The airtxt blog · Everyday use
What would you rather say than type?
An email between appointments. A question after class. An idea that arrives while you’re away from your desk. Start with one thing you already need to write.
airtxt brings dictation, Memo, and a meeting bot together on iPhone. You can use them separately, depending on whether your words need to go into an app, wait for later, or become a record of an online conversation.
The examples below are suggested workflows, not customer testimonials. Use invented or non-sensitive information when trying them, and review the text before sharing it.
Doctors: prepare the explanation, not the paperwork
You are preparing a teaching session and know what you want to cover. Open Memo and speak an outline: “Three topics for the trainees: preparing for the discussion, explaining unfamiliar terminology, and leaving time for questions.” Save the cleaned text and develop it later in your preferred writing app.
Custom vocabulary can help with the specialty terms you use repeatedly. Dictation can also help with routine scheduling emails or general educational material. These examples do not involve patient information. An on-device audio setting alone does not establish suitability for clinical records, because AI cleanup processes text in the cloud. Use your organization’s approved tools for patient data.
Nurses: catch the practical improvement before it disappears
After a shift, you remember an idea for a staff training session. Say it into Memo: “For the next orientation, add a walkthrough of where shared equipment is kept and how to report a maintenance issue.” You now have a starting point for a proposal instead of another thought to remember.
Use the keyboard to draft a rota question or a training request. Add recurring department terms to custom vocabulary, then check the final wording. Keep patient identifiers and clinical details out of these trial workflows; follow your workplace’s information-handling rules.
Students: explain the idea in your own words
After studying, close the material and explain what you understood into Memo. For example: “The argument has two parts. First, the author defines the problem. Then they compare three possible explanations.” Read the result to see where your explanation needs work.
This is your spoken recap, not a feature that automatically turns a textbook into study notes. You can dictate a question into an email to a tutor, or use a meeting bot for an online group project when the participants and organizer agree. Check your course’s rules before recording any class or discussion.
Journalists: separate an observation from a quotation
You leave a public event with an opening paragraph in mind. Dictate your own observations into Memo while the details are fresh. Add place names, organizations, and recurring terms to custom vocabulary before the next assignment.
For a permitted online interview, the meeting bot can provide a speaker-labeled transcript. Treat it as a working aid: check quotations against the original source before publication. AI cleanup can change wording, so a cleaned Memo is not a verbatim quote record. For confidential or off-the-record material, agree on recording and processing beforehand; on-device audio does not keep cleanup text out of the cloud.
Founders and sales teams: leave the call with a next step
For a Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams call where recording is agreed, paste the meeting link into airtxt. The bot joins as a participant, captures the part it is admitted to, and provides a transcript and follow-up email draft.
Review the draft’s names, commitments, owners, and dates before sending it. A useful result might be a clear recap of the demo and the next meeting to arrange. If you remember an extra point afterward, dictate it into your email app or save it in Memo. The bot needs access to the call; it cannot capture a meeting the host never admits it to.
Teachers and researchers: keep questions ready for later
A teacher can dictate a general lesson outline into Notes. A researcher can use Memo to capture their own question after reading a paper: “Would the result change with a different comparison group?” Custom vocabulary is useful for recurring technical terms that need checking.
For a consented online research discussion, speaker labels can help locate the relevant part of a meeting transcript. Review the record and follow your institution’s rules for participant data. airtxt does not evaluate evidence or verify a research conclusion for you.
Busy households and people who prefer speaking
Dictate a message about a delivery, save a packing-list idea in Memo, or draft a longer reply while seated somewhere quiet. AI cleanup can remove filler and add punctuation so there is less raw dictation to work through.
If typing is uncomfortable or cumbersome, voice input may be another way to draft text. Try a short message first to see whether it suits you. You can still edit with the keyboard and check the text before sending. iOS controls where third-party keyboards can appear, including restrictions in password fields.
Choose the feature for the moment
| Feature | When it comes in handy |
|---|---|
| Dictation keyboard | Write where you already have a text field, in an app that accepts the airtxt keyboard. Dictation requires the keyboard’s Full Access permission. |
| AI cleanup | Turn spoken filler, repetitions, and rough punctuation into a readable draft. Review the result; cleanup sends text for cloud processing. |
| Memo | Save your own spoken idea when it does not yet belong in a message. Copy the cleaned text into your next draft. |
| Dictation history | Return to recent dictated text on your phone when you need to reuse a draft or copy it somewhere else. |
| Custom vocabulary | Add recurring names and specialist terms. Included on Free; still check spelling and meaning. |
| On-device transcription | Keep dictation audio on your iPhone. This choice concerns transcription; AI cleanup is a separate cloud step. |
| Cloud transcription | Choose provider-based speech recognition when that processing path fits your needs. Audio is sent to a cloud provider. |
| Language settings | Choose an available dictation language. Cloud Multilingual mode can detect supported language switches; cleanup does not translate your text. |
| Meeting bot | Capture a supported online call with permission, including one you cannot attend. Admission and recording permissions still apply. |
| Transcripts and follow-up drafts | Revisit a discussion in meeting history, find the relevant passage, and review a draft before sending the next email. |
| Your own provider keys | Use supported Deepgram, Anthropic, or OpenAI keys for the applicable transcription or cleanup step. Requests go directly to the provider; its billing and terms apply. |
| Invites on Pro and Pro+ | Share your invite code with an eligible friend to try a first month of Pro free. Eligibility and invite limits apply; Apple renews the subscription at the regular price unless canceled. |
| AirPods and other audio inputs | Dictate through the input iOS routes to. Check your microphone and surroundings before starting. |
Managed cloud transcription and meeting-bot access require a paid plan; cleanup and meeting allowances depend on your plan. Check current plan details and the FAQ for setup, language support, permissions, and provider-key options.
Try one small task first
Choose a short message or an idea you would otherwise type. Add a few terms you use often, choose your transcription mode, and speak naturally. Review the output, make any edits, and decide whether that is a task you would use airtxt for again.
Before using sensitive information or someone else’s voice, read the privacy policy and agree on recording and AI processing. Keep only what you need and use the available deletion controls when a saved record is no longer useful.
Read why we’re building airtxt, or explore the feature comparison.