Productivity · Web app
ElevenLabs Transcription Shortcut
Apple Shortcut replacing native dictation using ElevenLabs Scribe and OpenAI cleanup
An Apple Shortcuts workflow designed to replace standard device dictation. It records spoken audio, transcribes it through the ElevenLabs Scribe API, refines and formats the text with OpenAI, and copies the clean result directly to the clipboard.
What it's for
- Dictate long messages or notes with automatic punctuation and formatting
- Replace native iPhone dictation via the Action button for higher accuracy
- Transcribe audio snippets directly to the clipboard on macOS via keyboard shortcuts
Features
- Records voice input on iOS or macOS devices
- Sends audio files to the ElevenLabs Scribe API endpoint for speech-to-text
- Sends raw transcription to OpenAI to clean up verbal corrections and format output
- Copies final processed text straight to the system clipboard
- Configurable with personal API keys for both ElevenLabs and OpenAI
Pricing
Free. Shortcut is free; requires paid or free-tier API keys for ElevenLabs and OpenAI
Details
- Type
- Web app
- Category
- Productivity
- Topic
- Text to Speech
- Open source
- No
- Platforms
- iOS, macOS
- For
- Apple users seeking accurate, AI-formatted voice dictation using their own API keys
- Alternative to
- Apple Dictation, Whisper Memos, Superwhisper
- Tags
- shortcuts, dictation, transcription, elevenlabs, openai, speech to text
Why it was saved
- @lukeharries: More accurate than native dictation, allows verbal corrections, and adds line breaks and formatting automatically.
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