An iPhone voice recorder that writes it down as you go

Record on iPhone and watch the words appear, timed, on the device. Nothing is uploaded, and it keeps working with no signal.

The recorder on a phone gives you a waveform and a length. Finding anything inside it later means listening to it again, which is why most recordings are made once and never opened.

D-REC writes the words down while you record, on the phone, and stamps each line with its time. When you open the take again the transcript is how you move through it: read, tap, and the audio is there.

Because the recognition happens on the phone, it works in a lift, on the underground, on a plane, and in the places where there is no signal but there is something worth recording.

Takes can be shared straight out to whatever you have installed, which on most phones includes your notes app, your mail, your messages, and whichever AI assistant you use. That sheet is your phone's, built from the apps you actually have, and D-REC never sees the list.

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Questions people ask

Does the iPhone app work offline?

Yes. Recognition runs on the phone, so no signal is fine.

Can I send a take into another app?

Yes. Sharing opens the iPhone's own share sheet, so anything installed that accepts the file is an option.

Is the audio uploaded to transcribe it?

No. It never leaves the phone.

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