Voice Recorder & Audio Editor: Transcription feature does not work
The transcription feature in the Voice Recorder & Audio Editor app is buggy, nonsensical, and fails to function as intended. Users feel that paying for this service is a complete waste of both their money and time.
6 different people have complained about this since 12 Dec 2018, most recently on 21 Jan 2026.
No new posts for 290 days. This may have been fixed, or people stopped writing about it — the evidence below is from before 21 Jan 2026.
- “Voice Recorder & Audio Editor — Transcription is awful.”
- “Voice Recorder & Audio Editor — Transcription is buggy - wasted my money..”
- “Absolutely useless, nonsensical transcription.”
6 people in 6 posts across 1 source · 0 in the last 30 days, 0 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 6 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 6 people using Voice Recorder & Audio Editor
- What goes wrong
- Transcription feature does not work5 people · 83%
- Since
- 12 Dec 2018 → 21 Jan 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Voice Recorder & Audio Editor
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 17% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint583%
- Request117%
Sources
6 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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Voice Recorder & Audio Editor — Transcription is awful While the recording function itself is ok, the paid transcription is just awful. It either got the words all wrong or a 27 minute recording translated to 25 words. Not worth a paid subscription.
Strong complaintVoice Recorder & Audio Editor — Transcription is buggy - wasted my money. While the transcription feature is good in principle, the ‘restart’ or ‘continue’ options do nothing, meaning that if you stop a transcription for any reason, you then lose the ability to transcribe the file ever again. A serious bug in software…
…only transcribe the first 30 seconds and even then it’s not accurate. A complete waste of £4.99!
…is fine. I upgraded to use the transcription service. What a laugh. Absolutely useless, nonsensical transcription. Do not buy for this feature.
…corder & Audio Editor — Good for recording but crap for transcribing Honestly don’t waste your money paying for the transcription feature because it doesn’t work. If you’re only recording then you should be fine so just use the free version.
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Why did it move?
Score 31.8 → 23.8 · 01 Nov 2026, 06:00 → 07:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Transcription feature does not work a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 6 different people described it independently, in 6 mentions, the earliest from 12 Dec 2018 and the most recent from 21 Jan 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Status: quiet — no new posts in the last 60 days. 0 people raised it in the last 30 days and 0 in the 30 days before; the status compares its share of everything collected from the same source, so collecting more or less cannot create a trend.
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