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Transcribe a file

Turn an audio or video file into text. The result is saved to History.

Open Transcribe in the sidebar, or choose Transcribe File… from the menu bar icon.

The Transcribe files page: a drop zone listing supported formats with a Choose Files button, and a Mode picker below.

Steps

  1. Under Transcribe with, pick a Mode. The model, language and any rewrite come from that mode.
  2. Drop one or more files on the page, or click Choose Files.
  3. Nota works through the files one by one and shows each step.
  4. The text of each file is saved to History, just like a dictation. Open it there to copy, export or replay it.

Supported files

Audio: WAV, MP3, M4A, AIFF, AAC, FLAC, CAF, AMR, OGG, OPUS. Video: MP4, MOV, 3GP. For video, only the sound is used.

Tips

  • Long pauses are trimmed first, as in a dictation, so long files go faster.
  • Local models handle long files well. With OpenAI, files over 25 MB (about 13 minutes) fail. See Cloud models.
  • During the free trial, words from files count toward your 5,000 free words. See License.
  • If a file cannot be read, Nota says Couldn't read audio from this file. Try converting it to M4A or WAV.