# Export Voice Memos to Markdown

Alto Index copies each Voice Memos recording beside a Markdown note with its transcript, from Voice Memos or heard on your Mac. Free, with no limit.

Each recording copied beside a note with its transcript.

## What you get

- Each recording's audio copied beside a Markdown note with its date, duration and size
- Its transcript under it in paragraphs of about 30 seconds, each with its time: the one Voice Memos made, or on macOS 27 one heard on your Mac in the language you choose
- Each note says which transcript it is, in which language, and how sure the model was
- An index of every recording, with a link to play it

## Where the files go

```
alto-index/voice-memos/20260930 091500-6F3A1B2C.m4a
alto-index/voice-memos/20260930 091500-6F3A1B2C.md
alto-index/voice-memos/index.md
```

## What you choose

- Tick the recordings to export, under their Voice Memos folders
- Transcribe In, in Options…: the language a transcript heard on your Mac is in

## Left out

- A transcript heard on your Mac is kept only when the model is sure enough of it
- A recording you delete in Voice Memos leaves the export too

## Free

Voice Memos is free, with its transcripts, with no limit.

## With Claude

`/altoindex:voice-memos` in the [Claude plugin](/claude-plugin) browses your recordings, and the [MCP server](/mcp) lets Claude Desktop search what was said.

Source: https://altoindex.com/voice-memos