View a Voice Memos transcription on iPhone

“If you open a recording made in an earlier version of Voice Memos (iOS 17 or earlier), Voice Memos will transcribe it automatically if it includes recorded speech.” (Note on earlier recordings, Voice Memos on iPhone user guide)

“Audio transcription is available on iPhone 12 or later in English (all variants), Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.” (Requirements)

“It’s not available in all countries or regions.” (Requirements)

“Speech in your audio recordings can be transcribed to text in Voice Memos.” (Article introduction)

“Choose View Transcript, select the text you want to copy, then tap Copy.” (Copy a transcript)

“You can view the transcription while you’re recording or after.” (Article introduction)