For user research sessions, journalism, and oral histories. Phrase gives you a timestamped transcript tied to the tape — tap a line to hear it again — and AI synthesis that always shows which interview it came from.
Capture in the room on iPhone or Watch, or import audio and video from any recorder.
Segments with speaker labels, plus a summary and organized note when processing succeeds.
Tap a segment and playback seeks to that exact moment. Context settles arguments.
Ask questions across sessions; every answer shows the interviews behind it.
The Source Viewer plays the session with live transcript segments — who said it, when, and in what words. Search inside the transcript, copy it out, read it full-screen, or let it follow playback while you listen back.
After five interviews, the real work starts. Ask AI what participants said about a topic and the answer arrives with source chips — one tap opens the interview, one more replays the moment. Synthesis you can defend in the readout.
What did participants say about onboarding?
Four of five hit friction at the invite step — “I didn’t know if it worked” (P2). P4 called setup “weirdly fun.” Frustration clustered in the first ten minutes.
Draft the article, insight doc, or readout in the same note that holds the tape — a native block editor with headings, quotes, todos, and document links. Pull a quote, keep its context one tap away, and ship the draft without switching apps.
Transcripts are timestamped and can include speaker identifiers with display names. Segments highlight during playback, so it stays clear who was speaking and when.
Tap the transcript segment and Phrase seeks the recording to that moment, so you hear the quote in context. The source stays attached to the note, and transcript search, copy, and full-screen reading make checking fast.
Yes. Phrase imports audio files, so interviews recorded elsewhere become structured notes with transcripts and summaries when processing succeeds. Video imports work too — Phrase keeps the video and transcribes its audio.
Ask AI can answer questions from your notes and show the source notes behind the answer, so you can ask “what did participants say about onboarding?” and open each interview it drew from. Answers come from your notes’ content — and you can always verify against the tape.
Free on the App Store for iPhone, with Apple Watch companion surfaces. Interviews stay on your device and sync through your own iCloud — nothing is kept on our servers.
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