Voice to Text Pro - Transcribe

Updated Review: Does not work; simply crashes with any attempt to use with new update. I have had my notes entirely wiped out multiple times over the past years by this app. Do not trust the notes function. The developer does not respond except eventually to say that what you are saying isn’t true, and then not at all. I am a paying subscriber. That won’t last. Original Review: Hallelujah👏. Thank you for NOT keeping or tracking our data! I have been been searching for this solution for years. It works well on a phone with iOS 16-17. (My iPod touch with iOS 15 requires dictation and speech recognition permissions + WiFi to operate properly, which I don’t allow, but iOS 17 doesn’t require the permissions to transcribe files; Siri is not enabled on my phone.) This is accurate and simple to use; I’ve tried many transcription services and this is as good as it gets short of human transcription, but it is the only one that is also affordable and private. I recommend changing the setting to save notes automatically for those who have the space, btw. As a writer who does a lot of thinking via audio, I have bent over backwards trying to solve the transcription problem for years. I actually never subscribe to any app service, but I made an exception and purchased a year of this one so that I can transcribe audio files. I am thrilled! I pray it remains private and affordable in the years to come🙏.

I have tried this app on and off for several months in hopes bugs would be fixed. I have tried to transcribe my thoughts of significant importance multiple times. Only to be disappointed when the app does not save it and says to contact support. This app does not support the latest Apple products and iOS devices with consistency. It can maybe save one note but my experiences trying to save a second note crashes the app! At this point it is time to eliminate it from my apps for good.

I was specifically looking for an app that could import an imported voice recording and then transcribe it. I was impressed by the developers written responses to clients, and could see that the price is right for my occasional need for this task, so I purchased the premium version and then immediately imported a recording of a friend that I had made using my go-to recording app which is Voice Record Pro, with my iPhone sitting next to the MacBook Air over which the voice was being heard. That means I was recording a broadcast voice rather than a person talking into the iPhone mic. Then I exported that to my iCloud account, then I imported that from iCloud into VoiceToText Pro Premium, but it was not able to even get into the ballpark of doing a minimally acceptable transcription. Obviously this is not an optimal situation, but it is a real world task that is needed.