13 guides · iOS

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Voice notes with on-device speech-to-text transcription.

Voice notes to text How to Turn Voice Notes into Text on iPhone Without Uploading Them

Record an idea, a memo or a to-do and get an editable transcript on the device. How SpeakSense works, what it needs (iOS 26), and why nothing leaves your phone.

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Recording How to Record Clean Audio: Level Meter, Interruptions and Saving Takes

Read the live level meter, avoid dropped recordings, keep or discard a take, and understand the audio format and file size SpeakSense records in.

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Live vs later Live Transcript or Transcribe Later: Which Mode Should You Use?

Watch text appear as you speak, or record first and transcribe afterwards. Differences in speed, battery and accuracy, and how to re-run a transcript later.

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Meetings and lectures How to Record and Transcribe a Meeting, Lecture or Interview on iPhone

A practical setup for long recordings: placement, language, categories, storage space, timestamps and fixing names afterwards. What to expect from on-device accuracy.

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Languages How to Transcribe in Other Languages on iPhone (and Install a Language for Offline Use)

Pick the transcription language from what your device supports, install new languages through iOS, and fix the wrong-language gibberish. Recent choices stay at the top.

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Import and transcribe How to Transcribe an Audio or Video File You Already Have

Import audio or video from Files or iCloud Drive, then transcribe it on the device. How import works, which files are accepted and what to do about long files.

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Edit and review How to Edit a Transcript and Jump to Any Sentence by Timestamp

Fix names and numbers in place, show or hide timestamps, tap a timestamp to hear that sentence, and copy the whole transcript at once. Edits stay with the note.

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Translation How to Translate a Transcript on iPhone Privately (Premium)

Translate each sentence on the device with Apple Translation, shown beneath the original, and export both with timecodes. Live translation while recording too.

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Organize How to Organize Voice Notes: Categories, Titles, Search and Storage

File notes into your own categories, set a title format, search across every transcript, and see what recordings take up on the device.

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Share and export How to Share a Transcript or the Original Audio from SpeakSense

Send the transcript as text, the original audio, or the transcript with its translation, through the iOS share sheet. Copy it, save to Files, or keep an iCloud backup.

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Privacy Is SpeakSense Private? What Stays on Your iPhone

Transcription and translation run on the device with Apple engines; recordings are never uploaded. What the app does contact, and how iCloud backup works.

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Troubleshooting Transcription Failed, Empty or Wrong? How to Fix It in SpeakSense

What "No speech found" and "Could not transcribe" mean, and how to fix wrong languages, quiet audio, missing language packs and unsupported iOS versions.

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Free vs Premium SpeakSense Free vs Premium: What the Subscription Adds

Recording and transcription are free and unlimited. Premium (monthly or yearly) adds on-device translation, live translation, pro themes and speaker identification.

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