What audio formats do you support for transcription?

We accept M4A files exactly as your iPhone or Mac saves them, plus AAC, MP3, WAV, FLAC, and OGG, and video formats like MP4 and MOV. There is no need to convert a Voice Memos recording to MP3 first. Upload it from your device or cloud storage and Scribe transcribes it directly.

How accurate are M4A transcripts?

Scribe delivers state-of-the-art transcription accuracy and was built to handle real-world audio, so M4A files recorded on an iPhone mic in kitchens, cars, or busy offices still come back as reliable text. Speaker labels separate voices, audio event tags mark interruptions, and the built-in editor lets you fix the rare miss in one click.

Can I edit the transcript after it's generated?

Every transcript opens in an editor where you change misheard words, reassign speakers, and split or merge segments with precise timing. Voice memos rarely come out polished on the first pass, so tidy the text before you export it. Fixes only take a click, and the audio stays synced while you work.

What export formats are available?

Download your M4A transcript as TXT, DOCX, PDF, JSON, SRT, VTT, or HTML. Plain text suits quick drafts, DOCX and PDF are ready to share, SRT and VTT carry subtitles with timing, and JSON keeps word-level timestamps for anything you build with ElevenAPI. Every format is generated from the same transcript, so export as many as you need.

Can I transcribe M4A files recorded in other languages?

Scribe detects the language automatically and transcribes 90+ of them, so there is no manual selection before you upload. A memo dictated in Spanish, Hindi, or Japanese comes back in that language, and a recording that switches languages midstream is still transcribed correctly.

Convert M4A to text with high accuracy

That voice memo on your iPhone is already an M4A. Upload it exactly as recorded and Scribe returns clean, editable text.

Convert M4A to text

InterviewsSpeaker-labeled automatically

Voice notesClear, accurate transcripts

MeetingsReady to search and share

Interviews.pdf

M4A to text in three quick steps

No format conversion and no exporting through another app. Send the M4A exactly as your iPhone or Mac saved it, and Scribe does the rest.

1

Upload your M4A file

Share it from Voice Memos, AirDrop it to your Mac, or drag it in from Finder or iCloud Drive. Skipping the MP3 conversion step is the whole point.

2

Edit your transcript instantly

Select any word to correct it, split run-on passages, and delete the false starts that creep into off-the-cuff recordings.

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Export in any format you need

Copy it into Notes or Pages, or download TXT, DOCX, and PDF for drafts, and SRT or VTT if the recording ends up under video.

Not just transcription. Audio understanding

ElevenLabs M4a to text handles the messy reality of handheld audio: background noise, half-formed sentences, and ideas spoken faster than anyone types.

#1 Accuracy

Scribe leads on major accuracy benchmarks, and it holds up on phone-mic recordings made in kitchens, cars, and rehearsal rooms.

Edit the transcripts

Rewrite any word in place, merge fragments into full sentences, and trim the ums that a spoken first draft always carries.

Amidst the outer atmosphere of the planet Aurora, the sky shimmered with fractured light, as though the planet's veil were made of stained glass suspended in space.

Sensors pulsed with irregular patterns, the kind no algorithm could quite reconcile.

Amidst the outer atmosphere of the planet Aurora, the sky shimmered with fractured light, as though the planet's veil were made of stained glass suspended in space.

90+ Languages and accents

Scribe detects the language automatically and transcribes 90+ languages, so a memo that switches midstream still comes back right.

Japanese

Hindi

Polish

Swedish

Mandarin

Vietnamese

French

Wide variety of formats

Supports files from Apple devices upload directly with nothing to convert, as do AAC, MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, MP4, and MOV. Transcripts export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, JSON, SRT, VTT, or HTML.

Audio Event Tagging

Scribe tags non-speech sounds, so the transcript shows why your dictation paused when the doorbell rang.

Speaker Timestamps

If a second voice wanders into your recording, Scribe labels it, distinguishing up to 32 speakers and stamping each word to the moment it was spoken.

M4A Transcript Export Formats

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Transcribe M4A to TXT

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Transcribe M4A to DOCX

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Transcribe M4A to PDF

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Transcribe M4A to JSON

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Transcribe M4A to HTML

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Transcribe M4A to SRT

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Transcribe M4A to AVID

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Transcribe M4A to VTT

Millions of words transcribed, and counting

“I use ElevenLabs primarily for transcribing audio messages, and I find its accuracy to be a major highlight. This precision allows me to analyze students' reading fluency effectively, even when the speaker is a young student still learning to read, which is crucial for understanding each student's progress.”
Pedro A.
Head of technology
“Perfect for transcribing interviews - and the voice quality is amazing when preparing for a speech.”
Izabela M.
Customer Experience Researcher
“Remarkable inference speed of the Scribe v2 model by ElevenLabs, delivering near real-time latency on transcription requests, significantly faster than other models we've tried.”
Vedaswaroop I.
Founder