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Voicemail to text

For voicemails your phone didn’t transcribe — or got wrong.

Drop a voicemail .m4a, .amr, .mp3 or .wav

First 2 minutes free, any lengthLanguage detected automaticallyiPhone and Android

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

How do you convert a voicemail to text?

To turn a voicemail to text on iPhone, open Phone › Voicemail, tap the voicemail, then the share icon, and save it to Files. On Android, save or share it from your Phone or carrier app. Drop the file above. The first 2 minutes of any voicemail are free here; the rest is in Kalpa.

Short ones here, long ones in Kalpa

First 2 min · free hereVoicemail, 2 minutes ago0:38English · detected

0:00: Hi, this is the dental clinic calling about your appointment.
0:09: We need to move it from Tuesday to Wednesday, same time.
0:21: Please call us back to confirm, or reply to our text message.
0:33: Thanks, have a good day.

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

How to transcribe a voicemail

Open Voicemail
In your Phone app.
Share the voicemail
iPhone: share icon → Save to Files.
Drop it above
Kalpa detects the language.
Act on it
Copy numbers, names and times straight from the text.

Faster in the app

Callback numbers without replaying the voicemail

Read a voicemail instead of listening to it three times. Copy the name, number and time straight from the text, even when the caller spoke a language your phone doesn’t transcribe.

Download on the App Store

Good to know

iPhone’s Voicemail Transcription works only in some languages and regions.
Carrier voicemail may need your carrier’s app to export.
The first 2 minutes of any voicemail are free here; the rest is in Kalpa.

Why people transcribe voicemails

Numbers and names

Copy a callback number without replaying.

Other languages

Voicemails in a language your phone doesn’t transcribe.

Records

Keep important messages as text.

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

How much of a voicemail is free?

Kalpa transcribes the first 2 minutes of any voicemail for free, with no sign-up; the rest is in the Kalpa app.

Doesn’t my iPhone transcribe voicemail?

iPhone voicemail transcription works only in some languages and regions, while Kalpa detects 25 languages automatically.

Which voicemail formats can I upload?

You can upload voicemails as .m4a, .amr, .mp3 or .wav files of up to 100 MB.

Can I keep my voicemails as text?

You can copy the voicemail transcript or download it as a .txt file to keep it.

Is my voicemail stored?

Kalpa deletes the voicemail audio right after the transcript is made; the text is kept for 24 hours so the same recording isn’t processed twice, then deleted, and Kalpa does not use it to train models.

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