Guide • 3 min read • Updated May 2026

Uploading Audio or Video Files

Use uploads when the recording already exists on your device, from a phone, recorder, video meeting, or interview.

Uploading Audio or Video Files

Upload workflow

  1. Open the workflow where the file belongs: Clinical for visits, Interview study for research interviews.
  2. In Clinical, expand Upload a recording on the recorder card and click or drop a file.
  3. Wait until upload and transcription are complete before closing the page.
  4. Open the transcript and review speaker names, medical words, and any sensitive identifiers.

Supported file types and limits

Clinical accepts audio/video files up to 500 MB in MP3, WAV, M4A, WebM, MP4, OGG, or FLAC. Interview studies accept the same audio/video formats and additionally let you import existing transcripts as TXT, Markdown, VTT, SRT, DOCX, or PDF — useful when you already paid for transcription elsewhere or were given source text.

Tips for clean uploads

  • Trim long silences or non-clinical chatter before uploading to keep transcript focus and reduce minutes used.
  • Files exported from a phone, dictation device, or video meeting work well as long as the speech is clear.
  • Re-upload as MP3 or M4A if your original codec is unusual; these are the most reliable in-browser.