Technology

When You Can Read Faster than You Can Listen

Humans speak so slowly

Human ear

There are many ways to record conversations, but how many of those ways can do this?

Speaker 1 0:05
You know that ceramic fry pan?
Speaker 2 0:02
Yes I know.
Speaker 1 0:06
What did you do with it to clean it?
Speaker 2 0:28
I wiped it out with water and a paper towel. Maybe some soap, I forget. By the way, what are we doing for dinner, honey?
Speaker 1 0:07
Eggs. Eggs, cheese, red peppers.
Speaker 2 0:08
All right, let me know when you need help.

That’s a brief conversation I had with my wife recently. I recorded it with the Otter Transcribe Voice Notes IOS app. Notice that the transcription identified two speakers and recorded the time for each of our utterances.

While recording our little conversation about dinner isn’t an important use, it’s easy to see that this would be ideal for recording meetings and other conversations.

Note that under most circumstances you need the permission of all participants in…