How can I use Apple voice recognition for good?

[JSH]

I switched from Google Pixels to an iPhone last week. (Pixel 9 pro to iPhone 14 pro)

Early experience with text to speech with an iPhone:

Notes accurately translates my speech to a note. It cannot be used to record other audio like a lecutre.

Voice Memo will accurately record my TV without errors - if it is close to the TV. Across the room it is maybe 90 - 95% accurate. It likely would work for a lecture with an external microphone. Voice memo works on phones back to the iPhone 5S. (IOS 10 or later)



Personally I used various prepaid plans and have used most of them over the years. More recently I've used Cricket (AT&T), Mint (T-Mobile), and now Visible (Verizon). My 1 year special rate was about to expire so I signed up with a new email / phone number last week. They had a deal that if you purchased a used phone from their partner site (Back Market) you got their $45 a month Visible + unlimited plan for $30 a month for 3 years.

So that is what I did as there really was no risk since the phone has a 30 day return window. The used phone was good. Iphone 14 Pro 1 Tb of memory for $530 ("excellent" condition rating). Not bad for a 2 year old phone that original sold for $1500. The 1TB is excessive but it was on sale and cheaper than the 512 version if I went with the "deep purple" color. Should be good for 4 years before needing a replacement do to IOS support ending.