How to use your smartphone’s voice recorder​

You can access any of your saved recordings from the main screen of the Recorder app. Tap the PLAY BUTTON, which resembles a small right-facing triangle, to play the recording you’ve

selected from this screen. Or tap the listing for a recording to summon a full-screen view of just that recording. The voice recorder on Google’s Pixel smartphones stands out because in

addition to audio recording, it generates a searchable transcript in real time. aarp Within this view, you can drag a slider near the bottom of the screen to move forward or backward within

the recording. You can also tap buttons to skip ahead by 10 seconds or retreat by five seconds. VIEWING GOOGLE’S TRANSCRIPT Tap TRANSCRIPT to view text with each word highlighted as it’s

spoken. If you tap the MAGNIFYING GLASS ICON at the upper-right corner of the screen, you can search for words or phrases in the transcription to hear them and to jump to that portion of the

recording. You can search for specific sounds, too, such as the sound of applause. Since the automated transcription isn’t always perfect, touch and hold any words you want to correct, then

tap EDIT WORD and make the fix using the keyboard. While in the main Recorder screen, you can also search transcripts for words and phrases across all the recordings you’ve made. To do so,

tap the magnifying glass, now in the upper-left corner of the screen, and enter your search term. On a Google Pixel 4 phone or later, you can ask the Google Assistant by voice to “search

voice records for …” or “find my voice recording about ...” a keyword. To share a recording, tap its listing and then tap the THREE VERTICAL DOTS at the upper-right corner of the screen.

Next, tap SHARE for various sharing options. You can share the audio, the transcript or both. You can save a particular section of a recording to its own file. Tap the EDIT ICON, which looks

like a pair of scissors, and drag the section of the audio you want to save or keep. Tap CROP and then SAVE COPY. If you’re not satisfied, tap UNDO and try again. Either way, you can rename

the file and then tap OK when you’re done. You can also delete a section of a recorded file by tapping EDIT, selecting that portion and tapping REMOVE. Voice Memos, the built-in voice

recorder on iPhones, lets you change the playback speed as well as allowing you to edit your recording. aarp LOOK FOR VOICE MEMOS ON IPHONE The built-in digital recorder app on the iPhone is

called Voice Memos. Tap the VOICE MEMOS ICON from a home screen to get started, and then tap the red RECORD BUTTON in the lower part of the screen to start recording. As with the Pixel

Recorder, you will see a waveform move across the screen, along with a timer.