How to Label Different Speakers in a Voice Recording on iPhone (Fully Offline)

A transcript of a two-person interview is easy enough to follow. A transcript of a five-person meeting, with everyone's lines run together under one wall of text, is a different problem — you end up replaying the audio just to work out who said what.

OffgridScribe's speaker tagging fixes that as the recording happens, not after. This guide covers how to use it — entirely on your iPhone, no upload, no account.

Why tag speakers as you go

Labeling speakers after the fact means scrubbing back through the audio to match voices to names. Tagging in real time skips that entirely:

• Tap a name the moment a new voice starts, and every line after it is attributed automatically
• No replaying the recording afterward to work out who said what
• Useful for interviews, panel discussions, depositions, or any meeting with more than two people
• Still entirely on-device — attribution runs alongside transcription, with nothing sent to a server

Step by step

1. Open OffgridScribe and start a new recording, or import one already in progress.
2. When a new voice starts speaking, tap to add a speaker and give it a name.
3. Keep going — each time a different person starts talking, tag them the same way.
4. If you miss a tap or want to relabel someone, you can edit speaker names after transcription finishes.
5. Export the finished transcript as text, PDF, or Word, with each line attributed to the right speaker.

Frequently asked questions

Does speaker tagging work in real time, or after the recording is done?

Both. You can tag a speaker the moment a new voice starts talking, so the transcript is already attributed by the time you finish. You can also go back and relabel or merge speakers afterward if you missed a tap.

Does this work without an internet connection?

Yes — transcription and speaker tagging both happen on-device, so it works fully offline, including in Airplane Mode.

Is my recording uploaded anywhere to tell speakers apart?

No. Speaker attribution runs entirely on your iPhone, alongside transcription — nothing is sent to a server. See our Privacy Policy for details.

How many speakers can it tag?

As many as show up in your recording — tag a name each time a new voice joins, whether that's a two-person interview or a full meeting table.

More from Offgrid Studio

If you want the full workflow, How to Transcribe and Summarize a Recording on iPhone covers that end to end. If your recording is noisy, OffgridVox cleans up background noise the same way — entirely on-device.