Issue 001: Transcribe Voice Memos With DeepGram AI

Problem were solving :

You have voice notes that you want quickly and accurately transcribed (using advanced ai) so the transcript is ready to be processed and turned into other actionable data.

I regularly have thoughts or ideas that I capture in Voice Memos. Voice Memos are great for this task and it's super quick and easy to take down a thought, do full brain-dump style brain-storming, or to just capture ideas.

The problem with a Voice Memo is that the audio recording itself isn't particularly useful or actionable.

What I want is to turn my Voice Memos into full, accurate, human-readable transcripts that I can store in a database of my knowledge so I can then take further actions on them.

Actions like passing the transcript to AI for processing.

Or turning a transcript into a blog post, a newsletter, or podcast script.

Or turning a transcript into the beginning of a Chat thread with ChatGPT or Claude.

There is so much we can do once we have our raw thoughts turned into text that can be stored in a database and processed with Ai.

So let's get to it.

Solution we're building:

We will build an iOS Shortcut that takes a Voice Memo, transcribes it, and makes the transcript ready for further actions.

We will build the whole process directly on iOS using native tools (with the exception of the API we will call to do the transcript work).

This will allow us to keep the process simple, easy to build and manage, and will give us lots of opportunities to learn how to leverage the three main tools we need for all push button processes (database, automation, & ai).

We're starting with the process as a learning tool because it will show that your tools don't matter.

You don't need a fancy database like SmartSuite, ClickUp, Asana, NoCodeDB or anything. You can use a simple database app on your phone.

You don't need a fancy automation platform like N8N, Zapier, or Make that require complex server setups or monthly fees. You can use built-in automation platform like Shortcuts on iOS/Mac to accomplish this process (and many others).

You do still need an API accessible intelligence though. Don't worry, we'll show you how to do this directly on your phone.