Every voice message in the chat, downloaded as text in one file.
Upload the WhatsApp export once. Each voice message is written out where it was sent, and the whole conversation downloads as text, with the sender and the time on every line. You can skip the summary if all you need is the words.
- Photos & videos stay on your device. Audio sent for transcription only if you opt in. If you select a video, your browser extracts and sends only its audio track for transcription; the video and its visual content stay on your device.
Hear it, then read it
Three voice messages, transcribed the way yours will be
Press play on any of them. The text underneath is what came back from the recording, in the same player and the same transcript block you get inside a recap.
- opus
- m4a
- ogg
- mp3
PTT-20250118-WA0023.opus
Transcription:
Hey, real quick about the meeting yesterday — I think we should go with the second option for the homepage. Yeah, the second one.
PTT-20250118-WA0024.opus
Transcription:
Oh, and can you send me the Figma link? I wanna show it to Sarah before our call tomorrow at three.
PTT-20250118-WA0025.opus
Transcription:
Ah, and the budget — it's approved! So we can move forward with the contractor this week, no problem.
Audio is only sent for transcription when you ask for it.
How it works
Export with media
In WhatsApp, export the chat and pick the option that includes media. That is what puts the voice messages inside the .zip.
Upload the ZIP
Review the free sample of up to 500 messages and 5 minutes of audio. Unlock the full conversation only when it is useful.
Download the text
Download the conversation as a .txt file, a web page or a PDF. Each transcript sits where its recording was sent.
What you get
One file you can read, search and quote, instead of a folder of recordings.
The whole conversation as text
Written messages and transcribed ones, in the order they were sent.
- In order — each transcript appears at the moment its recording was sent, between the messages around it.
- Labeled — every line carries the date, the time and the name of the person who sent it.
- Three formats — plain .txt, a web page or a PDF, all built from the same conversation.
Only the text, if that is all you need
Transcription is the job. The rest is optional.
Nothing asks you to read a summary or to ask the conversation a question. Upload the export, let the voice messages be written out, and download the file. The summary and the follow-up chat stay in your account if the conversation needs them later.
Key benefits
Every voice message in the export, written out from a single upload
One file to download, not one transcript per recording
Each line stamped with its date, time and sender
Each transcript kept in the language it was spoken in
Plain .txt, a web page or a PDF of the same conversation
OPUS, OGG, M4A and MP3 read as they are, with nothing to convert
Use cases
Work
Instructions and approvals a client sent by voice, kept as a text file in the project folder.
Personal
Years of family voice messages saved as text you can keep and search.
Disputes
What was said out loud, written down with its date, for someone who will not replay fifty recordings.
Catching up
A group that left you dozens of recordings, read instead of replayed.
Questions? Answered.
Privacy and security
Parsing happens in your browser; only what is needed for analysis is sent.
Stored on our servers. Delete chat, audio and analyses anytime from your dashboard.
Photos, video files, and their visual content never leave your device. For transcription, we send chat text and selected audio, including an audio track your browser extracts from a video.
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