1Byte Systems

1B RecorderVoice recorder with on-device transcription

Every word on record. None of it online.

1B Recorder records, transcribes in 21 languages, tells speakers apart and summarizes what was said — all on your phone. The app has no Internet permission at all, so your voice never leaves the device.

  • No Internet permission
  • 21 languages, no minute limits
  • Speakers and summary
  • Wear OS watch
  • No account, no ads

Coming soonIn development — closed testing on Google Play opens soon

Ask to be a first testerGoogle Play · very soon

Write to us and we will invite you as soon as the closed test opens. No Google Play link yet.

From a conversation to decisions — on the phone

Transcript, speakers, summary and tasks. Every point links to the exact second it was said, so you can always go back to the source.

Weekly product meeting

42 min · 3 speakers · English

Transcript

  1. 00:03:12
    Laura

    Let's move the launch to the 14th, so support gets a full week.

  2. 00:04:05
    Marc

    Agreed. I'll update the budget before Friday.

  3. 00:05:40
    Speaker 3

    Can we keep the beta open for two more weeks?

  4. 00:06:18
    Laura

    Yes — and we go through the feedback on Monday.

Summary

Generated by AI on this phone

Decisions

  • The launch moves to the 14th00:03:12
  • The beta stays open two more weeks00:05:40

Tasks

  • Update the budgetMarc · Friday00:04:05
  • Review the beta feedbackLaura · Monday00:06:18

Tap a time to hear that exact second

  • 21languages, with no minute limits
  • 0Internet permissions: the app can't send your audio anywhere
  • ≤ 1 slost at most if the battery dies while recording
  • 1 minencrypted pieces, saved as you record

Four steps. All on your phone.

No upload, no queue in someone else's cloud, no minutes to count.

  1. Record

    Screen off, for as long as it takes, with pause and markers — and a spoken notice in your language to tell the people present.

  2. Transcribe

    Text in 21 languages with punctuation, live while you record or in a few minutes for an hour-long meeting on a recent phone.

  3. Understand

    Speakers separated and named, a summary and a task list, each point linked to the second it was said.

  4. Find and share

    One search across everything. Export to TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, DOCX or PDF.

Private by design, not by promise

1B Recorder has no Internet permission. Your recordings, transcripts and summaries stay on your phone — they never reach us or anyone else.

  • No Internet permission, no account, no analytics, no ads.
  • Recordings are encrypted on the phone in one-minute pieces, as you record.
  • Optional lock with your fingerprint or your screen lock.
  • Remembered voices are optional, encrypted and stay on your phone.
  • Your Wear OS watch sends audio only to your own phone, encrypted end to end.
  • Encrypted backup to a file you keep, protected with your password.

Import

  • WhatsApp
  • Telegram
  • Audio files
  • Videos
  • Your phone's call recordings

Export

  • TXT
  • Markdown
  • SRT
  • VTT
  • DOCX
  • PDF
  • Original audio
  • M4A
  • WAV

Dictate from

  • The app
  • Quick Settings tile
  • Home screen widget
  • App shortcut

Made for

  • Phone
  • Foldable
  • Tabletop mode
  • Tablet
  • Wear OS
  • TalkBack

A professional recorder, down to the details

  • Never lose a second

    Record with the screen off and in the background, with pause and markers. If the battery dies, at most a second is lost and the recording recovers on its own.

  • Live text, synced player

    See the text appear as you record. Play it back with the current sentence highlighted, tap any sentence to jump there, from 0.75× to 2×.

  • Speakers · Pro

    Separated and named. Set how many people spoke, merge two with a tap and, if you want, let it remember voices.

  • Summary and tasks · Pro

    Decisions, open topics and tasks with owners and dates, generated by AI on this phone and labelled as such.

  • Dictation

    Speak and the text appears, with voice commands in each language: new paragraph, period, comma, delete that.

  • One search

    Titles, transcripts, summaries and tasks in one search. Every result jumps to the exact second.

  • On your wrist · Pro

    Record on your Wear OS watch from the app, a tile or a complication. The audio moves to your phone and is transcribed there.

  • Phone, foldable and tablet

    List and transcript side by side when unfolded, tabletop mode when half open. Light and dark theme, TalkBack.

Quality measured, not promised

We measured every language with the app's own transcription pipeline, and we publish the result — the same table you'll find inside the app. Lower error is better.

LanguageModelErrorLevel
EnglishParakeet v3Parakeet v36.4% WERVery good
EspañolParakeet v3Parakeet v35.8% WERVery good
DeutschParakeet v3Parakeet v32.6% WERVery good
FrançaisParakeet v3Parakeet v312.2% WERGood
ItalianoParakeet v3Parakeet v33.4% WERVery good
PortuguêsParakeet v3Parakeet v38.0% WERVery good
PolskiParakeet v3Parakeet v314.3% WERGood
RomânăParakeet v3Parakeet v318.2% WERGood
РусскийParakeet v3Parakeet v34.6% WERVery good
TürkçeWhisper smallWhisper small23.2% WERFair
Tiếng ViệtWhisper smallWhisper small32.5% WERFair
日本語Whisper smallWhisper small34.8% CERFair
中文Whisper smallWhisper small42.1% CERFair
DanskParakeet v3Parakeet v341.6% WERBeta
SvenskaParakeet v3Parakeet v333.7% WERBeta
Norsk bokmålWhisper smallWhisper small32.2% WERBeta
한국어Whisper smallWhisper small60.6% WERBeta
हिन्दीWhisper smallWhisper small94.2% WERBeta

Error = WER (share of words wrong) or CER (share of characters wrong, for Japanese and Chinese), on read speech from the FLEURS set, 5 sentences per language, on high- and mid-range phones. Indicative figures, not a guarantee. Very good: up to 10%; good: up to 20%.

Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Korean and Hindi are marked beta: they work, but expect more corrections. On entry-level phones, Norwegian, Turkish, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese use a lighter model and are shown as beta too.

PRO

1B Recorder Pro

Recording, transcription in 21 languages, dictation, search, import and export to text and subtitles are all in the app. Pro adds the professional tools — a one-time purchase, with no subscription.

  • Speakers: separate, name, merge and remember voices
  • Summary and tasks linked to the exact second
  • Wear OS watch app
  • Export to DOCX and PDF

During the closed test, these features are open as a Pro preview.

Good to know

  • Language models download through Google Play when you pick a language (about 640 MB for European languages).
  • 1B Recorder does not record phone calls; it can import the ones your phone's own call recorder saves.
  • Android 11 or later. On older phones, transcription runs after recording and summaries take longer.

Be one of the first to record with it

1B Recorder is getting ready for its closed test on Google Play. Write to us and we'll invite you as soon as it opens.

Ask to be a first testerGoogle Play · very soon

Write to us and we will invite you as soon as the closed test opens. No Google Play link yet.

Privacy at a glance

  • No Internet permission: recordings, transcripts and summaries stay on your device — the app cannot send them anywhere.
  • Recordings are encrypted on your phone. Remembered voices are optional, encrypted and never leave it.
  • Language models are delivered by Google Play, and your Wear OS watch sends audio only to your own phone, encrypted end to end.

Read the full privacy policy

Details

Coming soon
In development — closed testing on Google Play opens soon
Requires
Android 11 or later
Languages
21 languages
Price
No ads · Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription
Package
com.onebytesystems.recorder