# Live Speech to Text: iScribe — Captions, Transcription, Notes

> AI-powered speech-to-text transcription with summarization and multi-language support. (iPhone/iPad app by HARSHVA TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-speech-to-text-iscribe/id6468081340 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [HARSHVA TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED](https://appshunter.io/developer/1704859322)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 122 App Store ratings · 40 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 43 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), European Spanish
- Released: 2023-10-23
- Data updated: 2026-09-24
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-speech-to-text-iscribe/id6468081340/reviews.md

## What is Live Speech to Text?

Read every word the moment it's said — who's speaking, in big, clear type — and walk away with the transcript, a summary and a translation. Built for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, and for anyone who records meetings, lectures and appointments. Free to start.

Doctor's appointments, family dinners, lectures, the TV at home: open iScribe, tap once, and read along. No asking anyone to repeat themselves.

KNOW WHO SAID WHAT
• Each speaker gets a color and a label, so group conversations and dinners make sense
• Works in live captions and in recorded transcripts

HEAR THE ROOM YOUR WAY
Choose a Listening mode for where the sound is coming from:
• Auto — adapts to your microphone and hearing aids
• Hearing Aid — uses the microphone in your Bluetooth hearing aids or earbuds
• TV & Media — TVs, laptops, videos and speech across the room

KNOW WHEN IT'S ABOUT YOU
• Name alerts: your phone buzzes when your name is said
• Custom words: add medications, colleagues and places the app keeps getting wrong

MADE TO BE READ
• Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface, seven text sizes, bold weights
• Low Vision and High Contrast themes
• Flip the screen so the person opposite can read too
• Jump back to live captions with one tap

NO SIGNAL, NO PROBLEM
• Offline mode transcribes on your device with downloadable language packs
• Switches over on its own if your connection drops mid-conversation

MEETINGS, LECTURES AND APPOINTMENTS, KEPT
• Record any session or import an audio file (m4a, mp3, wav)
• Get the full transcript plus a summary with key points, decisions and action items
• Translate transcripts and summaries into 53 languages
• Export as PDF or text, or share the recording

CAPTIONS IN 53 LANGUAGES
• Auto Detect follows bilingual rooms as the language changes

YOUR WORDS, ON EVERY DEVICE
• Transcripts sync with iCloud; Sign in with Apple keeps your profile and plan on every device
• Designed for iPhone and iPad

FREE AND PRO
Free includes 3 sessions a day across Live Transcribe, Record and Upload. Pro makes them unlimited and backs up your recordings to iCloud.

PRIVACY
Captions, transcripts, summaries and translations are created by speech-recognition and AI services that never keep your audio. Offline mode sends nothing anywhere.

Download iScribe and read every word — on your own terms.

Subscription Info: Weekly and annual plans available. Payment is charged to your iTunes account at confirmation. Renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Cancel anytime in iTunes Store settings.
Questions? support@harshvatechnologies.com
Help: https://livetranscribe.pro/contact-us/
Terms: https://livetranscribe.pro/terms-and-conditions/
Privacy: https://livetranscribe.pro/privacy-policy/

## Key features

- Real-time speech to text
- AI summarizer
- 100+ language transcription
- Adjustable text sizes
- High-contrast themes
- Offline transcription

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| iScribe Yearly PRO | $69.99 | per year |
| 3-Day Trial | $4.99 | per 7 days |
| Live Transcribe Yearly offer | $49.99 | per year |
| Live Transcribe basic Yearly | $19.99 | per year |
| Live Transcribe basic Yearly | $19.99 | per year |
| Live Transcribe Weekly | $2.99 | per 7 days |
| Unlimited Access | $6.99 | per month |
| Unlimited Access | $34.99 | per year |
| Live Transcribe Pro Monthly | $7.99 | per month |
| Live Transcribe Pro Yearly | $69.99 | per year |
| Live Transcribe Basic | $3.49 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 500-Minutes | $11.99 | one-time |
| 300 Minutes | $7.99 | one-time |
| 1000-Minutes | $19.99 | one-time |
| Pro Access | $9.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Live Speech to Text?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast and accurate transcription
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Real-time transcription
- 👍 Good for meetings and notes
- 💡 AI summaries
- 💡 Offline mode
- 💡 Flip function for sharing
- 👍 Helpful for hearing impaired
- 👍 Supports many languages
- 👍 Responsive support (sometimes)

**Cons**

- 🐛 Stops transcribing after one page
- 🐛 Audio vanishes after saving
- 🐛 Inconsistent transcription quality (language/character changes)
- 🐛 Profanity filter is restrictive
- 🐛 Cannot add words to dictionary
- 🐛 Subscription issues (repeated charges, lost pro access)
- 🐛 No response from support
- 🐛 App doesn't stay on
- 🐛 Portrait mode only
- 🐛 Doesn't transcribe from URLs
- 🐛 Missing Urdu language support

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Badly formatted opening screen
- Stops transcribing after one page
- Audio vanishes after saving
- Changes letters to other characters (Arabic/Indian)
- Suddenly writes in English when set to Spanish
- Purchased pro plan but always requests to purchase again
- App doesn't stay on, goes off in seconds
- Subscription removed after claiming it was lifetime free
- Previously purchased lifetime version changed to basic
- Unable to restore pro purchase
- Doesn't work for Chinese language
- Doesn't transcribe from website URLs
- Portrait mode only

**Most requested features**

- Ability to turn off profanity filter
- Add Urdu language support
- Allow adding words to dictionary

## Recent user reviews (10 of 40)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-speech-to-text-iscribe/id6468081340/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Best, but

*2026-07-19*

I had trouble getting it to work because of a badly formatted opening screen. They were responsive to the problem, and it now works on my phone, but not my iPad.
Once working, it blows the competition away. It is fast and 95% accurate. Even offline it does the job.
The only remaining gripe it has a profanity filter. I’m a grown adult and not offended by words comedians use. The filter also cuts out some anatomical terms, that seems ridiculous for an app originally intended for health applications. In any case there should be a way to turn this off.

**Developer response:** Hi, thank you for your valuable feedback! We're currently working on the issues you described, and we hope you'll soon see both the iPad bug and the profanity filter fixed. Thanks again for helping us improve iScribe!

### 5/5 — Quite working after one day

*2026-04-15*

I made a big mistake by not waiting seven days to pay for this app. It stops transcribing after one page of text. Emails to the support desk remain unanswered.  I will keep searching for transcribing software that helps with understanding what is said in meetings

**Developer response:** Hi ,

Thank you for your feedback and we sincerely apologize for the experience you had, particularly for not receiving a response from our support team.

The issue you described — transcription stopping after a page of text — appears to have been a bug in an earlier version of the app. We have since made significant improvements and this has been resolved in the latest update.

We completely understand your frustration and we are sorry we let you down on the support side. If you are willing to give the app another try, please update to the latest version from the App Store and feel free to reach out to us again — we will make sure your message gets a proper response this time.

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience.

Warm regards,
The iScribe Team

### 1/5 — Decepcionada

*2026-03-29*

Cuándo probe la aplicación funcionó muy bien, pero cuando haces uso constante de ella empieza a cambiar las letras a otros caracteres ( árabe o Indio) y estando en español de repente empieza a escribir en inglés

**Developer response:** Hola Noravalle,

Gracias por reportar este problema. Tras investigarlo, identificamos la causa raíz: en versiones anteriores, el código de idioma seleccionado no se estaba enviando correctamente a nuestro motor de transcripción en tiempo real, lo que provocaba que el modelo infiriera el idioma por su cuenta y derivara hacia otros caracteres o al inglés.

Esto ha sido corregido en la última actualización. Ahora el idioma seleccionado se pasa correctamente en cada sesión, lo que resulta en una transcripción mucho más precisa y estable en español.

Le recomendamos actualizar a la versión más reciente desde el App Store. Gracias por su paciencia.

Atentamente,
El equipo de iScribe

### 1/5 — Audio Vanished

*2026-03-05*

Terrible app!!! I had recorded a meeting I was in at city hall and once I hit save the audio. The audio completely vanished and I reached out to support for assistance on the matter four times I never received a response. I feel scammed by this.

**Developer response:** Hi, we're sorry about your experience. We'd love to talk to you and make this right — please reach out to us at admin@harshvatechnologies.com.

### 1/5 — Can not add words to a dictionary

*2026-03-01*

Not so good
I purchased this subscription because researching said it had a dictionary capability. So far I have not been able to find it.
Emailed support and did get quick answers before purchasing but now I don’t get quick responses,
May have to cancel my subscription.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback.

We would like to clarify that we have never stated that the app includes a dictionary feature. At this time, that functionality is not available. It may be considered in the future, but our current focus is on improving dictation support for people who are hard of hearing.

We are sorry to hear that you feel responses have been slower recently. That is not our intention, and we aim to respond to all users as quickly as possible.

If you are currently in a trial period, you can cancel at any time through your subscription settings.

We respectfully ask that reviews reflect the actual features of the app. Posting negative feedback based on a feature we do not offer can mislead other users.

We appreciate your understanding.

### 1/5 — Cheating app- avoid at any cost

*2026-02-15, version 1.40.2*

Purchased pro plan but always request to purchase again every time transcribe. Do not but this app

### 1/5 — Horrible app do not try

*2026-02-14*

I HATE THIS APP BECAUSE IT DOESN’T WANT ME TO TRY TO TRANSCRIBE EVERYTHING WHEN I REACH THE LIMITS!!!! GET RID OF PRO NOW!!!!!!!!!

### 5/5 — Wow!

*2026-01-22*

Accurate description and summary of any video I uploaded. Highly recommended!

### 1/5 — Scam app - avoid at any cost

*2026-01-03, version 1.40.1*

Bought pro version. Upgrade app and unable to restore pro and use app. This is absolutely scam and cheating app. Do not install.

### 5/5 — I like it

*2025-11-17*

It’s best for real time transcription. I think value for money.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your efforts.

## Frequently asked questions about Live Speech to Text

### What does Audio Transcription: iScribe do?

This app provides AI-powered speech-to-text transcription for live recordings or uploaded audio files. It aims to make transcribing meetings, lectures, doctor visits, and other conversations simple, fast, and accurate. It also includes an AI summarizer to capture the main points of the audio.

### What are the key features of this transcription app?

Key features include one-tap real-time transcription, an AI summarizer, voice transcription optimized for clarity, support for over 100 languages, adjustable text sizes, high-contrast themes for readability, and offline transcription in nine major languages. You can also save and share your transcriptions.

### How much does Audio Transcription: iScribe cost?

The app offers a free trial period, after which users can choose to upgrade to a weekly or annual subscription. Payment is charged to your iTunes account at the end of the free trial. Auto-renewal can be managed in your account settings.

### What devices is this app compatible with?

The app description mentions payment being charged to your iTunes account, suggesting compatibility with iOS devices. Specific version requirements are not detailed, but it is designed for mobile use.

### What are common use cases for this app?

This app is perfect for transcribing doctor visits, personal notes, interviews, classes, and everyday conversations. It helps users understand every word clearly and instantly, making it useful for students, professionals, and anyone who needs to capture spoken information.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.41.4 — 2026-09-22

Follow every voice in the room: captions now show who's speaking, and Listening modes tune iScribe for hearing aids, TV and group conversations. No signal? Offline mode keeps captioning on your device. Record or import a meeting and get the transcript, summary and translation.

### 1.41.3 — 2026-09-14

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.41.2 — 2026-08-01

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.41.1 — 2026-07-23

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.41.0 — 2026-06-17

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

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