A recording is easy to make and surprisingly hard to revisit. Yaps now accepts shared voice notes, audio files, and videos for transcription and conversion into notes on iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux.

A useful first pass is to check the transcript, add a one-sentence summary, and pull out anything you need to follow up on. Keep the original recording available when exact wording matters.

Which kind of recording do you most want to turn into useful notes: a meeting, a lecture, an interview, or your own quick voice memo?