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Practical guides on transcription, voice notes, and AI summaries.
5 October 2026
ADA Title II Caption Deadline Moved to 2027: Recorded Meetings
The DOJ pushed the Title II web deadline back a year, but the duty to caption recorded meetings stays. Here is how to plan for it.
14 September 2026
Why transcripts get speakers wrong, and how we fixed it
We found a real meeting transcript that merged two speakers into one label, and rebuilt speaker detection to catch it.
14 September 2026
How Sales Teams Turn Call Recordings Into Follow-Up Emails
Sales reps forget half of what a call covered by the time they sit down to write the follow-up. Here's a better workflow.
7 September 2026
Human vs AI Transcription: When Accuracy Still Matters
AI transcription now rivals human accuracy on clean audio, but numbers, names, and legal or medical audio still need a human check.
31 August 2026
Is It Legal to Record and Transcribe a Phone Call Without Consent?
Recording rules vary by state, and courts are now asking what your transcription tool does with the audio, not just who consented.
24 August 2026
How to Use an AI Transcript to Write Video Captions Faster
YouTube's auto-captions look accurate at a glance, but proper names and technical terms come out far more wrong than a manual transcript.
17 August 2026
How to Find a Specific Quote Fast in Hours of Interview Recordings
A practical way to stop scrubbing through interview audio for one quote: search transcripts by topic, then ask instead of scrolling.
10 August 2026
Voice Notes vs Loom: Which Is Better for Async Team Updates?
Loom and voice notes both cut meetings, but they solve different problems, and Loom's AI summary tier now costs $24 a seat.
3 August 2026
Will Real-Time Voice AI Like GPT-Live-1 Replace Transcription Apps?
GPT-Live-1 makes real-time chat feel human, but it's built for conversation, not for producing a transcript, summary, or action list.
27 July 2026
How to Get a Transcript and Summary From a WhatsApp Voice Note
A practical way to turn long WhatsApp voice notes into a readable transcript, summary, and action points instead of replaying them.
22 July 2026
How to Turn Podcast Episodes Into Blog Posts and Show Notes
A transcript is not a blog post. Here's how podcasters turn raw episode audio into show notes, articles, and clips without losing a weekend.
13 July 2026
You can now ask questions about your own transcripts
Transcribe-It now lets you chat with your transcripts, save exports to Google Drive, re-summarize, and re-transcribe when something's off.
13 July 2026
Why Pay-As-You-Go Beats a Transcription Subscription for Most People
If you transcribe a few recordings a month, a subscription overcharges you. Here's the math on paying per minute instead.
6 July 2026
AI Transcription Accuracy in 2026: What Changed and What Didn't
Word error rates fell again in 2026, but the real gains show up in accents, background noise, and long meetings, not clean audio.
29 June 2026
Why Distributed Teams Are Moving to Async Voice Messages
Async audio is replacing meetings in remote teams. Here is what that shift looks like and the friction that still gets in the way.
22 June 2026
Does Voice-to-Text Work for Non-Native English Speakers?
Most voice-to-text tools were built on broadcast English, which is why non-native speakers get garbled results and what you can do about it.
15 June 2026
How to Transcribe Interviews and Field Research Notes
Transcribing interview audio by hand takes four hours per hour of recording. Here's a practical guide from setup to usable transcript.
8 June 2026
How Transcription Enables Accessible Dictation Workflows
If typing is painful or impossible, dictation with accurate transcription opens workflows most productivity tools still ignore.
1 June 2026
What Happens to Your Audio When You Use a Transcription Tool
Most transcription tools upload your audio to third-party servers without telling you who sees it, how long it stays, or whether it gets deleted.
25 May 2026
Voice Journaling: How to Capture Your Ideas Hands-Free
Voice journaling captures ideas the moment they arrive, but without transcription, most recordings sit unreviewed and unused.
18 May 2026
Voice Messages vs Text for Remote Teams: When Transcription Helps
Remote teams default to voice for speed and text for search. Transcription bridges the gap so async messages stay searchable and actionable.
11 May 2026
How to Use Voice Notes for Meeting Follow-Up Emails
Learn how to record a quick voice note after any meeting and turn it into a clear follow-up email with decisions, owners, and next steps.
8 May 2026
Transcribing Voice Memos to Song Lyrics for Songwriters
Most voice memos stay buried on your phone instead of becoming lyrics. Here's a practical workflow for transcribing them into text you can edit.
8 May 2026
How AI Summaries Save Time on Long Audio Recordings
Long recordings are hard to reuse without re-listening. AI summaries extract the decisions and action points so you only go back when you need to.