You might also paraphrase this question as, "How to convert videos to audio on iOS without a computer or any other device?". I sometimes record my screen and then want to share these recordings with blind friends, but then face annoying size limit problems and often end up sending them links to storage/file sharing services instead. So all I am looking for is an app, preferably a free one, to convert these videos to audio, or extract the audio from them.
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No need for a separate app…
No need for a separate app. The shortcuts app that's part of iOS will do it for you. I made a shortcut that does exactly this. It shows up as an option in the share sheet for a video you record and lets you save the audio from the video as an AAC file to the files app.
Get it here
Thanks, will check it out…
Thanks, will check it out when I come back here on my iPhone.
Can’t connect to the Gallery.
Brian, that’s the message I get when I try and load your shortcut
Does anybody know how I can fix this
Hmmmm. worked for me when I…
Hmmmm. worked for me when I clicked on the link, as well as when I googled and tried to add a shortcut from a link that someone else made.
Have you turned on "allow untrusted shortcuts" in settings?
Open the shortcuts app and run one.
Then if you go to settings>shortcuts the option should show up.
Does this still work on ios26?
I can execute it fine but can't find the converted file in any sections of the files app or recents. Any help would be appreciated.
Still works on iOS26
If the downloaded shortcut does not work, you can create your own in the shortcuts app, which comes with iOS. You need to create a shortcut that executes three steps:
1. takes from "Share Sheet" Media and Images as an input
2. Encode Shortcut Input "Audio only", Format M4A, as a processing step, that converts what comes from the shared input
3. step: "Save as" with "Ask Where To Save"
It's a bit tricky to get it working, but finally it does.