Voxie Pro Recorder & Dictation

Michael (Admin) | Nov 20, 2008 Business

User rating: (48 votes, average: 3.13 out of 5)
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As of today, Voxie is on sale for $1.99 – not sure what the regular price is (sorry!).

I have absolutely no need to record audio on my iPhone, but Voxie kind of makes me wish I did! Seriously, this app is that good… it’s like Bottle Rocket saw a market for voice-recording apps, decided they wanted to be King, and they reached out with two hands and seized the kingship by the nads.

It’s been a while since I had a modern digital recorder in my hand, but I have a hard time seeing any of those caveman devices outdoing Voxie in the features department. It lets you name your recordings and store them under customized categories, email small recordings to friends, flag them in a few different ways, resume recording long after the Stop button’s been pushed, and you can even choose the audio quality if your iPhone is low on disk space or you need to go for CD quality.

One of the greatest things about Voxie is its ability to transfer files to your computer without it being a huge pain in your ass. I tried to email a 5.1 mb file to myself (4 minutes at medium quality) and was promptly told that it was too big.

So how the hell do I get this thing off my phone?

From the screen that shows my list of recordings, which btw is cleverly designed to look and act just like the iPhone’s Visual Voicemail interface, I just pushed the Sync button. Voxie gave me an IP address to go to on my browser, and *voila* my files magically appeared in my web browser ready for download! F’in sweet.

Voxie also has a great Settings screen that lets you customize the app both functionally and aesthetically, and Bottle Rocket even had the foresight to build in a quick-record method called Express. Just launch Voxie, hit the Express button, and tap or shake to start recording. You can categorize and rename and flag it later, but if you’re hot on Sarah Palin’s trail and feel a “gotcha” soundbite coming on, you can be ready to capture it in seconds.

The only thing working against Voxie is that it’s subject to whatever bugs or missteps you might encounter with your iPhone in general. My longest test recording was 30 minutes and it came off without a hitch, but I would caution against students trying to record a 90 minute lecture while they sleep through class. You just never know when your phone will crash or receive an unexpected call. Voxie will pause your recording if the phone starts ringing, but it’s still up to you to remember to resume recording.

My only suggestions for improving Voxie would be to let the user customize the From field in the email function and maybe the allow the recording of phone calls, intrusive as that may seem. I sent a recording to a friend and it was sent from “Voxie System” which he probably assumed was spam, so I doubt he’ll ever see it. But that’s it… I got nothing else in the way of suggestions to make this thing better, and I’m used to writing laundry lists of proposed improvements.

If I ever find myself needing to record something on my iPhone there’s no question I’ll be using Voxie. It’s the most complete voice recorder you could ever hope for and it just might inspire you to chuck your $40 digital recorder out the window.

As usual, you can use the quality of the title screen to predict the quality of the app
As usual, you can use the quality of the title screen to predict the quality of the app
Hey, this interface looks strangely familiar... too bad phone calls don't come with a Start Over button
Hey, this interface looks strangely familiar... too bad phone calls don't come with a Start Over button
Assign your recording to a category
Assign your recording to a category

Flag your recordings so you know which ones are
Flag your recordings so you know which ones are "done" and which are simply "hot"
Emailing your recording automatically saves it, too
Emailing your recording automatically saves it, too
Getting close to Voxie's email file size limit
Getting close to Voxie's email file size limit

Probably for the best, I hate gigantic email attachments
Probably for the best, I hate gigantic email attachments
Quick, start recording in case they say something stupid
Quick, start recording in case they say something stupid
It's like voicemails you leave for yourself
It's like voicemails you leave for yourself

Voxie settings are pretty useful
Voxie settings are pretty useful
Change the appearance of the recorder interface if purple makes you feel insecure about your sexuality
Change the appearance of the recorder interface if purple makes you feel insecure about your sexuality
Categories are customizable
Categories are customizable

Voxie comes equipped with a bunch of default categories for the uber-lazy
Voxie comes equipped with a bunch of default categories for the uber-lazy
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  • CG

    You can put the Iphone in Airplane mode before recording to prevent interruptions from incoming calls

  • http://bighand.com Dictation Operator

    I recently purchased a new 3G iPhone and Voxie is the very first application I put on my phone. It is so intuitive and it works well with my business schedule. The phone purchase was worth it just for this program alone!

  • horacio

    me podrian informar como cambio l idioma al español, ya que adquirí el producto pero está en inglés.

  • Zacha

    @horacio

    Creo que el traduccion no esta completo. cuando mi iPod Touch esta puesto usar espanol como su idoma normal, solo los cinco butones abajo estan en espanol. el resto es igual con el version ingles.

    dicen en su pagina de la tienda iTunes que version 2.0 venga prontito. Tal vez ese version lo arreglara. Pero, les diria que es una problema en cualquerra manera en este direccion aqui:

    http://www.bottlerocketapps.com/#/support/

  • Mathis

    I need to dictate letters to my secretary. Since I am not very good at dictating, get interrupted and make mistakes, a feature where I can overwrite / delete bits and insert dictation would be useful (and really necessary for my use). This for me is the main reason not to throw my dictaphone away (yet), but I hope that there will be an application to do this very soon.
    Mathis

  • ghorland

    Awesome app. The absolute best recorder on the market, and has excellent features added in 2.0.

  • Mitch

    Can this be synced to MS Word or Pages?

  • Dexter Bourke

    HI

    I thought I “signed” up last night, but the test messages I sent did not get to the recipients, one of which was myself.
    I live in Australia, and am wondering how do I use this download and pay for the service in Aussie $’s etc etc.

    As I intend using the service I also need to know if I may also use “adult” language as is my occasion need.

  • Sara Ann

    As Board of Director Secretary for my home association I use Voxie to record the 2 hour long open meetings to assist my duties of writing the meeting minutes. As a volunteer to this position I have been elected, I couldn’t be happier with this product. It works as described, it’s affordable, and conveniently happens to be in my pocket or purse when I need it because it is a app on my cell phone.

    Kudos from the semi-professional.