Canto — voice recordings, beautifully arranged

can·to /ˈkæn·toʊ/ "can" - "toe": n., pl. -tos. [It. < L. cantus, song] any of the main divisions of a long poem; also, an archaic word for song or chant.

Upload one or multiple voice recordings. Canto will listen, transcribe, and arrange them into the form of your choosing — an outline, a letter, a journal, a chapter — as a thoughtful copyist might, by lamplight.

Voice recordings

Any number of files, up to 1 GB total. Supported: aac, flac, m4a, mp3, mp4, mpeg, mpga, ogg, wav, webm.

Arrange as

Not sure which to pick? See sample arrangements →

Organize

By topic: the editor groups ideas across all recordings — e.g. all sketch ideas together, with related fragments concatenated under one heading.
By recording: each file is treated as its own piece in the chosen format.

A note to the editor (optional)

A note on patience

Roughly how long Canto takes per upload, assuming typical voice-memo bitrates of about 1 MB per minute of audio.

Total upload	Approx. audio	Estimated wait
up to 5 MB	~ 5 min	15 – 25 sec
10 MB	~ 10 min	25 – 40 sec
25 MB	~ 25 min	45 – 75 sec
50 MB	~ 50 min	1.5 – 2.5 min
100 MB	~ 1.5 hr	3 – 5 min
250 MB	~ 4 hr	7 – 10 min
500 MB	~ 8 hr	12 – 18 min