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BARAPHRASE
VOICE NOTES, SORTED IN SECONDS
Transcribe, summarize and translate your voice notes — instantly. Forward any voice note to Barry on your favourite messaging app and get clean text back.
Send a voice note. Get it back, sorted.
Transcribe
Forward voice notes in any language to receive a transcript back instantly.
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Summarize
Forward voice notes in any language for a short summary.
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Translate
Translate voice notes into your own language. All major languages are supported.
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Private & secure
Your privacy is important. All of your user data, voice notes, transcriptions, translations and summaries are fully encrypted.
Proudly European
That does not just mean the food is better. It means your data is out of reach of nasty autocrats.
Built on open source
We use and support open source software and protocols. We do not use any large tech company infrastructure.
Completely free
I built Baraphrase as a personal tool, and other people found it useful. You can find more information here.
Barry's been busy.
- Welcome to our 1,000th user. We are now transcribing, translating and summarising 24 hours of voice notes every month.
- We do not retain any user data, and we have moved all our infrastructure to the EU.
- Baraphrase is staying free for as long as possible, though a fair daily cap may arrive to stop abuse.
- It took us 6 months to process our first 24 hours of voice notes, and only 2 months to process another 24 hours.
- Launched infrastructure optimisations to improve speed, reduce reliance on third-party services, and handle larger volumes.
- Celebrated a full 24 hours of voice notes transcribed, summarized and translated.
- Removed the ability to add Baraphrase bots to group chats.
- Added better error handling for unusual audio formats.
- Summaries now arrive in the language of the voice note you send.
- Translation now supports hundreds of language pairs, including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish.
- Baraphrase automatically translates your voice note into your phone's default language.
Frequently asked questions
How does Baraphrase work?
Forward any voice note to Barry on your favourite messaging app and you will get clean text back in seconds, transcribed, summarized or translated. No new app to install.
Which apps does it work with?
Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram and iMessage via Beeper, with more on the way.
Is it really free?
Yes, completely free and unlimited for now. We are keeping it that way as long as we can; a fair daily cap may arrive one day purely to stop abuse.
What languages are supported?
All major languages for transcription, summaries and translation, including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish and hundreds of language pairs.
Is my data private?
Always. Voice notes, transcripts, summaries and translations are fully encrypted, and all our infrastructure is hosted in the EU.
Do you keep my voice notes?
No. We do not retain user data. Once Barry has sent your text back, your voice note and its results are not stored anywhere.