# Voice transcription **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Request\ **Created:** [February 24, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/voice-transcription/15360 "2025-02-24T17:35:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![greiggy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/greiggy/32/1001_2.png) [@greiggy](https://community.bear.app/u/greiggy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/voice-transcription/15360/1 "2025-02-24T17:35:06Z")
I am impressed by Bear’s constant development; it’s a high quality application. One feature I look for is in-app voice transcription. I use it all the time. This is becoming inexpensive and widely used and expected. It’s generally much better to use than cutting and pasting from a separate app, or relying on the Apple system transcription which is still a bit hit and miss. Just saying… and wondering if it is on the roadmap yet? ---
**Author:** ![HvdG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@HvdG](https://community.bear.app/u/HvdG)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/voice-transcription/15360/2 "2025-02-25T16:17:07Z")
I often use the standard macOS/iOS dictation with Bear. It’s much better than it used to be, even in Dutch. So far, I found only [one minor bug](https://community.bear.app/t/list-numbers-dont-increment-with-dictation-active/15400) in Bear’s implementation of it (and I’m not even sure if the fault lies with Bear). But perhaps I don’t understand what it is you are after. ---
**Author:** ![Rennarda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/rennarda/32/88_2.png) [@Rennarda](https://community.bear.app/u/Rennarda)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/voice-transcription/15360/3 "2025-02-26T15:24:44Z")
I think what he’s asking for is a feature similar to Apple Notes, where you can record the audio but also get a real-time transcription. This is great for recording meetings or lectures, because you can tap on the transcript to jump to the corresponding audio - no transcription is perfect, and they don’t capture intonation which is often important. I’d love to see the feature in Bear - even better if it uses something like Wisper to get even more accurate transcriptions, with identification of multiple speakers… ---
**Author:** ![luckyong](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/luckyong/32/5857_2.png) [@luckyong](https://community.bear.app/u/luckyong)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/voice-transcription/15360/4 "2025-03-26T13:32:52Z")
IMHO, I use Bear cos it is the most well-implemented note-taking software on my iPhone and Mac. The note-taking experience is as frictionless as it can be. However, agree with OP. I checked out Apple Note’s voice memo transcription, and it is very impressive, much better than the built-in Dictation in iOS. Would love to have this on Bear on my iPhone. So that I won’t have to juggle between multiple apps. ---
**Author:** ![Gjaevert](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/gjaevert/32/5155_2.png) [@Gjaevert](https://community.bear.app/u/Gjaevert)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/voice-transcription/15360/5 "2025-03-26T14:41:53Z")
+1 on this feature, a good voice transcription would be very nice indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Karin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Karin](https://community.bear.app/u/Karin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/voice-transcription/15360/6 "2025-06-30T05:14:19Z")
Another +1 for this feature too. The journaling app DayOne also has this functionality. I’m not wanting to record meetings, but sometimes the transciption is wrong so I need to listen to what I actually said. ---
**Author:** ![KGFarrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@KGFarrand](https://community.bear.app/u/KGFarrand)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/voice-transcription/15360/7 "2025-07-05T21:25:01Z")
1+ here too. I’ve tried tons of note apps, and I always keep to Bear for its beauty, simplicity, and polish, but this is one feature I use a lot with other apps.