How to turn WhatsApp voice messages into text
An eight minute voice message takes eight minutes to listen to, and you do not always have eight minutes, headphones nearby, or silence around you. Transcription fixes that: what was said becomes text right in the conversation, you read it in twenty seconds, and you can search inside it later.
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Step by step
- Install Zapkit and open WhatsApp Web.
- Hover over the voice message. A round button appears on the edge of the bubble.
- Click it. The text shows up under the audio, in the same conversation.
Works for received and sent audio
It works on any voice message in the open conversation, yours or theirs. Nothing is transcribed on its own: it only happens when you click, because processing every incoming audio would be expensive for us and intrusive for you.
The text stays searchable
What you have already transcribed is kept in your own browser, so you can search for a word someone said in a voice message from weeks ago. That archive is local, has its own on and off switch, and is never uploaded.
About very long messages
Long audio can also be summarized, which is usually more useful than the full transcript when someone talked for twenty minutes to say three things.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an API key?
No. The AI runs on Zapkit servers. You install it and use it, with nothing to configure.
Does it work on the phone app?
No. Zapkit is a browser extension and works on WhatsApp Web, on a computer.
Is it free?
The Free plan transcribes with a quota. Pro removes the limit. No card is needed to use Free.
Does the sender know?
No. Transcription happens on your side and changes nothing on theirs.
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