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Philip Michaels

Our phones are getting smarter but our on-device transcription tools are not

Recorder app transcript on a Pixel 10 Pro.

No matter the phone I'm using at any given time, I'm going to turn to the built-in voice recording app at some point during a typical work week. Recording interviews, getting audio notes of a meeting, laying down a voice-over track for a video — it doesn't matter what. Since my phone is the device on hand, I'm going to use the app on that phone to handle those tasks. And whether we're talking the iPhone's Voice Memos, the Pixel's Recorder or Voice Recorder on Samsung's phones, each app seems up to the task.

Transcribing those recordings? Well, that's another matter.

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