VoiceExpress: Audio to Text

I loved this app while it worked. Excellent and fast transcription powered by Apple’s APIs, delivered on the cheap. Filled the hole created by Apple’s bizarre refusal to transcribe audio files. Unfortunately, it appears to be broken under Sequoia: now, every line it transcribes is deleted before it transcribes the next line. Not very helpful, that. However, Sequoia now offers transcription in its native Voice Memos app, albeit with a clunkier and less useful UI, so as one door closes, another has opened.

Uses Apple's OS built-in voice-to-text capability. Performs well on voice files I exported from screen-recorded videos I created on my Mac using apple wired headset. Not perfect, but did not expect it to be. Provides me with a good starting text file that I then edit. Saves me lots of time manually transcribing voice files, with no online connection needed and no recurring transcription fees. No problem trsnscribing 20minute-long audio files (my longest so far,) which required about 15min30sec to transcribe, not sure what is the max length of the audio file it will transcribe. You can also transcribe on the fly from voice to text without first ctreating an audio file. Not alot of bells and whistles, but a good basic, and very affordable, transcription tool.

When I switched to Mac I lost my favorite dictation software. VoiceExpress however is a decent program and I believe it uses mac's speech recognition so there are definitely errors in the transcription. However, it saves me time from having to sit at the computer and type everything. And no transciption apps are perfect. I just have fix the errors on my document and then it's ready to go. So far I've tested with a twenty minute audio file. I'm hoping it will transcribe at least an hour of playback, but we'll see. But for now it's well worth the money.