Voice recorder

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File limit: 32 MB

This tool never uploads your input.

Allow the microphone, then Start. The download is usually WebM. Not a phone-call recorder and not a cloud inbox.

A quick spoken note without opening a recorder app that syncs to a vendor. Expect WebM. Cut it afterward if you talked too long.

A spoken measurement, a pronunciation take, a note you do not want in a vendor’s memo cloud. This page is getUserMedia → MediaRecorder → WebM.

Screen-plus-talk is screen recorder. Cutting an existing file is audio cutter (WAV). Reading text aloud is text to speech.

Short mic notes

A spoken reminder for email. MediaRecorder export is typically WebM, not m4a. Cutting an existing file is the WAV audio cutter. We are not a cloud voice-memo locker.

How to use it

  1. Grant the microphone. The wrong device in the OS picker is the usual silence.
  2. Record, stop, download WebM.
  3. Keep takes short; this is not a multi-hour field recorder.

Honest limits

Not a podcast host. Not noise removal. Not a legal deposition system.

FAQ

Why is the file WebM instead of M4A?

MediaRecorder’s usual container on desktop Chromium is WebM. We do not transcode to M4A/MP3 in this tab.

Will you transcribe it?

No. OCR on this site is for images and is English-first. There is no speech-to-text product here.

Can I trim the take?

Use the audio cutter (WAV) after you extract or convert, or re-record. This page only captures.

HTTPS / permission?

Browsers require a secure context and an explicit mic grant. Denied permission looks like a broken tool; it is the OS prompt.

Is the recording uploaded?

No. Long takes hit memory or ~32 MB.

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