Microsoft offers a transcription feature in Word for the web, providing an easy way to automatically transcribe audio.
What is Transcribe in Word?
The feature supports existing audio and video files or the ability to directly record conversations and have them automatically transcribed. Microsoft’s AI will even separate speakers and organise the conversation into sections that you can easily edit and insert into a Word document.
How does Transcribe in Word work?
Transcribe in Word can capture any audio from your PC, which means you can use it to transcribe everything from Zoom meetings to YouTube videos. Word will also capture your own audio from your PC’s mic. Keep in mind, when capturing live audio, you can dictate things like “smiley face” or “heart emoji” to have those accurately transcribed. (Seethis articlefor a list of all the voice commands.)
If you want to transcribe audio or video that you’ve pre-recorded elsewhere, Transcribe in Word will support up to 200MB of MP3, WAV, M4A, or MP4 files. Processing time for the transcription will vary, of course. You will also be limited to five hours per month for uploaded audio.
For audio recorded within Word on the web, there is no transcription limit.
Transcribe live audio
You can record and transcribe live audio directly in Word for web while taking notes in the canvas. Word transcribes in the background as you record; you won’t see text on the page as you would when dictating. You’ll see the transcript after you save and transcribe the recording.
Transcribe pre-recorded audio
You can upload a pre-recorded audio file and then transcribe the recording.
Edit your transcript
Your transcript will appear alongside the Word document, complete with the recording. If you want to pull, for instance, a quote from it, click the plus icon on any line of the transcript and the exact quote will be inserted. Alternatively, if you want to send the entire transcript to someone, you may simply click “add all to document” and then your full transcript will be laid out in Word.
For more ways on how you may edit and interact with your transcript, check outMicrosoft’s support page here.
