Guides

• On-device vs cloud transcription: what actually leaves your phone

  How iOS decides between local and server speech recognition, and what is actually transmitted when the server path runs.

• How to transcribe a voice memo without uploading it anywhere

  Turn a voice memo into text using only your phone, and prove to yourself that nothing was uploaded.

• How to record a lecture on iPhone

  Placement, settings and a marking habit that make a two-hour lecture recording actually usable afterwards.

• How to record an interview on iPhone

  Getting a clean, quotable two-person interview out of a phone, plus the consent question and the post-interview workflow.

• M4A vs WAV for voice recording

  Compressed AAC or uncompressed WAV for a voice recording — what actually changes, and what to pick.

• Why iPhone recordings get interrupted by phone calls

  The audio session mechanism behind interrupted recordings, what happens to the file, and how to prevent it entirely.

• How to export a transcript from your iPhone

  Formats, methods and a workflow for getting transcripts and audio off the phone before you need them.