How to record your voice online
Quick answer: To record your voice online, pick your mic, press Record, pause or stop, trim if you need to and download.
- Pick your mic. Leave it on Default or choose a headset or USB mic. The names show up after you allow the mic once.
- Press Record. Allow the microphone when the browser asks. The waveform moves when it hears you.
- Pause or stop. Pause keeps the same take going; Stop finishes it and puts it in your list.
- Trim if you need to. Open Trim on a take, drag Start and End, and play the trimmed part to check it.
- Download. WAV is full quality and opens in any editor. The WebM or M4A file is much smaller, handy for messages.
WAV or WebM/M4A?
WAV is uncompressed, about 6 MB a minute, and every audio app opens it. Use it if you're going to edit, transcribe or keep the recording. WebM (Chrome, Firefox) or M4A (Safari) is the browser's own compressed file, roughly 1 MB a minute and still good for voice. Send that one when size matters.
Getting a cleaner recording
Sit close to the mic, about a hand's width away, in a room with soft stuff around (curtains, a sofa, a closet full of clothes). Leave noise suppression on for speech. If you're recording music or an instrument, turn noise suppression, echo cancellation and auto volume off: they're made for calls and will squash notes they think are noise.
Voice changer: which voice for what
Storytime narrator and Reddit story voice make narration sound bigger, which is why faceless storytime accounts use them. Podcast warm and Clean & loud keep your own voice but make a phone mic sound fuller and evenly loud. Masked caller hides who you are for confessions and anonymous stories. Chipmunk, Cartoon and Kid are for jokes and memes, Robot, Villain and Walkie-talkie for gaming and sci-fi bits. Every take is kept in your own voice too, so you can try each voice on it and download the one that works. Changing the pitch doesn't change the speed or the length.
Frequently asked questions
Is the voice recorder free?
Yes, free with no account and no limit on takes. Recordings are kept in the open tab until you download them.
Is my recording uploaded?
No. The browser records and encodes the audio on your device. Nothing is sent to our server.
Can I record MP3?
Browsers can't record MP3 directly. Save as WAV and convert it if a site insists on MP3; for most uses, WAV or M4A work just as well.
What happens if I close the tab?
Your takes are gone. They only live in this page's memory, so download the ones you want to keep first. The page warns you if you try to leave while recording.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes, in Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone. On iPhone the compressed file is M4A.
Can I turn the recording into text?
Yes: download it as WAV and drop it into the Transcribe Audio tool, which also runs on your device.