ToText

ToText records audio, transcribes it and creates summaries with action items. Then you search the text or ask questions about what is in your recording.

A recording you can question

Most transcription tools stop at text. ToText goes a step further: you ask your recording questions as if it were an archive. Think of "which deadline was mentioned" or "what did the client say about the budget". Users report in reviews that the answer includes a clickable timestamp that takes you back to the exact moment in the audio.

That is exactly the part users praise. In reviews they call the timestamps a big plus: you no longer have to scroll through an hour of audio by hand to find one sentence. Users also report that the transcripts include speaker labels, so you see who said what. For interviews and meetings that is more useful than flat text.

Beyond that you get the expected tools. You search all transcripts by word or phrase. Each recording gets an automatic summary with detected action items. You can export as PDF or plain text, and there is an optional ChatGPT integration. Transcription supports 60 languages, although multilingual users report in reviews that the quality is not equally consistent in every language.

The app only runs on iOS. There is no Android version and no web app. If you work on another platform, ToText is not an option.

Made by a two-person studio

Behind ToText is Lovelace Loom, an independent AI product studio of two people: Tai Baran and Eyal Ronen. Nothing is known about outside investors.

That tells you something about what to expect. A small team usually means quick decisions and a focused product, but also less capacity than big competitors. There is no large support team or long list of integrations. The studio presents ToText as a private voice-to-text app. Recordings are processed in the cloud and the uploaded audio is deleted shortly afterwards. If you record sensitive conversations, as a journalist or coach for example, that is a relevant plus.

Nothing is known about the number of users or a public roadmap. Trustpilot currently shows 1 review, with a score of 3.7 out of 5. So the app cannot point to a real user base yet.

The minute limit decides which plan fits

ToText does not charge per user or per feature, but per minute of transcription per month. That keeps the choice simple, but you do need to make a realistic estimate of how much you record.

The free plan gives you 60 minutes per month, with transcripts, summaries and action items. You can ask up to 2 questions per recording. That is enough to test the app properly, but too little for daily use. One hour-long meeting a week and you are already over your limit.

Basic costs $ 4.99 per month, or $ 44.99 per year (which works out to $ 3.75 per month). For that you get 1000 minutes per month and up to 30 questions per recording. Pro costs $ 9.99 per month, or $ 89.99 per year ($ 7.50 per month), with 2000 minutes and unlimited questions.

For someone who records short conversations or voice notes every day, Basic is more than enough. If you record long meetings every day, you will end up on Pro sooner. One reviewer notes that a smaller monthly plan would be nice: there is nothing between 60 and 1000 minutes.

Not every ToText is this ToText

You can see that confusion in reviews. Part of the comments online are about converting images to text, a feature of another service with a similar name. The ToText from Lovelace Loom is about audio: recording, transcribing, summarizing and answering questions. So check that you have the Lovelace Loom app in the App Store, through the official site.

ToText next to Otter, Notta and Fireflies

ToText is not a meeting bot. You start a recording on your iPhone yourself or import audio. That is a deliberately different approach from the well-known names in this category.

Otter works as an AI assistant that joins meetings automatically, records them and summarizes them, with more integrations and action item detection. Pick Otter if you want meetings captured automatically and need connections to your calendar or CRM. Notta focuses on real-time transcription with team features and makes more sense for international teams. Fireflies puts the emphasis on deep search across all your meetings and has more integrations.

OtterAI-powered assistant that automatically records, transcribes, summarizes, and generates action items from meetings.From $ 8.33/moFree plan

ToText stands out in two ways. First, questioning each recording: you get not just a transcript but a conversation with your archive. Second, the price. Basic at $ 4.99 per month is cheaper than the paid plans of most competitors. The downside is clear: no live meeting bot, no Android, no web app and few integrations. If you want one tool for the whole team, the competitors are a better fit. If you only want to transcribe and question your own recordings, you get a lot here for little money.