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Apple says Voice Memos transcription on iPad is available on supported models in English and nine other languages.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Audio transcription is available on supported models in English (all variants), Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.”
View a Voice Memos transcription on iPad, Apple Support (iPad User Guide), 2026, Note under the transcription section.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple describes transcription in Voice Memos as available while recording or after recording. The same page says older recordings made in iPadOS 17 or earlier are transcribed automatically if they contain speech.
- What it does not show
- The page covers iPad, not iPhone. It also says transcription is not available in all countries or regions, so check whether your region is covered.