Audio to CSV Transcript

Transcribe an audio recording and export CSV for Excel or Google Sheets. Sort and review text with timing and speaker columns where available.

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CSV (.csv)

Customer interviews CSV

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Start,End,Speaker,Text
"00:00:14.200","00:00:18.600","Speaker 00","At first, we needed two people to review every request."
"00:00:19.100","00:00:22.900","Speaker 01","When did you change that process?"

How it works

Upload your file
In Speechyou Notes, select Upload, choose your recording, and select Upload & transcribe.
Review the transcript
Open the finished note and check the text against the recording. Use Edit transcript to correct names, terminology, or misheard words.
Export CSV (.csv)
Open Export in the transcript and choose the file type. Save the file or share it with your team.

Accepted extensions .mp3, .wav, .aac, .ogg, .flac, .m4a

Export guide

Review an interview by transcript segment

Download a CSV and open it in a spreadsheet to label responses, group common themes, or mark quotes for review. The export has Start, End, Speaker, and Text columns. Timing and speaker cells reflect the data available for each segment.

Keep a reference to the source audio

When combining interviews in a workbook, add a column for the source recording before you sort or filter the rows. Use the exported times to listen back to the relevant passage and check its meaning in context.

Read an untimed row without guessing where it belongs

A transcription with no segment rows exports the full transcript in one Text cell, with blank timing and speaker columns. Segment rows can also have blank fields individually. Keep those fields empty unless a reviewer has confirmed the information from the audio.

Keep a sortable worksheet and an untouched copy

In Excel, use Data and then From Text/CSV if opening the file directly changes the timestamp display. Import Start and End as text when the original clock values matter. Add your own columns for interview ID or theme in the workbook while keeping the CSV unchanged so you can recover its original order.

Prepare audio transcript rows for analysis

Import Start and End as text if you need to preserve milliseconds.
Add an interview identifier before combining rows from different recordings.
Check blank speaker fields against the audio before assigning them.

Frequently asked questions

Can I open the CSV in Excel or Google Sheets?

Yes. The CSV uses UTF-8 and standard comma-separated columns. Use your spreadsheet’s import dialog if you need to choose the delimiter or preserve time values as text.

What if a speaker name is missing?

The Speaker column is blank for segments without a speaker label. You can add names in your spreadsheet after checking the original audio.

What happens to commas and quotation marks in speech?

Speechyou quotes each data cell and escapes quotation marks within it. Import as a comma-separated CSV so the entire quote stays in the Text column.

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