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I tested the transcriptions on iPhone Voice Memos vs Google Recorder — here's the winner

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Apple 's Voice Memo and Google 's Recorder apps offer transcription features for built-in recording apps.

With iOS 18 , both of the major mobile platforms now offer some form of transcription.

Voice Memos had fewer errors, but Recorder had fewer cut-off words.

Recorder on the Pixel 8a introduced a few more errors, mostly in the form of mishead words.

The iPhone 's Voice Memos and Google 's Recorder both struggled to follow a multi-speaker test.

The iPhone has a tendency to drop words when the transcription feature can't hear things clearly.

The Pixel 8a didn't fare much better, even with the built-in advantage of speaker labels .

Neither the iPhone app nor the Google Recorder app stood out as a clear-cut winner.

Both platforms need to do a lot of work still when it comes to transcription.

The iPhone made fewer errors in the single and multi-speaker tests.