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toyheart's avatar
toyheart
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Audio file transcription

Hi, just notice Dropbox can transcript video files, it's a very useful feature.  But why not support audio transcription? Will this come soon?
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    2 years ago

    Hey toyheart, thanks for posting on the Community and happy Friday!

     

    While this isn't an option at the moment, you can post your idea in the Share an idea section so that other users can upvote it and share their feedback and interest in this functionality too.

     

    Let me know if you have any other questions. 

Hannah C's avatar
Hannah C
Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
2 years ago

Hello!

 

I'm excited to share that we now support transcription on audio files as well and hope you find this useful! Please let us know if you have any other feature requests or see issues with the feature.

 

Thanks for being a Dropbox customer 🙂 

 

Best,

Hannah

  • Ann67's avatar
    Ann67
    New member | Level 2
    10 months ago

    Hi Hannah:

     

    We have discovered that audio transcriptions can only occur for audio of 105 minutes or less. Our audio is 2 hours, 37 minutes and 40 seconds - is there a way to break up this audio file into separate 105 minutes? Thanks. Ann67 

    • Nancy's avatar
      Nancy
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      10 months ago

      Hey Ann67, sorry to jump in. 

       

      Audio transcripts are currently capped at 105min indeed, and it’s not possible to bypass this. 

       

      Our team is currently working on it though, and they’ll provide more details as soon as there’s an update.

  • russellsignage's avatar
    russellsignage
    Explorer | Level 4
    8 months ago
    Hi Hannah I am excited to hear this only I can't find any information how to do this? Can I do this in the app or only on my desktop?
    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      8 months ago

      Hi russellsignage, you can follow these steps to create an audio transcript on the Dropbox site.

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