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.
Voice Memo Transcription and Languages
Beeper uses OpenAI's Whisper model for Talk to Type and transcribing voice messages and it's known that sometimes you will see in Beeper a transcription in a different language (in comparison to the actual audio).
How does Beeper handle this?
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Beeper Desktop
- The desktop app implemented a feature to tackle this. If you receive a voice memo an it gets incorrectly transcribed (language) you can fix it as simple as right-clicking the Voice Memo → Transcription Language → scroll and select the correct language.
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Beeper iOS
- The desktop app implemented a feature to tackle this. If you receive a voice memo an it gets incorrectly transcribed (language) you can fix it as simple as long-press the Voice Memo → Transcription Language → scroll and select the correct language.
- You can select your preferred language option in Settings → Preferences → Transcription Settings
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Beeper Android
- The desktop app implemented a feature to tackle this. If you receive a voice memo an it gets incorrectly transcribed (language) you can fix it as simple as long-press the Voice Memo → Transcription Language → scroll and select the correct language.
- You can select your preferred language option in Settings → Preferences → Transcriptions
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.