Dictantor is a local voice note app for iPhone, with the core goal of letting users quickly capture ideas and complete transcription, search, and organization without relying on the cloud.
Purpose: It is used to record voice content such as inspiration, meetings, lectures, interviews, or brainstorms at any time, convert speech into searchable text, and help users quickly review and extract key points.
Main capabilities:
- Quick recording: Open Dictantor and tap record to start. It supports long recordings, and Live Activities can remain visible while recording.
- Speech-to-text: Transcribed text is displayed next to each recording and can be scanned, copied, and searched, with no need to upload audio to the cloud.
- On-device transcription: Supports 25 European languages, transcribes quickly, requires no internet connection, and audio never leaves the iPhone.
- Search and locate: Search for phrases, open matching transcriptions, and jump to the audio near the corresponding timestamp without replaying the entire file; supports searching across all transcriptions, jumping from text to audio, and timestamp-based navigation.
- Automatic summaries: Generate summaries of long recordings on-device for quick review after meetings, lectures, interviews, or brainstorms. The summary feature requires Apple Intelligence and is only available on supported devices.
- Export and share: Export audio files, plain text transcriptions, timestamped transcriptions, or summaries to other workflows; supports exporting audio files, exporting text transcriptions, copying timestamped transcriptions, and sharing summaries as plain text.
- Privacy protection: No account registration required, no tracking, recordings and transcriptions are not stored in the cloud, and it can be used completely offline.
How to use: Open Dictantor on iPhone and tap record to start capturing; after recording ends, you can view the transcribed text, search it, or jump to the corresponding position in the audio; for longer recordings, you can generate a summary; then export audio, text, or summaries as needed. You can also capture ideas on Apple Watch, organize them on iPhone, and process recordings on Mac.
Use cases: Suitable for users who need to quickly record and later retrieve information, such as meeting notes, classroom lectures, interview organization, and personal inspiration collection.
Platforms and limitations: Supports iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac. The summary feature depends on Apple Intelligence and is only available on supported devices; other specific system version requirements, pricing, or subscription information are not currently provided.
