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Voice Transcriptions
TL;DR: Beeper’s Voice Transcription (paid feature) lets you turn voice messages into text so you can read them instead of listening.
What Voice Transcriptions Does
Voice Transcription is a paid Beeper feature that lets you convert voice messages into text; perfect for those moments when listening just isn’t an option. Whether you’re in a meeting, on the go, or just prefer reading over listening, you can quickly view a transcript instead of playing the audio. Even better, once a voice memo is transcribed on one device, it syncs across all your Beeper apps so you can read it anywhere, anytime.
How to Use It (By Platform)
On Desktop
- Beeper Desktop: Go to the voice memo you want to transcribe.
- Press the "✨Transcribe" button right below the voice memo.
- Within a few seconds, you should see the transcription.
Key behavior:
- Do you want the Beeper app to automatically transcribe all your voice memos?
- Go to Beeper Desktop → Gear → General
- Make sure that “Use OpenAl's Whisper model for Talk to Type and transcribing voice messages” is already enabled.
- Enable the option to “Automatically transcribe audio messages when they are received.”
On Android
- Beeper Android: Go to the voice memo you want to transcribe.
- Long-press the voice memo and select Transcribe.
- Within a few seconds, you should see the transcription.
Key behavior:
- Do you want the Beeper app to automatically transcribe all your voice memos?
- Go to Beeper Desktop → Stack icon (top-left corner) → Preferences → Transcriptions
- Enable the option “Auto-transcribe: Convert all incoming voice messages to text”.
On iOS
- Beeper iOS: Go to the voice memo you want to transcribe.
- Press the "✨Transcribe" button right below the voice memo.
- Within a few seconds, you should see the transcription.
Platform Sync Behavior
Transcribing a voice memo in one app will sync to all others.
Tips & Notes
- Stay in the loop silently – Read voice messages when you can’t (or don’t want to) play audio out loud.
- Perfect for busy moments – Quickly scan a message while on the move, in meetings, or during calls.
- Easier to process – Some people find reading faster and easier than listening—especially for long messages.
- Syncs across devices – Transcribe once, read anywhere—desktop, tablet, or phone.
- Searchable content – Transcriptions can help make important voice messages easier to reference later.
- Accessibility boost – Great for users who are hard of hearing or prefer reading over listening.
- Better for note-taking – Copy/paste key parts of a voice memo into notes or reminders.
Having Issues?
If Voice Transcriptions are not working as expected, please double-check that you are on +Beeper Plus or ++Beeper Plus Plus. If your paid subscription is enabled and active, and it's still not working, please grab screenshots and screen recordings of the behavior and attach them to a report from the app in question.