Can Wave record an in-person interview from my phone?

Yes. Open the Wave app, press record, and place your phone between you and the subject. Wave keeps recording with the screen off and in the background. After the interview you get a transcript with speaker labels and a summary.

Can Wave record a phone call interview?

Yes. The iPhone Phone Bridge records incoming and outgoing phone calls — useful for source calls when meeting in person isn't possible.

How accurate are speaker labels?

Wave's speaker diarization is high quality and works even with 3+ speakers and overlapping speech. Once you've named a speaker in Voice ID, that person is automatically labeled by name in every future recording — so 'Alex' stays 'Alex' across an entire interview series.

What about consent — do I need to tell the subject I'm recording?

Yes, depending on jurisdiction. Recording laws vary — see our consent guide. As a general rule, getting clear verbal consent at the top of the recording is both ethically clean and legally protective in most jurisdictions. Wave does not bypass any consent prompts on the platforms it integrates with.

Can I export verbatim quotes for fact-checking?

Yes. Every transcript line has a timestamp. You can copy verbatim quotes with the timestamp attached for source verification, or share a public link to a specific session for source-side review.

Will Wave use my interviews to train AI?

No. Wave does not use your recordings, transcripts, or summaries to train AI models on any plan, including the free tier. See the Security page for details.

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

FAQs

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An interview recorder that does the work after the recording

The problems you know too well

Re-listening to find one quote takes hours

Speaker names get lost in long transcripts

Note-taking pulls you out of the conversation

Everything you need to capture every conversation

Record in person, on the phone, or on video

Speaker-labeled transcripts in 76 languages

Interview-specific AI summary template

Search across every interview you've ever done

Export quotes and transcripts cleanly

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