A new father and a big house remodel was overbearing and taking it's toll. Alice was a god send. Before I started recording baby cooing and my discussion with my toddler, I asked the Alice crew on their policy of retaining my data. To my surprise, my data gets stored only for a small time window and is NEVER shared with anyone. I definitely didn't expect this response, but couldn't have been happier learning this. Alice only needs an email address to work. Doesn’t have to be your actual email address. You can use throwaway email addresses. Many companies prohibit these. Doesn’t need your name, phone number or anything at all. It sure was an awesome start.
Coming to using the app itself. My first recording was a test recording that was me blabbering for about 90 seconds. I paused the recording a couple times and when I finished it, I got an email with my recording and transcription in less than a minute. It was a wow moment. The transcription was spot on considering my Indian accent.
My second recording was with my toddler talking about our plan for her tree house. It ended up being a long conversation of 22 minutes. The transcription and the audio file was delivered in about a minute and the transcription was really good. The only thing it missed was some of the words my toddler said. The audio clip sure is something I will cherish all my life and let my older one know that a Rainbow Tree House was her idea. :)
Alice came in really handy while I worked on the house remodel. Alice listened to all the measurements I took and the spot on transcription saved me a lot of time of not jotting each of them down by hand. There was no trip to Home Depot where I had forgotten the measurement page at home. :D
By the way, this review is also using Alice. All I have to do is to add some punctuation, spacing etc. Couldn't get easier than that. Hats off Alice. You are awesome!
P.S. If only it could transcribe different languages, it could be the best app EVER!!!
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