Questions and answers

How to get audio into Wordkeep, what it can do with it, and what stays on your device.

How do I transcribe something?

There are several ways, depending on where the audio is:

• Record: open Wordkeep and tap the record button. Words appear as you speak, and the full transcript is ready when you stop.
• Import: pick an audio or video file from Files or a video from Photos. You can pick several files at once.
• Share from another app: share a voice message, recording or video to Wordkeep. It’s transcribed in the background and appears in your history.
• Dictation keyboard: add the keyboard and dictate straight into any app.
• Shortcuts: start or stop a recording, or transcribe a file, from the Shortcuts app or with Siri.

How do I transcribe a voice message from Messages, Telegram or Signal?

1. Touch and hold the voice message.
2. Tap Share (in Telegram, Forward, then Share).
3. Choose Wordkeep in the share sheet. On some devices it’s shown under the app’s home-screen name, VoiceToText.

The transcript is waiting in Wordkeep the next time you open it. This works for video messages too.

Which files can I transcribe?

• Audio: MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC and more
• Video: MP4, MOV and M4V. Wordkeep transcribes the audio track.
• Files from iCloud Drive, On My iPhone, other cloud storage apps and your Photos library

Do I need an internet connection?

Only once. The first time you open Wordkeep it downloads the speech recognition model, about 500 MB, best over Wi-Fi. You can record or pick a file while it downloads, and it’s transcribed as soon as the model is ready. After that, transcription works fully offline, even in airplane mode.

Which languages are supported?

25 European languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian. Wordkeep detects the language automatically.

Can it tell who is speaking?

Yes. Turn on Identify Speakers in Settings and recordings of meetings or interviews are split by speaker. You can rename speakers in the transcript.

Can it summarize a recording?

Yes. From any transcript, open Notes to get a summary, meeting notes or a list of action items. They’re written on your device by Apple Intelligence, so this needs an iPhone, iPad or Mac that supports it, with Apple Intelligence turned on. Each point links back to the part of the transcript it came from.

It keeps misspelling a name. Can I fix that?

Correct the word in the transcript and choose Remember this correction. Wordkeep applies it to future transcripts, and you can review or undo every correction in Settings.

Can I add subtitles to a video?

Yes. Open a transcribed video and choose a subtitle style to burn captions into the video. You can also export an SRT subtitle file for use in video editors.

What happens if a call interrupts my recording?

The audio recorded so far is kept. If the app closes or your phone restarts, Wordkeep offers to finish the recording the next time you open it.

Is Wordkeep free?

Wordkeep is free to download. The free version transcribes clips up to 30 seconds, and your first longer recording or file can be up to 10 minutes. Wordkeep Pro removes the length limit, unlocks every subtitle style, removes the watermark from videos and includes unlimited notes.

Is my data private?

• Transcription, text cleanup and notes all run on your device.
• Your audio, transcripts and notes never leave your device.
• There’s no account or sign-in.

See the privacy policy for details.

Does the app collect any usage data?

The iPhone and iPad app sends anonymous usage counts, such as “finished setup” or “first transcript shown”, so we can see which parts of setup work. They never include your audio, transcripts, notes or file names, and they aren’t linked to your name, email or Apple ID.

You can turn this off at any time in Settings → Privacy → Share Anonymous Usage Data. The Mac app doesn’t send usage data.

Something isn’t working

Email rodionov.nikolay@gmail.com with your device model and what happened, and we’ll get back to you.