# Voice Memos transcripts as text

Every recording's transcript as text on your Mac, including the ones Voice Memos never transcribed.

## 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

```text
~/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](https://exporter.dev/docs/voice-memos).

## Related

- [Voice Memos](https://exporter.dev/docs/voice-memos): Connect, transcripts, files and fixes
- [Voice Memos to Obsidian](https://exporter.dev/guides/voice-memos/voice-memos-to-obsidian): Recordings as notes in your vault
- [Voice Memos](https://exporter.dev/voice-memos): Recordings and transcripts as notes

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human version: https://exporter.dev/guides/voice-memos/voice-memos-transcripts
every page: https://exporter.dev/llms.txt