Voice Memos transcripts as text

Steps

1. On macOS 27, press “Connect” beside Voice Memos on Exporter’s home and press “Select This Folder” in the panel.
2. Choose where the notes go, like ~/Documents/voice-memos, and press “Use This Folder”.
3. In Options…, set Transcribe In to the language you speak in your recordings.
4. Press “Sync Now”. The notes arrive first; the recordings Voice Memos never transcribed are heard after, newest first.

What you get

~/Documents/voice-memos/voice-memos-export/
  index.md
  20260930 091500-6F3A1B2C.md
  20260930 091500-6F3A1B2C.m4a

Each note has the transcript under ## Transcript, in paragraphs that start with their time in the recording. Search the folder in Finder or Spotlight, or open it in any editor. The front matter says who wrote the words: voice-memos or this-mac, the language, and how sure the model was.

Pitfalls

• One language at a time: a recording in another language comes out wrong or not at all. Change Transcribe In and it is heard again.
• When the model is not sure, nothing is written. That is on purpose: a note never carries words it made up.
• Your 20 newest recordings are free; Unlock Voice Memos is one purchase for the rest.

Every field is in the Voice Memos docs.