# Longhand Transcribe — On-device speaker transcripts > On-device speaker transcripts (iPhone/iPad app by Pavel Ferencz.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/longhand-transcribe/id6805631549 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Pavel Ferencz](https://appshunter.io/developer/6805631551) - Category: Productivity, Utilities - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.5 · 22 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-10-09 - Data updated: 2026-10-11 ## What is Longhand Transcribe? Longhand records or imports a conversation and gives you back a transcript with every speaker's words attributed to them. All of it runs on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account. WHAT IT DOES Record on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Mac, or import an audio file you already have. Read a transcript split into turns, each turn labelled with who was speaking. Rename a speaker once and every one of their turns changes with it. Teach it your own voice, so you are named rather than numbered in later recordings. Search across your whole library, or find a phrase inside one transcript. Tap any word to move the audio to that moment. Correct a turn when the machine got it wrong. Corrections are stored apart from the transcript, so re-processing a recording never erases them. Export as Markdown, plain text, or the full transcript as JSON. IT RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE Transcription and speaker separation both happen locally. There is no server, no account and no analytics. The only network activity anywhere in the app is a one-time download of a speech model, and only when the language you are recording needs one. LANGUAGES Apple's own speech recognition covers a long list of languages and needs no download at all. For the rest, including Hebrew and Russian, Longhand uses a Whisper model that runs on your device after one download. It can also detect the language passage by passage, which keeps a conversation that switches languages readable. YOUR VOICE STAYS YOURS Voice profiles are biometric-like data. They are held on your device only, are never part of any export, and can be deleted completely whenever you want. ON EVERY SCREEN YOU OWN The same app runs full width on iPad, with a sidebar and hardware keyboard shortcuts. The Apple Watch app records a take on your wrist and hands it to your iPhone to process. The Mac app keeps its own library and takes files by drag and drop. Longhand does not summarise your conversations, score them, or send them anywhere. It writes down what was said, and tells you who said it. ## Is Longhand Transcribe safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Longhand Transcribe. ## Is Longhand Transcribe legit? Longhand Transcribe has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Longhand Transcribe is 50 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.2 — 2026-10-10 Words while recording: the record sheet shows what is being said as you speak, for the languages Apple's recognizer handles on your device. A preview only; the transcript is still made after you stop. Off and on in Settings. Recordings named from the summary: a recording that has no name of its own takes a short title from its summary. A name you typed, or one from a file or a calendar event, is never replaced. Off and on in Settings. Faster transcription: the speech model loads while you are still recording and stays loaded for a few minutes, so a take that used to wait for the model starts transcribing at once. A fix for transcription failing once recordings had been made in more than five languages. ### 1.1 — 2026-10-09 Notes while recording: type a note and it lands in the transcript at that moment. Markers and notes can be edited afterwards. Summaries: on devices with Apple Intelligence, a finished transcript gets a short summary with key points, decisions and action items, written on your device. Calendar titles: a recording made during a meeting can take the meeting's name, and the attendees are offered when you name a speaker. Off by default. Split a passage at a word, move several passages to one speaker at once, and undo any correction with a shake or Command-Z. Spotlight: find a recording by any word in its transcript from the Home Screen. A Home Screen widget shows your latest recordings and starts a new one. iPad: open a transcript in its own window. Exports are named after the recording. Transcription waits during Low Power Mode. Accessibility improvements throughout. ### 1.0 — 2026-10-09 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-11.*