Free for iPhone and iPad
Transcribe 123 turns a WhatsApp or Telegram voice message, a voice memo, or a video’s soundtrack into text. Transcription runs on the device, so the recording is not uploaded. No account, no ads, no subscription.
Requires iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 or later.
100% free
No ads, no in-app purchases, no subscription, and no account. Every feature is included.
Transcription runs on the device. The recording is never uploaded.
Share a WhatsApp or Telegram voice message to the app and get the text in seconds.
Requires iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 or later.
There are two ways in. Most people use the share sheet straight from the chat.
Option A
Option B
The share sheet takes one recording at a time. Very long recordings are more reliable through the app, because iOS limits how long a share extension can run.
From the App Store listing. Tap one to enlarge it.
Forward a voice message, audio file, or video.
Pick Transcribe 123 in the share sheet.
It transcribes on the device.
Copy the text and go back to the chat.
Or import a file in the app.
The recording stays on your iPhone or iPad. Transcribe 123 does not upload the audio or the text. There is no account, no backend, and no third-party analytics.
The first time you use a language, iOS may download Apple’s speech model for it. That download is the model, not your recording. After that, transcription in that language works offline.
Choosing a video from Photos gives the app only that video, not your whole library.
Yes. In WhatsApp, forward or share the voice message and choose Transcribe 123 in the share sheet. The text appears in a few seconds, and you can copy it without opening the app. Telegram voice messages work the same way.
No. Transcription runs on your iPhone or iPad with Apple’s on-device speech models. The app has no server, no account, and no analytics, and it never sends the audio or the text anywhere.
Yes, once the speech model for a language is on your device. The first time you transcribe in a language, iOS may download Apple’s model for it. After that, transcription in that language works without a connection.
Yes. Transcribe 123 is 100% free. There are no ads, no in-app purchases, no subscription, and no account, and there is no limit on how much you transcribe.
Voice messages from WhatsApp and Telegram, including Ogg/Opus files, voice memos, and audio such as M4A, WAV, MP3, AIFF, and CAF. It also transcribes the soundtrack of MP4 and MOV videos from Files or Photos.
You choose the recording’s language in the app. The list contains the languages Apple’s on-device speech models support on your device. The app itself is in English, German, and Russian.
No. Transcribe 123 does not use the microphone. It transcribes recordings you already have, such as a voice message, a voice memo, or a video.
Download on the App StoreI made this for myself, and then my girlfriend wanted it on her phone too, so here it is. There are no purchases, no ads, and no signup, because the app only does one thing: it turns a voice message, a video, or a memo into text. The recording stays on your phone, nothing is saved in the app, and nothing is sent anywhere, so you can copy the text if you want it or simply close the app and move on. You do not even have to open it, since a share extension lets you transcribe a WhatsApp or Telegram voice message right from the chat, get the text, and get on with your day. That is the whole app.
