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Transcribe Audio

Transcribe an uploaded audio file with optional timestamps and speaker labels, then copy it or insert it into a Doc, Slides file, or Sheet.

Transcribe Audio is available from the Extensions menu in Docs, Slides, and Sheets. It uses AI processing and is separate from Voice Reader, which generates speech in the browser. It is not in the sidebar.

On this pageCreate a transcript

Create a transcript

  1. 1Choose Extensions > Text To Table Converter > Document Tools > Transcribe Audio...
  2. 2Drop or choose an audio file. Supported formats are MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, and FLAC.
  3. 3Optionally turn on timestamps and speaker labels, and type the Spoken language (optional). Leave it empty to auto-detect.
  4. 4Review the transcript, then click Copy or Insert.

Limits and usage

  • Files can be up to 25 MB.
  • Length limit: 10 minutes on the Free plan and 60 minutes on Pro.
  • Each started 10 minutes of audio uses 1 AI request. If your AI requests are used up, the tool does not open and shows the AI limit message.

Where inserted results go

  • Google Docs: paragraphs after the cursor paragraph, or at the end of the document if there is no cursor.
  • Google Slides: choose Speaker notes (appended) or Text box on slide.
  • Google Sheets: a new sheet named Transcript (then Transcript 2, and so on) with a bold header and the columns Start (if timestamps are on), Speaker (if speaker labels are on), and Text.

Need a TXT or SRT file?

The Audio Transcription tool in Workspace Tools runs in your browser and exports TXT and SRT files.