Changelog

What we've shipped, newest first.

27 July 2026

Custom summary instructions, like asking for emojis or a different tone, are now followed instead of sometimes being ignored.
You can now see the full history of a transcript's summary versions, in order, on both the web app and Android.

Chat with your transcript: ask a question about a completed job and get an answer grounded in the recording, billed per answer.
Assistant replies in chat now render bold, italic, and code properly instead of showing raw asterisks.
Re-summarize a transcript with a different style or your own custom prompt, and page back through earlier summary versions.
Re-transcribe a job if something got missed or mistranscribed, with a reason attached.
Download a transcript and summary as a Markdown or Word file.
Save transcripts and summaries straight to Google Drive as a Google Doc, Word file, or Markdown file.
Pick which Google Drive folder your exports save into, using Google's own folder picker.
Your screen now stays awake while recording, and recording pauses instead of capturing dead air if you switch away.
A dismissible tip suggests your phone's voice memo app for long recordings.
The job page has a cleaner layout with separated sections, especially on mobile.
If a summary fails to generate, you now see a clear message instead of a blank summary.
The job page shows when a recording was made.

Added Sign in with Google as an alternative to magic-link.
Magic-link emails now survive email-security scanners that previously consumed the link before you could tap it.
Redirected www.transcribe-it.co.za to the apex domain so session cookies always land in the right place.
Added a help page at /how-to-record covering iPhone, Android, and desktop.
Disabled the in-browser recorder on production while we improve its reliability when phones sleep — share from your phone's voice memo app instead.

Looking for the longer version? The blog has the why behind each change.