How to Convert Voice Recordings to Text on Android

8 June, 2020 — James Brandon

Imagine receiving some voice recordings on your phone that you are required to transcribe. Listening to the recordings and typing the transcripts manually can be very hectic especially if the recordings are very long.

To help you transcribe faster, there are several Android apps that convert audio files to text. Most of these apps are free and easy to use. This piece describes how you can use some of these audio-to-text converter apps on your Android device.

Transcriber for WhatsApp

Transcriber for WhatsApp is a free and easy-to-use transcriber app that transcribes WhatsApp audio files/recordings to text. Users can easily select the language that they wish to use for the transcription and the app will convert the audio files into text.

To use the Transcriber for WhatsApp app:

• Download and install the Transcriber for WhatsApp app on your phone

• Open WhatsApp and navigate to the voice message that you wish to convert into text

• Long press the voice message to select it

• Tap on the share button that will appear on the top of the screen

• Select Transcriber from the list of apps that appear

• The app will automatically start converting the audio message into text and display it on your WhatsApp chat screen.

SpeechTexter

SpeechTexter is yet another audio-to-text converter app. However, this app works differently from other audio-to-text converters as it converts live speech to text. Users will have to record audio files live that will automatically be converted to text. The app supports several languages and all a user needs to do is select the language that they will speak in. You can also edit the text with the right punctuation marks and correct grammar errors to make the text perfect.