Tag: transcription

All the articles with the tag "transcription".

• Guide · Murmur

  Otter alternatives that work offline: on-device voice transcription and notes on iPhone

  13 Sep, 2026

  A fair comparison of voice-to-text and AI note apps on iPhone — Otter, Apple's Voice Memos and dictation, Aiko, and Murmur — on where the audio goes, what happens to the transcript afterwards, pricing model, and what actually works in airplane mode. By the developer of one of them.

• Guide · Murmur

  Offline voice-to-text on iPhone: what actually runs on the device (and what quietly doesn't)

  13 Sep, 2026

  Apple's built-in dictation, the Voice Memos transcript, third-party transcription apps and fully on-device Whisper — which ones work in airplane mode, which ones send audio to a server, and how to tell the difference. From the developer of an on-device voice-notes app.