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Voice notes to text

Think out loud. Read it back. Find it again when you need it.

Press to record a voice noteRecording stops at 2:00 here

First 2 minutes free, any lengthLanguage detected automaticallyMicrophone in your browser

Longer than 2 minutes?You get the first 2 minutes here. Kalpa transcribes the rest — free to start on iPhone Get the app ›

What is the best way to turn voice notes into text?

To turn voice notes to text, press the microphone above, talk, and get the text in seconds. Browser recording stops at 2:00, and the first 2 minutes of any uploaded voice note are free here. The rest is in Kalpa, which records on iPhone and Apple Watch and keeps every note searchable.

Short ones here, long ones in Kalpa

First 2 min · free hereVoice note0:44English · detected

0:00: Shopping: eggs, oat milk, the good bread.
0:08: Call the garage about the winter tyres.
0:19: Blog post idea: what I learned from a month without social media.
0:37: Remind Alex about Saturday.

Keep it, search it, ask about it laterSave to Kalpa ›

How to turn voice notes into text

Press record
Or tap your Apple Watch in Kalpa.
Think out loud
Ideas, plans, reminders.
Read it back
Text in seconds.
Let Kalpa organise it
Topics, summaries and search.

Faster in the app

Think out loud, find it again next week

Voice notes are only useful if you can find them again. Kalpa turns each note you record on iPhone or Apple Watch into text you can search.

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Good to know

Short, frequent notes are easier to find than one long one.
Kalpa transcribes your own recordings on your iPhone.
Browser recording stops at 2:00; uploaded notes of any length get their first 2 minutes transcribed here.

What people capture as voice notes

Ideas

The thought you had on a walk.

Plans

Your day, your week, your trip.

Reflections

How a meeting or a day really went.

When the free tool is enough — and when you need Kalpa

	Free web tool	Kalpa app
Length	First 2 minutes of any recording	The whole recording, no limit
Summary, quotes and topics	—	Yes
Search everything you saved	—	Ask in chat, jump to the moment
Your own recordings	Upload a file	Record on iPhone or Apple Watch, transcribed on device
Languages	25, detected automatically	25, detected automatically

Questions and answers

Is turning voice notes to text free?

The first 2 minutes of any voice note are transcribed free here, with no sign-up.

Can I search my voice notes later?

Kalpa keeps your voice notes as text on your iPhone, so you can search them later.

Can I record voice notes on Apple Watch?

Kalpa records voice notes on Apple Watch as well as on iPhone.

Can I upload a voice note I already recorded?

You can upload an existing voice note file of up to 100 MB, and its first 2 minutes are transcribed here.

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Everything you hear and say, remembered

Kalpa keeps what you watch, say and think in one place you can talk to. Free to start on iPhone and Apple Watch.