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Voice and transcription3 min readUpdated August 9, 2026

Transcribe a recording or audio file

Turn any recording into text, apply quick prompts to the transcript, and dictate on desktop.

Any audio in a note can become text you can search, quote and edit. Transcription is part of the Pro and Lifetime plans, using Grape AI or a transcription model from your own provider.

Transcribing

Open the menu on a recording or audio card and choose Transcribe. Grape sends the audio to your transcription model and opens the result in a dialog, on the Original tab, where you can edit it before doing anything else.

Quick prompts on the transcript

If you have prompt templates enabled, they appear as chips in the transcription dialog. Tapping one, like Summarize, runs it against the transcript and opens the result in its own tab, so the raw transcript and the summary live side by side. Insert puts whichever tab you are viewing into the note.

Dictation on desktop

With a transcription model from your own provider enabled, a microphone button appears in the desktop editor header. It listens and types into the note as you speak, which suits thinking out loud better than typing does.

Accuracy

Transcription is good enough to search and work with, and not good enough to publish unchecked. Names, technical terms and crosstalk are the usual weak points, so listen back before you rely on a specific line.

Try It While the Guide Is Open

Grape is free to install and needs no account, so you can follow along in the real app.