Create, edit & manage transcriptions

You can create transcriptions of your recordings and edit them in the available languages. You can also manage your transcriptions and get a summary of a transcribed recording.

Detect language for transcription (Pixel 6 & later)

To set Recorder to recognize and transcribe a language:

1. On your device, open the Recorder app 👁 Image
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2. Tap the user icon 👁 Image
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3. Tap Recorder settings.
4. Select your transcription language.
5. Tap Detect language.

When you start a recording, Recorder automatically recognizes the language you chose.

Tips:

• To change from “Audio” to “Transcript,” tap Transcript. On your transcript screen, you’ll find the message “👁 Image
  Auto detect” and your chosen language.
• If you record more than one language in a session, Recorder transcribes the most spoken language.

Available languages for real-time transcription

Edit text in a transcript

You can change or remove one word at a time in a transcript.

1. Tap a recording you want to edit 👁 and then
   Transcript.
2. Touch and hold the word that you want to change.
3. Tap Edit word.
4. Change the word to the one you want to use.
5. Tap Save.

Get a summary of your transcribed recordings

Important:

• This feature is available for Pixel 8 and later, for transcriptions in these languages:
  • English
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Hindi
  • Italian
  • French
  • German
  • Japanese

You can get a summary of your recorded conversations, interviews, and presentations. This summary is AI-generated. Learn more about Google's GenAI policies.

Tip: Summaries support recordings from 5 minutes up to a maximum of 1 hour of speech. Length support may vary based on the language in the transcript and the density of speech in the recording.

1. When you have a saved recording, within the transcript section, the “Summarize” button appears.
2. To opt in, follow the on-screen instructions.
3. Tap Summarize.
4. To expand or minimize the summary, tap Expand 👁 Image
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5. If you receive an error message, follow the error to try with a different recording. The feature works best on medium-length recordings and uses restrictions included in safety features to block harmful content.

Transcribe a recording again

You can use Recorder to re-transcribe an existing recording.

1. On your device, open the Recorder app 👁 Image
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2. Tap the recording you want to re-transcribe.
3. Tap More 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Transcribe again.
4. Choose a language.

Tip: Re-transcribe may process audio files on Google servers.

Languages you can choose

Recorder currently supports these languages:

Search within recordings or read transcripts

You can search for words, phrases, or sounds like music or applause. You can also find the exact time the word was spoken or when the sound occurred.

• To search within a recording: Tap a recording 👁 and then
  Search 👁 Image
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• To read the transcript of a recording: Tap a recording 👁 and then
  Transcript.

Related resources

• Create, edit & delete a recording
• View, find & manage recordings
• Save & share recordings & transcripts
• Label when different people are speaking in a recording (Pixel 6 & later, including Fold)