Uploading voice files and downloading transcripts

How to upload audio files and download the resulting transcripts.

Skimle Transcripts converts audio recordings into formatted text documents with automatic speaker identification. Upload your interview recordings, focus groups, or other audio files and download polished transcripts ready for analysis.

Supported formats

You can upload audio files in the following formats:

  • WAV
  • MP3
  • MPEG
  • MP4 / M4A / AAC
  • OGG
  • WebM
  • FLAC

Files can be up to 500 MB each, and you can upload up to 20 files at once.

Uploading audio files

  1. Go to the Transcripts section from the Skimle home screen.
  2. Drag and drop your audio files into the upload area, or click to browse your files.
  3. Your files appear in the Pending section.

At this stage, no credits are used. You can review your uploads before committing.

Confirming transcription

In the Pending section, each file shows its duration and the credit cost for transcription. Credits are based on the length of the audio.

  1. Select the files you want to transcribe using the checkboxes.
  2. Review the total credit cost.
  3. Click Confirm to start transcription.

Any files you do not select are automatically removed. If you do not have enough credits, you will see a warning before confirming.

Monitoring progress

Confirmed files move to the Processing section while they are being transcribed. You can close the page and come back later; transcription continues in the background.

Downloading transcripts

Once transcription is complete, files appear in the Ready section. Click Download to export a transcript as a Word document (.docx).

The downloaded transcript includes:

  • Speaker labels — each speaker is automatically identified (Speaker 1, Speaker 2, etc.).
  • Timestamps — each block of speech is marked with its start and end time.
  • Formatted text — consecutive utterances by the same speaker are grouped into paragraphs for readability.

For example:

Speaker 1 [00:00:12 - 00:01:03]: I think the main challenge we faced was...

Speaker 2 [00:01:05 - 00:01:45]: That's interesting. Could you elaborate on...

Managing transcripts

  • Delete a transcript from the Ready section if you no longer need it. This action cannot be undone.
  • Transcripts that failed to process show an error status. You can delete these and re-upload the audio file to try again.
  • Please note that audio files are deleted from the system immediately after transcription is complete. Audio recordings are generally personal biometric data and we do not allow users to download them.

Once you have your transcripts, you can upload them as documents to a Skimle project for analysis.