Overview & Feature Analysis
Free auto-transcriber app for mobile
The
Recorder
app is a free
multimedia
application developed by Google LLC. As its name suggests, this software is an
audio recorder
that allows you to
record voiced audio
. However, its capabilities do not end there. It
automatically transcribes
your recorded audio, so you can both read and search for specific parts of the recorder apps. The Recorder is a
pretty simple
app as compared to other recorder programs. Hence, it struggles when it comes to more advanced features. However, that does not mean that it is not worth downloading. If you are looking for something
straightforward
to use after a few times, this program can still be of help to you.
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In simple terms, audio transcription is the written account of any verbal communication. Whether it’s a class lecture or a little play between two actors, recording the audio of the interaction and transcribing the words heard into a text format is what audio transcription is all about. Traditionally, this requires someone actually writing or typing down what they’re hearing.
However, we nowadays have
speech recognition
technology that enables us to merely turn on a recording program and lets its AI transcribe for us. There are lots of automated and computer-generated transcription programs out there, and Recorder by Google is one of them. The Recorder has most of the
basic features
you would expect. It has the
Record Mode
, of course, and afterward, you can switch from
Audio to Transcript
with ease.
The app will show different
timestamps
containing the text—and this allows you to actually
search for words
in case you can’t remember which part someone said something. After that, you can choose to
share your recordings
with either your contacts or through
social media
. Unfortunately, Recorder
lacks a lot
in features, such as auto-save to Google Drive and customization of recording labels with specific dates. This app still works well enough for
audio-to-text
tasks, though.