Voice Recorder
Record from your microphone straight in the browser, with a level meter, and download it.
What it does
Voice Recorder works on your file with ffmpeg and audio engines compiled for the browser, so the recording or video is processed by your own computer or phone — the same programs a desktop editor uses, without installing one.
When you need it
Usually right before sending or publishing: a video too heavy for WhatsApp, a voice note full of hum, a clip that needs captions because the feed plays it muted, an interview to turn into text.
Limits and caveats
Long or high-resolution files take as long as your device needs, and a phone is slower than a laptop. The engines download once, the first time, and come from KIVO itself. The original file is never changed: you always download a new one. Everything happens in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
How to voice recorder
- Allow the microphone.
- Record — watch the level so you know it's hearing you.
- Download it.
Everything happens on this device: no file is uploaded and nothing leaves the browser.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the recording go?
- Into this tab, and nowhere else. It is not uploaded, and it is gone when you close the page — so download it before you do.
- Why is the file a .webm?
- Because that is what browsers record, and it is a good format that a lot of older software still refuses to open. The MP3 button converts it, which is why that one takes a moment longer.
- What is the moving bar for?
- Your input level. Recording into a muted or wrong microphone and finding out after five minutes of talking is the usual way this goes wrong, and a bar that moves is the only warning you get.