Comments on: Voice2Note for Evernote: Live Evaluation

By: Sumocat

Sumocat — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:17:19 +0000

Audio notes via the mobile app are included with the free Evernote service. I do not know if uploading audio in WAV or mp3 would be allowed as they have the same effect.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:18:38 +0000

If you are the type who never uses all the minutes on your cell then such verbal note taking can be great.
Whenever I see something I want to remember – like perhaps a book which looks interesting but I want to see if my library has it before I buy it – then no need to search for pen/paper and remember later to get the note out of my pocket before it ends up in the wash.
I just make a quick call with the author/title and voila.
Same for music friends have which I like…
Or any number of things which come up in coversation…

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:13:42 +0000

Am I wrong in thinking this might have the benefit of not requiring a paid evernote account as the actual audio file isn’t in the note – but that using the app in the article would require a paid version of evernote?

By: Sumocat

Sumocat — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:25:28 +0000

Good news, Christine: it’s the format. My first set of tests were clips from Star Wars. They were recognized but not transcribed (presumably for copyright reasons). The second set I recorded on my Tablet PC, converted to the right formats (proved a slight hassle), and uploaded via Evernote Web. So if you can record your notes in WAV or mp3, you should be good to go. That said, I too would find it useful if they could convert aac files, so let’s lobby for that as well.

By: lsbeller

lsbeller — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:58:38 +0000

Thanks for doing this. I will be watching for your results!

Steve

By: Christine Frank

Christine Frank — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:21:29 +0000

Looking forward to hearing about it . . in the meantime, maybe I can convert the aac to wavs . . .

By: Sumocat

Sumocat — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:16:36 +0000

Just confirmed file formats: Evernote iPhone app uses WAV. Voice2Note converts calls to mp3. I do not yet know if V2N only works on voice notes delivered through the two official methods (from the app or via phone call). I am testing now with uploaded WAV and mp3 files.

By: Sumocat

Sumocat — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:36:13 +0000

Hi Christine,

Sorry this was buried in my write-up. Audio notes recorded using the iPhone Voice Memo app are in m4a/aac format and are not transcribing when I email them to Evernote. I suspect this is simply because that’s not the format used by Evernote for direct voice notes. We can try to lobby Voice2Note to add the format.

By: charles jannace

charles jannace — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:27:49 +0000

Hmmm, if I correctly understand this post, it seems to me that ReQall (on a small scale) and Dragon Dictation (on a larger scale) has been doing the voice to transcription feature for a very long time.

By: Christine Frank

Christine Frank — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:30:13 +0000

Thanks so much for answering – I had already signed up, though, paid, everything. I wanted something to transcribe aac files, not to send myself notes from my phone. Guess I got too excited when I read the description and I thought that merely HAVING an audio file in Evernote would enable it to be converted to text.

Now I am wondering what to do with this — not really interested in sending myself notes to myself from a car, as in the picture!

By: Xavier Lanier

Xavier Lanier — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:13:21 +0000

Hi Christine, you need to go to http://www.voice2note.dial2do.com/ and sign up for the service. It will ask to connect to your Evernote account and you’ll be good to go.

By: Christine Frank

Christine Frank — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:38:55 +0000

So, Joe (If you were responding to me, which, thanks if so) there is no way to place an acc file in Evernote (which I did) and locate some Voice2Note button or something, and it magically gets transformed into text (which is why I bought it?)

I don’t see myself calling myself to say “remember to pick up eggs” and then expecting a note saying that to appear. That’s just not worth it to me.

Really wishing for an owners manual, too . . .

By: joe

joe — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:25:34 +0000

I’ve been transcribing by leaving myself Google Voice voicemails. Any voicemail from myself is set via a Gmail filter to autoforward to Evernote, including the transcription and a link to the audio file. So, it’s not as robust insofar as the audio file itself isn’t in Evernote, but the transcription is and I can stream the audio from the in-note link whenever I’m on a web-connected device.

By: Christine Frank

Christine Frank — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:14:11 +0000

I have no idea how to use Voice2Note from the Evernote site. I placed an audio file there and don’t see a button for Voice2Note. The FAQ was no help. It’s a large file . . .but I bought the premium service. Help!

By: Xavier Lanier

Xavier Lanier — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:30:18 +0000

I’m trying out Voice2Note as well. The transcription seems decent, though not perfect. My favorite workflow is to download Google Voice messages and save them as notes. Messages often work as a starting point for a task/project. The most disappointing things so far is the 30 second limit. It’d be great to be able to turn an entire conversation into a note.
Maybe they could charge users more (Say $6-$10/month) for those that wanted to record longer notes.