Record wherever the story happens. Turn hours of audio into transcripts you can review and correct, then continue building the story at your desk.Keep sensitive interviews local when it matters. Use optional cloud AI when you decide it is worth it.
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Most transcription tools are designed around scheduled meetings. Journalists work differently.Your reporting may begin in a quiet office, on a crowded street, at a press event, or inside an existing recording. What matters is not an automated meeting recap. It is being able to preserve the interview, review what was said, organize the material, and move useful information into your story.
Geode is built around that recording-to-review workflow - without requiring a meeting invite or an AI bot in the conversation.
Start on iPhone or Android while the interview is happening. Move the recording over local Wi-Fi to Mac or Windows when you need deeper review, speaker separation, editing, and summaries.
Capture the conversation wherever the story happens.
Move recordings over local Wi-Fi; no cloud upload is required.
Use desktop transcription, speaker separation, and editing.
Review the record, then use a separate summary for orientation.
Capture the conversation wherever the story happens.
Move recordings over local Wi-Fi; no cloud upload is required.
Use desktop transcription, speaker separation, and editing.
Review the record, then use a separate summary for orientation.
One account works across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, and Windows — no separate device license required.
Anonymous sources, investigative material, and unpublished reporting should not be forced through a cloud workflow just to become searchable. Keep the work local when that is the right choice; use optional cloud processing only when you decide it is worth it.
Search the transcript for a name, topic, or phrase. Click a matching line to jump to that point in the recording, then replay it before you rely on the wording.
Search the transcript
Find names, topics, and key phrases without replaying the full interview.
Click a transcript line
Jump to the corresponding point in the audio timeline.
Replay to verify
Hear the original wording before using it in your reporting.
Review and edit
Correct names, terminology, and transcription errors in the text record.
Separate and label speakers
Keep multi-person interviews and panels easier to follow.
A two-hour interview should not force you to calculate usage before you can review it. On eligible paid plans, Geode local transcription is unlimited and is not billed by the minute.
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Long-form recording
Work with extended interviews, podcasts, research conversations, and panel discussions.
Predictable local cost
Process paid local transcription without minute caps, overage fees, or per-minute billing.
Structured review
Use speaker separation, editing, and summaries to turn long audio into organized material.
One plan across devices
Use the same eligible plan across supported mobile and desktop platforms.
A two-hour interview should not force you to calculate usage before you can review it. On eligible paid plans, Geode local transcription is unlimited and is not billed by the minute.
Built for the Reporting Work That Happens Between the Interview and the Story.From a noisy field recording to a sensitive source interview, Geode helps you keep the material searchable, reviewable, and under your control.
Weak connectivity and noisy environments can make cloud-dependent workflows impractical.
Replaying a 60- or 90-minute recording just to verify one phrase takes time.
You may not want raw interview material to default to a cloud-based workflow.
Questions, answers, side comments, and panel discussion can become difficult to follow in a raw transcript.
You need to locate material, correct the record, and verify wording without starting from the beginning of the recording.
Make every interview easier to search, replay, verify, and use.
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Transcription software for journalists turns recorded interviews, conversations, and field audio into searchable text. Geode also creates a separate AI summary to help users understand and organize a long conversation more efficiently.
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