What is ToText: AI transcription for iPhone by Lovelace Loom?
ToText is an iPhone app from Lovelace Loom that turns recordings into text you can actually work with. Record a meeting, lecture, interview, or passing idea through your device's microphone, or import a supported audio file, and ToText produces a transcript and a summary alongside the audio. From there you can ask questions about what was said and, when timing data is available, tap a cited timestamp to hear that exact moment again. It supports 60 transcription languages, includes a dictation keyboard for other apps, and can connect to ChatGPT so you can ask about your recordings there. It's an independent app, not affiliated with other apps or websites with a similar name.
Who it's for
- Meeting and project note-takers who want a summary and action items waiting after the call instead of scribbling notes throughout.
- Students and interviewers who record lectures or conversations and later need to find one specific detail without replaying everything.
- People who'd rather speak than type and want dictation available across messages, mail, and notes through a keyboard.
Key features
Record, import, and transcribe
Capture audio through the microphone or bring in a supported audio file. ToText can detect the language automatically, or you can pick a primary language plus an optional second one.
Summaries and action items
Each recording comes with a short summary and action items to check first. The transcript and recording stay together, with speaker labels and word highlighting when available.
Ask the recording
Pose a question like "What exactly did Maya agree to deliver, and by when?" and the answer is drawn from the transcript. Where timing data exists, tapping a cited timestamp replays that part of the audio.
Dictation keyboard and ChatGPT connection
Add the ToText keyboard once and speak into any app, from messages to mail to notes. Connecting ToText to ChatGPT lets you ask about anything you recorded, with answers tied to the exact moment — only text is shared, not audio.
What stands out
Ask a recording a question and jump straight to the second it was answered.
That combination of question-answering and timestamped playback is what separates ToText from a plain transcriber: the transcript becomes something you can interrogate rather than skim. Transcripts and summaries are editable, and you can export a PDF with both, save the summary as plain text, or copy either. Tags, favorites, and search help you find a word or phrase in saved transcripts weeks later.
Worth checking out if…
You record a lot and rarely revisit the audio — ToText is built for pulling the main points, the commitments, and the one detail you half-remember without listening back. It's freemium with in-app purchases, and the free tier includes 60 transcription minutes each month with transcripts, summaries, action items, tags, search, and playback. Processing happens in the cloud, so an internet connection is required, and there are no ads.
