Guide
How to turn iPhone voice notes into a work log.
Lots of people already record voice memos on site. Here’s how to make them into a proper work log.
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1. Record one memo per job
Open the Voice Memos app and record a short memo before you leave each job: what you did, how long, what you need and anything that went wrong. Name the memo after the job.
2. Keep the same order every time
Hours first, then work done, then materials, then problems. It makes the memos easier to go back through.
3. Turn it into a log once a week
Play each memo back and copy the hours into your timesheet and the materials into an order. This is the slow part, and where most people give up.
4. Or let Buildsay do steps 2 and 3
With Buildsay you record the same way, but it writes each memo up and files every part under the right job: hours on your timesheet, materials on your order list, problems on your to-do list.
Questions
Questions
Where are voice memos on iPhone?
In the Voice Memos app. Tap the red button to record; recordings are kept in the app and in iCloud if it’s on.
Can iPhone turn voice memos into text?
Newer iPhones can show a transcript, but it’s one long block of text: not sorted into jobs, tasks or hours.
What’s the quickest way to keep a work log?
Record one memo at the end of each job. Buildsay writes it up and sorts it for you.