There are two Speak AI apps, and they do different jobs.
| App | Get it | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Speak AI | App Store · Google Play | Your whole workspace on a phone: record, upload, read transcripts, ask AI Chat |
| Speak Recorder | Google Play | Capturing audio and video straight into one recorder, including offline |
Speak AI, for your own recordings
Download it from the App Store on iPhone and iPad, or Google Play on Android. It gives you the same transcripts and analysis you get on the web:
- Record meetings, interviews, lectures, and notes with the microphone button
- Upload audio and video files from your phone’s storage
- Read and search transcripts, and ask questions in AI Chat
- Organize recordings into folders
- Get a push notification when a transcription finishes
Install and sign in
- Install the app from the App Store or Google Play.
- Sign in with your Speak AI account, or create one. See account setup.
- Allow microphone access when the app asks for it.
- Tap the microphone to record, or import a file from your phone’s storage.
Speak Recorder, for collecting recordings
Speak Recorder is a free, separate app that sends everything it captures into one recorder. Use it yourself, or share it with the people you are collecting recordings from, which is the point of it: they never need a Speak AI account.
It records offline and uploads on its own once there is a connection, so it suits fieldwork and anywhere the signal is poor.
- Install Speak Recorder from Google Play.
- Open your recorder in Speak AI, go to the share options, and open the app tab to find the pairing code.
- Enter that code in the app to link it to that recorder.
- Record. Files upload to the recorder automatically.
Android only for now. The iPhone and iPad version is listed as coming soon in the app, so on iOS collect recordings through the recorder link or embed in a browser instead.
Record better audio on a phone
- Put the phone in the middle of the table. In a meeting, that picks up every speaker rather than the person sitting closest.
- Record somewhere quiet. Background noise costs you accuracy more than anything else does. How accuracy works
- Use a Bluetooth microphone in a large room. An external microphone connected to your phone gives much better results than the built-in one.
- Check your free storage first. A long recording needs room on the device before it uploads.
Sync with the web app
Your phone and the web share one account and one library. Anything you record on your phone appears in your dashboard, and anything you upload on the web opens on your phone.
Recordings upload as soon as you have a connection. Record while offline and the app uploads and processes the file once you are back on Wi-Fi or cellular data. If a recording still shows Upload Pending, open the app on Wi-Fi to push it through.
Evaluating Speak AI for a team? Book a demo and see your own recordings analyzed.
Related: Getting started · Account setup · Recorder