Dictalume: Private Transcription on the iPhone

Field notes

Dictalume describes a record-or-import workflow for iPhone users: speech becomes text, then can be retained, edited, summarized, or exported as Markdown. The page lists batch processing for individual files or folders and supports MP3, WAV, AAC, MP4, MOV, AIFF, and CAF. It also presents a personal dictionary for recurring names and specialist terms. Whisper, Parakeet, and local text improvement are identified as processing options, while Apple Speech is described as an optional engine that may send processing through Apple.