That gives me hope that the Recorder app could come to other phones in the future. But the good news is that Google has made Recorder available to other Pixel phones beyond the Pixel 4 ( $190 at Amazon).

It's a shame that Google is limiting the Recorder app to its Pixel phones for now, but hopefully, that changes in the near future. Not only will it help them, but it could help you as well if they share the transcription with you to collaborate on work. Or if you don't have a Pixel phone, but know someone who does, let them know about the app. You can view your transcription as it's being created, or go back and search or share the file with a classmate or colleague. In fact, it doesn't require a data connection at all. Instead of simply recording the audio of a lecture or interview like all the other apps do, Recorder transcribes whatever it hears in real-time - on the device - without sending any information to Google. The latest is a camera integration that places any photo you take during a recording in to the transcript at the moment in the dialog when the photo was snapped.After using Google's new Recorder app, you'll never want to use another voice memo app again. Plus, you can train Otter to recognize your voice so that when conducting an interview it will mark who is speaking.ĪISense, the makers of Otter, have been rolling out new features pretty aggressively over the last month of our testing.

When reading a transcription if something doesn’t seem correct, just tap on the text to hear that portion of the recording. And it’s clever enough to figure out punctuation-which is more than most premium desktop-based transcription software currently offer.

For starters, Otter not only records, it also transcribes in real-time. Sadly Recordium is no longer being updated, but fortunately there’s a new favorite contender: Otter. Given all the interviewing we do at CH, we’ve tested many voice-recording apps and, while many have been decent, it’s not since Recordium that we’ve been really impressed.

Otter voice recording app