Where to find voice memo on iphone

While it’s easy to use an iPhone to perform most of the common tasks such as ordering pizza, detecting heartbeats, or hailing cabs, recording your voice isn’t as easy as pressing a button on the device. To get things rolling, you’ll need to install a separate app. A quick search on the web will return thousands of different recorder apps in the App Store that claim to show you how to record voice on iPhone, and while many of them promise exceptional quality, very few live up to expectations.

If you’re wondering how you can record meetings, notes, yourself singing in the bathroom, or any other type of audio on your iPhone, here are the most recommended methods.

Let’s get started.

Using the Rev Voice Recorder App

Whether you want to record meetings with clients, conduct interviews with marketing executives, or capture every detail in a college lecture, the Rev Voice Recorder app can deliver crystal-clear audios in a matter of minutes. Furthermore, the idea of having your recordings on-hand in MP3 format, being able to transcribe the speech to text, and sharing the file to your team on the app helps save time and reduce your workload.

The Voice Recorder app will organize all your recordings in one place so that it is easy to locate them when you want to send them for transcription. Similarly, it will be easy to view your delivered transcripts directly from the app. You can download the app on Apple’s App Store.

How to Record Your Voice on an iPhone with Rev

Obviously, there is a lot of recordings by tapping here, but it’s worth the effort in the end.

Transcribing an Audio File on Rev Voice Recorder App

The voice memo app that comes with the iPhone is an awesome tool for recording quick audios with good quality. However, you will have a hard time ordering transcription from the Voice Memo app compared to Rev’s voice recorder app, which makes the process a bliss. With this app, you can record, edit, store, and manage high-quality audios from meetings, interviews, webinars, presentations, and more.

To transcribe audio on Rev Voice Recorder app, follow the following steps:

1. Launch the Voice Recorder app on your iPhone.
2. Locate the voice recording you wish to transcribe on your phone.
3. Copy the audio file to our Voice Recorder app. To do so, tap the dotted lines (…) on the audio you have chosen then click “Share…”
4. On the share options, select “Copy to Recorder.”
5. The file should now be ready for transcription on the Rev Recorder app
6. Before submitting your order, play the audio to make sure you’re using the right audio.
7. Tap the transcribe button to start the transcription process.
8. A checkout window will pop up. Go ahead and confirm the details of the transcription then submit your order.
9. Your transcript should appear in the app’s interface once it’s done. At this point, you can share your file with your team via email, text message, Google Drive, Evernote, or Slack.

Using the Rev Online Voice Recorder

Need an online voice recorder that doesn’t require you to download an app? Rev has you covered for that also! Open up the Safari app on your iPhone and go to the Rev Online Voice Recorder.

1. Click the “Record” button to record audio.
2. Speak into your device’s microphone and make sure the animation shows that audio is being recorded.
3. Click “Pause” whenever you wish to stop the audio.
4. Click “Preview” to play back your audio with a waveform, where you can listen to your entire recording. You can fast forward, rewind, and play your audio in this view.
5. Click “Download” to get your MP3 file download. Click the trashcan icon if you’d like to delete your recording and start over.
6. You have your recorded MP3 file!

Using the Voice Memos App

The Voice Memos apps on your iPhone make audio recording easy and quick with the help of the built-in microphone. You can even use an external microphone or supported headset if you want. Depending on what you want, you can customize the voice recording with editing tools such as trim, replace, and resume.

Despite being one of the handy tools you need on several occasions, the Voice Memos app is repeatedly one of the most overlooked featured of the iPhone. It has all of the basic needs you require to record great audios for your personal and professional needs. Furthermore, you can even edit and share your recording with colleagues.

Also read Rev’s guide to transcribing iPhone Voice Memos.

Here’s how you can record audio on your iPhone using the Voice Memos app:

1. Launch the Voice Memos app
2. Start by locating the Voice Memos app on your iPhone. Go to the “Extras Folder” and tap the “Voice Memos app” icon, which resembles an image of an audio graph.
3. Record a Voice
4. Tap the “Record” button (round red) to start audio recording. Once done, tap the red record button again to stop recording. If you need to pause the recording for any reason, tap the red “Pause” button, then tap “RESUME” once you’re ready to continue recording.
5. When you’ve finished recording with the file, hit the “Done” icon.
6. Save it to the Voice Memos page and assign a name.
7. Now that the audio is saved to your iPhone, you can decide to play it over again, re-record, edit, or even trim it down to the desired length. If you don’t like the voice, you can as well delete it in a matter of seconds. If you’re satisfied with the recording, you can share the audio with colleagues or transcription service.

How to Edit, Trim or Delete the Audio

1. To edit, tap on the “new recording” then tap the three blue dots. Go ahead and tap “Edit Recording.”
2. Once you tap to edit, you can trim your audio by clicking the blue box with some dots and lines on the upper right corner.
3. The Trim options allow you to crop off the unwanted section. Drag the slider to the left to trim from the beginning, and to the right to trim the end.
4. Click “Trim” to remove the sections you want.
5. Tap “Save” once you’re done trimming.
6. If you’re not happy with the audio, you can click the “Delete” button. This removes the entire recording from your iPhone. Tap “Cancel” to go back to the previous interface without changing the audio.

Share the Audio Recording

It’s easy to share saved audio recordings with anyone else either through messages, email, Google Drive, Slack, and or even save it to iCloud Drive. Follow these steps:

1. Go to Apple’s Voice Memos app, tap on the memo and select the audio recording you intend to share. Then hit the blue share button that is located below the play button.
2. Select the method you would want to share your memo from Message, Emails, Slack or Google Drive
3. That’s it. Your files should be shared successfully.

Record Your Voice on the Go

Of course, there are other different methods of recording audio with an iPhone, but we have outlined the best. While the Voice Memos app works great for basic voice recording, you may want to look for a high-quality recording app. If you’re looking for the highest-quality recording possible for transcription, however, the Rev Voice Recorder is hard to beat.

If you're the type of person who better remembers things by recording an audio note, then the built-in Voice Memos app is a quick and easy solution. With this native app, you can record audio directly with your iPhone or iPad and have it accessible from any device with iCloud. Whether it's a lecture at school, a voice-over for a video, an interview with someone else, Voice Memos on your best iPhone will get the job done.

The Voice Memos app will work perfectly with your iPhone's built-in microphone and speaker. However, if you want to take it a step further and get the absolute best sound in your recordings, make sure to check out the best iPhone external microphones.

Without further ado, here's how to use Voice Memos on iPhone and iPad!

How to record a voice memo

1. Launch the Voice Memos app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap the record button. It's the big red circle at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap anywhere in the recording pane to bring up the pause button.

1. If you need to pause, simply tap the pause button.
2. Tap Resume to pick up where you left off.
3. You can also tap the rewind or forward buttons to go 15 seconds backward or forward.
4. If you go backward, you can choose to replace the existing audio when resuming.
5. Tap Done when you are done recording (if you did not bring up the extra control panel to pause, just tap Stop).

How to listen to a voice memo

Once you have a recording, you can listen to it anytime from the Voice Memos app.

1. Launch Voice Memos on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap the voice memo that you want to listen to.
3. Tap the Play button.

All of your voice memos can be shared with others by email, Messages, social networks, and more.

1. Launch Voice Memos on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap the voice memo that you want to share.
3. Tap the More button. It looks like three horizontal dots.

1. Tap Share.
2. Select the method that you want to share your voice recording with.

No matter how much you try, it can be hard to get a perfect start or end for any audio recording. Thankfully, you can trim off extraneous sound before and after your recording in Voice Memos.

1. Launch Voice Memos on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap the voice memo you want to trim.
3. Tap the More button. It looks like three horizontal dots.

1. Select Edit Recording.
2. Tap the Trim button. It looks like a blue box with lines and dots.
3. Using your finger, drag the trim slider from either end of the recording to trim off the beginning or the end.
4. Tap Trim to trim it as-is. Or you can tap Delete to delete the section between trim sliders.

How to rename a voice memo

By default, all recordings will use something like your location and date and timestamp as the name of the recording. But you can go back and change this at any time.

1. Launch Voice Memos on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap the voice memo you want to rename.
3. Tap the name of the recording. It becomes highlighted.
4. Input a new name for your recording.

How to delete a voice memo

1. Launch Voice Memos on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap the voice memo you want to delete.
3. Tap the Delete button on the recording. It looks like a trash can.

When you delete any recording, it will go into a Recently Deleted folder for 30 days. This way, if you delete something by accident or change your mind later, you can recover it.

Optionally, you can batch delete multiple recordings by tapping Edit in the top right corner from the recording list, selecting your recordings, and then tapping Delete.

How to use the enhanced playback options in Voice Memos on iOS 15

In iOS 15, Apple has added some additional features to make your recordings in the Voice Memos app even better. These new options include changing the playback speed, Skip Silence, and Enhance Recording.

Apple occasionally offers updates to iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS as closed developer previews or public betas (opens in new tab). While the betas contain new features, they also contain pre-release bugs that can prevent the normal use of your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, or Mac, and are not intended for everyday use on a primary device. That's why we strongly recommend staying away from developer previews unless you need them for software development, and using the public betas with caution. If you depend on your devices, wait for the final release.

1. Launch Voice Memos on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap the voice memo you want to enhance playback for.
3. Tap the Playback Options button. It looks like three lines with slider circles on it.
4. To adjust Playback Speed, simply drag the slider left (slower with the turtle) or right (faster with the hare).
5. Tap the Skip Silence toggle if you want the playback to automatically ignore silent pauses.
6. Tap the Enhance Recording toggle if you want the audio to sound better overall.

Unfortunately, the Playback Speed doesn't tell you how much slower or faster the speed will be in the current betas, so you'll have to listen to it and make adjustments as you see fit.

Questions?

As you can see, it's super easy to quickly record audio with the Voice Memos app whenever you need to. Do you have questions about how to use the Voice Memos app on your iPhone or iPad? Let us know in the comments, and we'll try to help you out.

Updated July 2021: Updated for the latest version of the iOS 15 betas.