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Record and transcribe audio in Notes on iPhone

In the Notes app, you can record audio and have the spoken words transcribed to text. You can search the transcript, add the text to the note, or copy the text to other documents.

Note: Audio transcription is available on iPhone 12 and later when the device language is set to English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Record live audio and see the transcript

You can record audio and have the spoken words transcribed in a note.

  1. Go to the Notes app on your iPhone.

  2. In a note, tap the Attachments button, then tap Record Audio.

  3. To start the recording, tap the Record button.

  4. When you’re done, tap the Stop button.

  5. To see the transcript, tap the Transcription button.

    Note: Spoken words in supported languages are automatically transcribed. If you don’t see the Transcription button, your iPhone either doesn’t meet the minimum requirements or doesn’t detect a supported language.

Play an audio recording and review the transcript

  1. Go to the Notes app on your iPhone.

  2. View a note with an audio recording.

  3. To play the audio recording, tap the Play button.

  4. To review the transcript, tap the audio recording.

    Note: Spoken words in supported languages are automatically transcribed. If you don’t see the Transcription button, your iPhone doesn’t meet the minimum requirements or detect a supported language.

  5. While viewing the transcript, you can do any of the following:

    • Play the audio at a specific point: Tap the text you want to hear.

    • Search the transcript: Tap the More button, then tap Find in Transcript.

    • Copy the transcript: Tap the More button, then choose Add Transcript to Note or Copy Transcript.

    • Save or delete the audio recording: Tap the More button, then choose an option.

      Note: Deleting the audio recording also deletes the transcript.

If Apple Intelligence* is turned on, you can summarize an audio recording. See Use Apple Intelligence in Notes on iPhone.

View transcripts of phone and FaceTime audio calls

You can record a call in the Phone or FaceTime app and view the spoken words transcribed in the Notes app (requires iOS 18.1 or later). See the following:

*Apple Intelligence is available in beta with support for the following languages: English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all languages or regions. For more information on language and feature availability and system requirements, see the Apple Support article How to get Apple Intelligence.
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