Buggy
Cant really say how it compares to competitors. Any without fast tagging like this app has cannot fairly be considered a competitor. This review is based on successful functioning of existing features and an attempt at reasonable expectations about what one should be able to accomplish with it. Think dictaphone.
Smart Recorder categories didnt work for me initially.
Dont know what changed but several days later categories seem to have started working. No software update involved. So dont understand why.
The back arrow doesnt seem to work for the default or any other time interval. A big pain when youre trying to perform transcription. How did such a basic flaw pass through Apples or the developers acceptance testing?
It would help if the skip forward/backward functionality supported having both a minor and major increment.
Typing in time to jump to points led to flaky outcomes. Needs a better interface.
However, I managed to record a three hour meeting without a hitch. Paired with a powered USB hub and a yeti mic I got an excellent recording of a 12 person meeting, including voices over a conference phone.
I need to get more practiced with the tagging feature. Need to be able to make and label tags faster. Having tagging sets would help, so different tag sets could be preset and used based on the kind of recording. For example, tags to describe typical components of a meeting shouldnt have to be mixed in with tags describing general components of a speech or lecture.
My rating goes up two stars once the forward/back button problem is fixed, entry of time directly to navigate works cleanly, and I become reassured the categories problem is truly a thing of the past.
To get to higher levels one thing that needs to happen is the slider needs to be more tactile and useful. How about providing a wheel paired with a progress bar and time signature.
Suz frustrated about
Smart Recorder Classic - The Transcriber/Voice Recorder, v2.3.2