How to transcribe a voice message on iPhone
Can't listen right now, or want the message in writing? Share the voice message to Otofumi and read it as text. The audio stays on your iPhone.
Steps
- Open the chat with the voice message in your messaging app.
- Share the message. In most apps, touch and hold the voice message, then tap Share or Forward and choose to share it to another app. The words differ from app to app.
- Choose Otofumi in the share sheet. If it isn't there, tap More at the end of the app row and add Otofumi to your favourites.
- Pick the language the message is in, if Otofumi asks.
- Read it. The transcript appears in your library. Tap any word to hear that part again.
Voice messages are usually short, so they fall well inside the free rule: the first 30 minutes of every recording or file are transcribed.
If the messaging app has no Share option
Some apps don't let you share a voice message as a file. Check whether the app can save it to the Files app instead, then open it in Otofumi with Import. If the app can do neither, Otofumi can't reach the audio.
Formats
Voice messages come in different formats. Otofumi opens m4a, mp3, aac, wav, opus and ogg files, among others. See the full list on the support page.
Then what?
- Copy the text to reply or keep a note.
- Search later: every transcript is searchable, so you can find what someone said weeks ago.
- Voice memos too: the same steps work for recordings from the Voice Memos app.