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Recommendations for iOS/macOS voice memo transcription
Hey Tildes,
I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a way to transcribe voice memos on iOS/macOS.
I want to take up a weekly/daily/whatever journal, however, I felt it may be good for me to use the voice memos feature on my iPhone as I go on longer daily walks and I always have my phone on me. However, going back to look at old voice memos can be rather time consuming rather than just reading/skimming through a text version.
The app can be paid or free. I am hoping to be able to export into multiple file types as well that I could open on any device I really want.
Not sure if there's an iOS version but I remember hearing good things about an app for macOS called Aiko. It's built on OpenAI Whisper which, as far as I understand, is a AI model that's basically perfect for transcribing voices. Think it's free as well!
Aiko is on iOS as well. And, as you said, it’s using Whisper which is about as good as transcription gets right now.
Jordi Bruin builds an app called MacWhisper that does exactly what you want, with speaker tags as well - it has a free version, and the paid version is definitely worth it as well
I came across Voiceliner on HN a long time ago. Never got around to trying it but it might suit your needs.