An interview recorder that does the work after the recording

Wave captures interviews on your phone, your laptop, or a video call — then gives you a verbatim transcript with speaker labels and an AI summary. Quote pulls, theme extraction, and follow-up questions become a five-minute job instead of a two-hour one.

The problems you know too well

Re-listening to find one quote takes hours

You know the quote is in there somewhere. Wave's speaker-labeled transcript and natural-language search across your interview history find it in seconds.

Speaker names get lost in long transcripts

Generic 'Speaker 1' / 'Speaker 2' labels are useless when you've got a stack of interviews. Wave's Voice ID labels recurring subjects by name across every future interview automatically.

Note-taking pulls you out of the conversation

Good interviews need full attention — eye contact, follow-up questions, pauses. Wave records cleanly in the background so you can actually listen.

Features

Everything you need to capture every conversation

Record in person, on the phone, or on video

Use the iPhone or Android app for in-person interviews. Use the Phone Bridge to record an iPhone call. Use the calendar meeting bot for a Zoom, Meet, or Teams interview. Same account, same output format.

Speaker-labeled transcripts in 76 languages

Verbatim transcripts with automatic speaker attribution, including across mixed-language interviews. Voice ID remembers recurring subjects by name.

Interview-specific AI summary template

The built-in Interview template extracts background, key quotes with attribution, themes that emerged, and follow-ups worth asking. Or customize the template to match your editorial format.

Search across every interview you've ever done

Wave Assistant searches and chats across your entire recording history — ask 'who mentioned the new pricing structure' and Wave returns the exact moments across years of interviews.

Export quotes and transcripts cleanly

Export to Notion, Google Docs, OneNote, PDF, DOCX, or email. Generate a public share link if you want to send a verbatim transcript to a source for review.

Perfect for

Journalists doing source interviews — in person, on the phone, or over videoUser researchers running customer interviews at scaleHiring managers running structured interviews and capturing candidate evidencePodcasters generating shownotes and pull quotes from full episodesAnthropologists, sociologists, and historians capturing oral historiesConsultants doing discovery interviews across client stakeholders
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