mentioned in below post [Is there a way to extract the automatically generated subtitles in YouTube? - Quora](https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-way-to-extract-the-automatically-generated-subtitles-in-YouTube)

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                          raddevus
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                          Wow. I just checked one of my recent youtube video uploads and found the transcript. I did not know that functionality was there. very cool and thanks for pointing that out. :thumbsup:

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                          • D Dominic Burford

                            I have a work colleague who has been to a meeting and using her Android phone has recorded the meeting. It is 50 minutes long. It is saved in WAP format. She was wondering if there is an app or something that can transcribe the meeting from the voice recording into a digital / electronic document e.g. into a Word document. With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

                            "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

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                            Dragon Naturally Speaking is the best. Our patients disabled used it when I worked at the hospital. Over the years it has improved very much. The problem, for your colleague, is that the voices, at the meeting, will be all different. The software works best with one voice though, as a joke, I tried the set up that one of the female occupational therapist had made and with my voice (male) it was about 80 to 85% accurate, much to my surprise! I must point out that we had the same accent and this part is very important. It is conceivable that with a combination of Dragon and transcribing it still might save some work. :) Good luck, Mike

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                              Here you go.[^]

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                              DanW52
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                              Is this picture really what you meant to link to?

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                                Is this picture really what you meant to link to?

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                                CodeWraith
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                                Wo says the oldschool app was unproblematic? :-)

                                I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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                                • D Dominic Burford

                                  I have a work colleague who has been to a meeting and using her Android phone has recorded the meeting. It is 50 minutes long. It is saved in WAP format. She was wondering if there is an app or something that can transcribe the meeting from the voice recording into a digital / electronic document e.g. into a Word document. With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

                                  "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

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                                  Michael Breeden
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                                  Dragon Voice Writer works good. I think you need Professional to transcribe from a file instead of a microphone. Teaching it to recognize your voice takes about 15 minutes. After version 10, it got pretty darn accurate. ... Careful, it can tell if you've had a couple beers. :) (A Ray Kurzweil product... I think.)

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                                  • D Dominic Burford

                                    I have a work colleague who has been to a meeting and using her Android phone has recorded the meeting. It is 50 minutes long. It is saved in WAP format. She was wondering if there is an app or something that can transcribe the meeting from the voice recording into a digital / electronic document e.g. into a Word document. With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

                                    "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

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                                    Josh Bula
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                                    Google Docs does this... under the Tools menu choose "Voice typing..." You might be able to play the recording into the microphone, or if the quality isn't very good you may need to actually listen to the recording using headphones or something and then use your own voice to repeat everything said in the meeting.

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                                    • D Dominic Burford

                                      I have a work colleague who has been to a meeting and using her Android phone has recorded the meeting. It is 50 minutes long. It is saved in WAP format. She was wondering if there is an app or something that can transcribe the meeting from the voice recording into a digital / electronic document e.g. into a Word document. With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

                                      "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

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                                      Kirk 10389821
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                                      The youtube feature is the best. But honestly. It would take about 2hrs to just slow down the recording, and type it as they go into a computer. And you could probably capture who said what better. I use voice recordings (snippets of facts only) and then type them up later, adding back in the pertinent details all the time.

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                                      • D den2k88

                                        Pick up the phone (on the landline), don't compose any number and simply state that you need the transcript of that conversation. Your government already has it and will send it to you asap.

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                                        I see definite Rick Roll possibilities on this one... "Click this link to see the government transcript"

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                                        • D Dominic Burford

                                          I have a work colleague who has been to a meeting and using her Android phone has recorded the meeting. It is 50 minutes long. It is saved in WAP format. She was wondering if there is an app or something that can transcribe the meeting from the voice recording into a digital / electronic document e.g. into a Word document. With the popularity of voice recognition and AI is there something out there somewhere that can do this?

                                          "There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter

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                                          Bruce Patin
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                                          I've been told that such recording is illegal and would probably result in at least being fired. Is this in the US or UK or Australia?

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