Stenographer

Privacy-First AI Transcription

$4.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Meet Stenographer 2.0: private speaker identification, familiar-name carryover, a seamless transcript, on-device summaries, and more reliable Apple Watch capture. Your conversations are valuable. They should also stay private. Stenographer records, transcribes, identifies speakers, summarizes, and organizes audio directly on your iPhone or iPad. Capture from your phone or Apple Watch, then turn hours of audio into a readable, searchable record without sending your conversations to a transcription service. NEW IN STENOGRAPHER 2.0 • Seamless Transcript Read recordings as one continuous, newspaper-like conversation. Stenographer hides file splits and processing chunks while preserving the original audio behind every turn. • Know who said what Private, on-device speaker diarization separates conversations into natural speaker turns. Name a speaker and Stenographer can use an on-device voice profile to recognize that person in other recordings when there’s a confident match. • Private AI summaries On supported devices, summaries and labels use Apple’s on-device Foundation Models. An optional downloadable local fallback is available, and your transcripts remain on your device. • Record from your wrist Start recording from Apple Watch when reaching for your phone would interrupt the moment. Finished recordings remain queued on Apple Watch and retry until iPhone safely receives them for private transcription and analysis. MORE WAYS TO WORK • Continue recording in the background from iPhone or Apple Watch • Import existing audio files • Automatically detect supported languages • Transcribe speech or translate supported languages into English • Search across transcripts, summaries, and labels • Add labels and optional timestamps • Select exact transcript turns to share • Merge recordings and export all transcripts as JSON • Customize transcript fonts, speaker display, processing concurrency, and recording limits • Return to the classic per-recording layout at any time PRIVATE BY DESIGN Transcription, speaker identification, summaries, and labels run on your device whenever available. Nothing is uploaded unless you explicitly choose to share it. Speaker and optional fallback models may download when needed; your audio and transcripts are not uploaded for processing. ONE PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Record and transcribe without monthly fees, usage quotas, or cloud transcription charges. Ideal for meetings, lectures, interviews, research, personal notes, and private lifelogging. App icon designed by aaatelier.ch.

Ratings & Reviews

  • 4.3
    out of 5
    3 Ratings

Stenographer 2.0 makes every conversation easier to follow. • Identify who said what with private, on-device speaker diarization. • Name speakers and let on-device voice profiles suggest those names in other recordings when there’s a confident match. • Re-identify speakers in individual recordings or process older recordings without losing existing summaries and labels. • Read natural speaker turns instead of fragmented model segments. • Meet Seamless Transcript, a continuous, newspaper-like view that hides recording splits and processing chunks. • Prefer the old layout? The classic per-recording view remains available in Settings. • Add optional timestamps to transcripts. • Generate summaries and labels with Apple’s on-device Foundation Models on supported devices, with an optional downloaded local fallback. • Read plain transcripts sooner while speaker identification finishes in the background. • Search transcripts, summaries, and labels, then select and share exactly the text you need. • Handle large transcript and recording libraries with smoother pagination. • See clearer transcription, speaker-identification, summary, and iPhone processing status. • Keep finished Apple Watch recordings queued until iPhone safely receives them, with retries after offline periods, transfer failures, and relaunches. • Get more reliable first-use transcription and recording controls, plus improved launch stability for large or actively updating libraries. Audio and transcripts stay on your devices. Models may download when needed, but your recordings are not uploaded for processing.

Version 2.0.0

The developer, Caleb Phillips, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Not Collected

    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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    Information

    Seller
    • 13998959 Canada Inc.
    Size
    • 602.9 MB
    Category
    • Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.5 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.5 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.5 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.2 or later.
    • Apple Watch
      Requires watchOS 10.5 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    • © 2024 13998959 Canada Inc.
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    • Supports

    • Family Sharing

      Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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