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Voice Memos on an Apple Watch to a task list in English

Voice Memos on an Apple Watch to a task list in English: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.

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In short

What the Apple Watch stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the task list in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into a task list

  1. 1

    Record on the wrist

    In the Voice Memos app of the Apple Watch the record button is tapped and the second tap ends the recording

  2. 2

    Upload the file

    The recording of the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch is attached to the widget of the page with the language of the speech set to English, and the task list comes back as a file of text.

  3. 3

    Apply the instruction of the task

    The instruction of the task asks for the task list and puts the answer about the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch into the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.

  4. 4

    Name the language of the speech

    The engine reads 99+ languages; this Voice Memos on an Apple Watch is in English, so the language of the widget is set to English for the task list.

  5. 5

    Check the file before the upload

    When Stereo or Spatial Audio is selected, Voice Memos records with several microphones of the iPhone and with the right and the left audio channels

The result

What comes back from the engine

  • TXT

    One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.

  • TXT, CSV

    The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.

  • SRT, VTT

    SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.

  • Markdown, DOCX

    The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.

The facts

What Apple Watch keeps, and what it says about it

Where the file is

The recordings of an Apple Watch sync automatically to the iPhone, the iPad and the Mac of the Apple Account they are signed in with.

What the file is

With iCloud the recordings of the watch are played on the paired iPhone and on the other devices of the same Apple Account: in the Voice Memos app the Watch Recordings item is tapped.

What can go wrong

In the Voice Memos app of the iPhone the recording is stopped and the file is reviewed, the name of the recording is changed by tapping it and typing a new name.

What the platform says

The memo of the watch is a recording of the Voice Memos app, the same app that records on the iPhone, so the file is of the Voice Memos of the account.

What the platform says

When Stereo or Spatial Audio is selected, Voice Memos records with several microphones of the iPhone and with the right and the left audio channels.

Length of one file

up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro

Free plan

$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card

Pro plan

$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month

The case

What the recording does not give you

The recordings of an Apple Watch sync automatically to the iPhone, the iPad and the Mac of the Apple Account they are signed in with. That is the part that depends on the Apple Watch; everything after it is the work of the task list, and it is the same for every recording.

Tips

  • A name that was never said in the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch stays out of the task list.

  • The language of the widget is the language of the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch.

  • Take the file of the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch as soon as you have it.

  • While the recording is on, the Voice Memos app stops recording if another app starts to play audio on the iPhone.

FAQ

Questions about Voice Memos on an Apple Watch and a task list

What does the Apple Watch keep for the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch?

The recordings of an Apple Watch sync automatically to the iPhone, the iPad and the Mac of the Apple Account they are signed in with. The file of the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch is the input of the engine, and the task list is written from it.

What does the Apple Watch say about the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch?

While the recording is on, the Voice Memos app stops recording if another app starts to play audio on the iPhone. The engine reads the English speech of the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch and writes the task list from that text.

Who reads the task list after the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch is sent?

the person who made the memo. The transcript of the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch is read first, and the task list comes out of it in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later.

What do I get without a card?

3 files a day of up to 30 minutes every day, and the export of the text in the formats of the service, so the task list comes back in every one of them.

Do I need an account for the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch?

The file of the Voice Memos on an Apple Watch and the widget are enough: the engine reads the English speech and writes the task list.

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