When I tried SimonSays out, I found that upload went smoothly and the service managed to return a decent transcript despite being given a poor quality recording. Of course, there were errors in the transcription, but I expected that because the content I gave it contained a lot of technical language. It still saved me a lot of time to avoid having to laboriously transcribe the whole file myself. The one thing I want that the service doesn't currently offer is the ability to pay for the service using Apple Pay.

This is yet another app that exists, not because thought, testing, planning, and user need was considered, but rather simply yet-another-tech-company deciding “Hey, yep, we need an app.”The FCPX plugin doesn’t work. Uninstalling the app does not ‘talk’ to the FCPX plugin and uninstall/sync to that. Exporting a simple .wav audio file round trip from FCPX fails, the app window disappears, and the buggy, poorly written software shines in all its useless glory.So…Here’s the good news: have you ever heard of a web browser? Firefox? Safari? Brave? Just use a web browser, type in this thing called a URL and, BOOM, you can do EVERYTHING this app tries (and fails) to do and more.Basically, there’s ZERO reason to use this app. It’s a wrapper app, meaning for example, to edit a transcribed file, you must open an embedded HTML web page, login to Simon Says, etc. The same thing you’d do if you just opened Chrome. The lazy developer’s way of quickly building an App. Not native AI, but round-tripping to a web page just as if you opened a Chrome window inside the app window. Don’t bother and just edit/manage your files using their website which works ok enough. The app is useless and I deleted it from my Mac in less time it took to write this review.

The short: The app is super buggy, doesn't work and was a waste of my money.The Long: I've been looking for an app that can both transcribe my interviews and also have them show up as ranges in FCPX. Unfortunetely Simon Says is super buggy to the point of being unsuable. The app is constantly crashing on me when I try to bookmark or add notes. Then when it launches back up all the previous work I've done is gone. Also the edit feature doesn't work at all. I'm using the latest version. Apparently Simon Says doesn't give refunds. If someone from Simon Says sees this, please reconsider giving refunds or seriously fix all the problems. I would love to use your app if it actually worked but until you do fix these issues I feel like I just threw $13 down the drain.

This app has completely changed the way I edit. It quickly and efficiently transcribes and translates in multiple formats, saving me hours upon hours of time in the NLE. It won't do all of your work for you (still need to correct specific terminology), but what ai does? I can't imagine working without Simon Says, and have already referred it to many colleagues. I look forward to growing with Simon Says, and I can't wait to see what innovations they come up with in the future.