Feature · v3.1
Recorded somewhere else? Import the audio — it becomes a Bonfiyah Story.
Bring in an audio file and Bonfiyah does the rest: transcribes it, separates and voice-IDs the speakers, and writes the summary.
Tap Import, pick an audio file — from the Files app, AirDrop, another app's export, or audio you downloaded from another recording service — and Bonfiyah runs it through the exact same pipeline as a live recording. The result is a new Story in your library: searchable, organized, and synced across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Not everything worth keeping was recorded in Bonfiyah.
A voice memo from a hallway conversation. A meeting someone else captured and shared with you. A whole back catalog sitting inside an app you're ready to leave. The recording exists — it's just not in the one place where it gains durable voice-based speaker memory and an AI summary.
Re-recording isn't an option, and copy-pasting a flat transcript loses the thing that matters most: who said what, remembered across every conversation. A wall of text with no speakers is an archive you can't really use.
Import Audio closes the gap. Hand Bonfiyah the audio file and it becomes a first-class Story — transcribed, speaker-separated, voice-identified, and summarized — exactly as if you'd recorded it live.
How it works.
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Tap Import, pick an audio file.
Open Bonfiyah and tap Import. The Apple Files picker opens — choose any audio file you have: a recording from the Files app, something shared to you over AirDrop, an export from another app, or audio you downloaded from another recording service. Bonfiyah brings the file in and starts processing.
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It runs the same pipeline as a live recording.
Bonfiyah splits the audio and transcribes it — the same cloud transcription path it uses when you record live. Nothing about the file gets a shortcut or a second-class treatment; an imported recording is processed exactly like one you captured in the app.
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Speakers are separated and identified by voice.
Bonfiyah separates the voices in the file and identifies them by their voiceprint — never by the words. People your library already knows are matched automatically; new voices show up as Speaker 1, Speaker 2, and so on until you name them. Name a voice once and it's remembered the next time it appears — in a live recording or another import.
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You get a new Story — summary included.
When processing finishes, the import lands as a full Story in your library: searchable, ready to drop into a project, synced across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. On Pro AI it carries an AI summary, just like a live recording does. Your file went in; a fully organized, speaker-aware conversation came out.
Bring your history
Migrate from any app. Your conversations shouldn't be trapped.
Your recording history is yours. It shouldn't be locked inside whichever app you happened to use first. If you can get the audio out of another service, you can bring it into Bonfiyah — and your whole archive gains durable, voice-based speaker memory and AI summaries in one searchable home.
It works conditionally on one thing: if you can export your audio from a service, you can import it here. Export or download the audio files from Otter, Notta, Plaud, Fireflies, Voice Memos — or anything else that lets you save the recording — then import each file. No re-recording. No copy-pasting flat transcripts. No lock-in.
To be clear, Import Audio works on the file — it isn't a direct integration that reaches into another company's service. You do the export from their app; Bonfiyah does everything after that. The reward: a back catalog that finally knows who said what, and remembers it going forward.
Otter
Export the audio, import the file.
Notta
Export the audio, import the file.
Plaud
Export the audio, import the file.
Fireflies
Export the audio, import the file.
Voice Memos
Share to Files, then import.
Anything else
If you can export the audio, you can import it.
What you get.
- → A real Story, not a flat transcript. The import becomes the same first-class object a live recording produces — searchable, organizable into projects and sub-projects, and synced across all your devices.
- → Who said what — by voice. Speakers are separated and identified from their voiceprints, matched against the people Bonfiyah already knows, and remembered for next time.
- → A full transcript. Every imported file is transcribed through the same path as a live recording.
- → An AI summary (Pro AI). The same AI summary a live recording gets, generated on top of the imported audio.
- → Your archive, unlocked. Bring recordings over from Otter, Notta, Plaud, Fireflies, Voice Memos, or anywhere — and end the lock-in.
- → Works on every tier. Import, transcription, and voice speaker-ID work on all tiers — the free tier includes 240 minutes of imports in your first 30 days, then your regular transcription allowance, and Pro is unlimited; the summary is the Pro AI piece.
Privacy
Imported audio is treated like everything else you record.
An imported file isn't a side door. It runs through the same pipeline, with the same privacy posture and the same consent and redaction model that governs the audio you record in Bonfiyah. Transcription happens in the cloud — the same way it does for a live recording — and the resulting Story lives in your library, synced across your devices.
Speaker identity comes from the voice and nothing else. Bonfiyah identifies who's speaking by their voiceprint, never by parsing the words of the transcript — the same hard rule that applies to every recording, applied identically to anything you import.
There is no looser path for an imported file than for one you capture live. The source changed. The rules didn't.
FAQ
Can I import recordings from another app?
Yes — as long as you can export the audio file. Bonfiyah imports an audio file you provide; it isn't a direct integration with any other service. If you can get an audio file out of Otter, Notta, Plaud, Fireflies, Voice Memos, or anything else — by exporting or downloading it — you can import that file into Bonfiyah and it runs through the same pipeline as a live recording. Move the file in via the Apple Files app, AirDrop, or share it straight from the other app.
Does it identify who spoke?
Yes. Imported audio runs through the same speaker engine as a live recording: Bonfiyah separates the voices and identifies them by voiceprint, not by the words. People your library already knows are matched automatically; new voices appear as Speaker 1, Speaker 2, and so on until you name them — and once you do, that voice is remembered the next time it shows up in any recording or import.
What file types can I import?
Standard audio files you can pick from the Apple Files app — the common formats apps and recorders export, like M4A, MP3, and WAV. Bonfiyah splits the file and feeds it through the same transcription path it uses for live recordings, so whatever you bring in becomes a normal Story once it's processed.
Does it need Pro AI?
Importing, transcription, and voice-based speaker identification work on every tier. The free tier includes 240 minutes of imports in your first 30 days — bring your backlog over without spending your recording allowance — and after that imports draw on your regular free transcription allowance; Pro is unlimited. The AI summary is the Pro AI piece, exactly as it is everywhere else in Bonfiyah. So on the free tier you still get a transcribed, speaker-separated Story; Pro AI adds the summary on top.
Is my imported audio private?
Imported audio is treated exactly like audio you record in Bonfiyah — same pipeline, same privacy posture, same consent and redaction model. Transcription runs in the cloud, the same way it does for a live recording, and the resulting Story lives in your library, synced across your devices. There's no separate, looser path for imported files than for ones you record.
What does an imported recording become?
A full Story — the same object a live recording produces. It's transcribed, the speakers are separated and voice-identified, and (on Pro AI) it carries an AI summary. From there it's searchable, can live inside a project or sub-project, and syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac like everything else in your library.
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