# Changelog of Transcribe Voice Memo to Text — Speaker Labels & Timestamps (`sian.agency/transcribe-voice-memo-to-text`) Actor

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## Voice Memo Transcriber - Changelog

### 2026-04-27 — 🎉 v1.0 Launch

- 🎙️ **Built for Voice Memo Users** — drop iPhone Voice Memo `.m4a` files (or Android voice recordings) straight into the upload field, no need to host them anywhere first
- 📤 **Direct File Upload** — upload from your phone, laptop, or any cloud-synced folder; supports M4A, MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, OPUS, OGG, MP4, MOV, WebM
- 🌍 **99+ Languages** — automatic language detection across English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Arabic, and 95+ more
- 🎤 **Speaker Diarization** — separate the recorder from interview guests; each segment and word labeled `SPEAKER_00`, `SPEAKER_01`, etc.
- ⏱️ **Word-Level Timestamps** — `segments[].words[]` carries `{word, start, end, speaker}` for every spoken word; ready for quote search and clip extraction
- 🎬 **SRT and VTT Subtitle Export** — every transcription ships with ready-to-use subtitle strings for video repurposing and accessibility captions
- 🔄 **Translate to English** — turn non-English voice memos into English text in the same run
- 🇪🇺 **EU-Region Processing** — optional GDPR-friendly EU-only processing
- 🚀 **Bulk Processing** — 10× parallel on the paid tier; transcribe a whole batch of recordings in minutes

#### 💎 User Benefits

- Skip the "host the file somewhere first" detour — upload `.m4a` straight from your iPhone or Mac
- Get clean transcripts with attributed speakers in one pass
- Build searchable, clip-accurate transcripts thanks to word-level timing
- Get subtitle files ready to publish with no post-processing
- Pay only for the audio seconds you transcribe — no subscription, no minimum

#### 🎯 Use Cases

- 🎓 Students transcribing lecture and seminar voice memos into searchable study notes
- 📰 Journalists transcribing phone-recorded interviews on the go
- 💼 Professionals dictating post-meeting recaps, brainstorms, and quick ideas
- 🧪 Qualitative researchers preserving participant voice memos with speaker separation
- ✍️ Writers and creators capturing voice notes, editing them as text drafts later
- 🎙️ Podcasters recording interviews on phones and needing clean attributed transcripts