Turn a Voice Memo or Podcast into Structured Notes
Upload an audio file, MP3, WAV, M4A, or FLAC, or hit record in the browser. You get structured notes back: speakers labeled, key points pulled out, timestamps throughout. Not a raw transcript.
This tool does transcription, speaker identification, and note organization in one pass, and it runs in the browser with nothing to install.
For video files or YouTube links, use the video to notes converter instead.
What you get:
- Structured notes with speaker identification
- Key points and action items with an owner and deadline, and decisions listed separately
- Timestamps linking back to the audio
- Transcription in 100+ languages, auto-detected
- Export as PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT
- Free plan: 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each, with AI chat
How to Convert Audio to Notes
- Upload or record: MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, OGG, or tap record in the browser. Files from a Zoom, Teams, or Meet recording, a phone voice memo, or a podcast download all work the same way.
- AI transcribes and labels: Speaker identification runs automatically, and key points get extracted as the transcript is built.
- Review and export: Read the notes, jump to a timestamp, or export as PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT.
Accuracy depends on the audio. A clean single-speaker recording does better than a noisy room with overlapping voices. See how we measure accuracy. If the source is a video call recording with the audio muxed into an MP4, use the audio extractor first, or upload the video directly.
Audio to Notes vs Other Apps
| Feature | ScreenApp | Otter.ai | Audionotes.app | Mindgrasp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 2 transcriptions, up to 45 min each | 300 min/month | Unlimited notes, 1 min per note | Free, no sign-up, up to 100 MB per file |
| Paid plan | $19/month annual | $8.33/month annual | $129.99/year | Not stated |
| Speaker ID | speaker identification | Basic tier | Yes | No |
| Languages | 100+ | 6 | 99+ | Not stated |
Sources, checked 2026-09-17: Transcription accuracy and languages, screenapp.io/accuracy#languages, ScreenApp pricing, otter.ai/pricing, audionotes.app, mindgrasp.ai/ai-summarizer/lecture, mindgrasp.ai/note-taking/audio
- vs Otter.ai: Otter’s free plan is 300 minutes a month with speaker ID at the Basic tier, and Pro is $8.33 a month billed annually. ScreenApp’s free plan is a full recording with AI chat included.
- vs Audionotes.app: Audionotes caps free voice notes at 1 minute each, and its Pro plan is $129.99 a year for recordings up to 6 hours. ScreenApp’s free plan covers recordings up to 45 minutes.
- vs Mindgrasp: Mindgrasp is Free, no sign-up but does not label individual speakers, and its audio note-taker caps uploads at 100 MB. ScreenApp adds speaker identification on every plan.
Who Uses Audio to Notes
Students record lectures or voice memos on their phone and get study-ready notes after class, with timestamps back to the moment something was said.
Business professionals upload recorded calls and voice memos for a written record. For live Zoom, Teams, or Meet calls, the AI meeting note taker works without a bot joining the call.
Researchers run interview recordings through it. Speaker labels and timestamps make quote retrieval fast when writing up findings.
Content creators and podcasters repurpose episodes into show notes and pull quotes. If a recap is all that is needed rather than full notes, the audio summarizer is the standalone summarizer for episode digests.
Journalists document interviews and press conferences, then search across recordings by keyword to find a quote later.
