Converting audio to text files

Hello,

I'm working on a dissertation and was using the recording feature on the Edge. I'm hoping to find software that may transcribe the audio file into text. The first question I have is does anyone know how the audio files are stored, how do I retrieve them and what format they are in?

The second question is to see if anyone has done this already.

Thanks!!!

The recordings are in AAC format. In the Library, you'll find them under "Audio". To export them, click the Checkmark icon at the top of the Library, then the checkmark on the file you want to export. At the bottom of Library you'll now see an "Export" which you click.

Since these files are managed by the Library app, using the Library is the safest way to access and manipulate them. Alternatively, you can use the ES File Explorer app to find them under /sdcard/.edge/.esi-content. Beware of deleting or renaming the files using ES File Explorer as the Library app will then be out of sync with these files.

The audio-to-text transcription I'll leave to someone else to answer.

Thanks for the information!!

Speech to text software, like Dragon Naturally Speaking exists. But it has trouble with more than one voice and needs to be trained by the speaker. You can try, but might run into a lot of errors if it is not just you speaking.

I'll take a look at that one...there doesn't seem to be much out there, but I have about three hours of conversations to transcribe...so even a little bit of conversion would be helpful.

Thanks again.

I don't think there are any programs that can accurately transcribe pre-recorded audio within acceptable limits. In medical settings, a human transcriber is still very much the norm for documentation (other than providers simply typing their own notes). Far as I know even modern, high-end speech-to-text is still not robust enough to handle this unless the dictator is using the software directly, and even then it requires monitoring and frequent correcting.

Whether paying for software or hiring a transcriber, I think you're going to shell out a similar amount of money.