Apple has wrapped up a lot in iOS 18, not only the mobile operating system, but also all the applications that work it in addition – and one of the most useful upgrades is in the Notes application. You can now save voice notes inside the notes, and even transcribe the text while you speak.
There are all kinds of scenarios where you could find this useful, from conferences to interviews with your own personal thoughts and reflections. You can listen to the vocal notes and review the text at any time, and export the text elsewhere too (if you have to share notes from a meeting, for example).
Note that the Voice Memos application includes transcription features with iOS 18 – you can therefore use it as an alternative to notes.
Recording of vocal notes
With an open note on your iPhone, press the trombone icon in the toolbar under the note, then choose Save audio. You get a new recording interface on the screen: use the large red button to start recording, then press again to take a break and resume recording. You can save multiple segments in the same audio file, if necessary.
Reading commands on the recording screen are very simple: you can listen to what you have already saved via the reading button and use the jump buttons on each side to go forward or back in the back in audio by 15 seconds. Note you cannot regain a recording unless you are at the end.
Press the word bubble in the lower left corner and you can switch between the sound wave view and the transcription view. If you start to record while the transcription view is displayed, you will see the update of the text in real time while you speak. If you read the audio in transcription mode, the text is highlighted when the clip plays.
If you have activated Apple Intelligence on your iPhone, you have access to some additional features. You can press the summary button at the top to see a summary generated by AI of everything you have said so far, which can be useful if you record long audio clips (for meetings and presentations, For example).
At the top of the recording, you can see a date and a horoding to help you identify it, and you can give it a name by pressing the three points (top right) and Rename—APROBALL A good idea to avoid a whole series of clips that have just been called “new recording”. When you are satisfied with your clip, type Do to save it in the note.
Access vocal notes
The records appear in the form of small integrations inside the notes, and you can have several clips inside the same note if you need it. Each integrated recording comes with a preview summary generated by AI, and you can also see the length and title of the clip. For the audio to be read behind, simply press the play button.
Press the voice recording title to return to the main registration screen. From there, you can listen to the clip, display the full transcription and add more audio until the end of the file, just as you can when you created it for the first time. Faucet Do Or slide down the top to return to your note.
When you are on the recording and transcription screen, press the three points (top right) to find more options with which to play. The menu allows you to add the full text of the transcription to your note, to copy the transcription in the iPhone clipboard (to stick to another application) or to search in the transcription.
You can also save audio clip on the main file application on your iPhone or share the clip on another application. Finally, there is a DELETE Option, which erases the recorded audio and its attached transcription. Everything you delete is fully wiped and cannot be brought back, so be careful with this (you get a confirmation screen before deleting forever).
These transcription features can also be applied to existing audio records; You don’t have to record something new. Press the trombone icon inside a note, choose Attachment And select an audio file, and it will be integrated into the note in the same way as live recording. Press the audio file to see a transcription.
