The FREE automation tool built into your iPhone 🤯

If you have an iPhone and an Open API Key, you can use native iPhone tools to generate all kinds of content/transformations without any third-party tools like Make.com or Zapier (or use them in tandem with those platforms).

🚀 Below is a quick overview of how to do it!

⬇️ I also included download links if you wanted to tinker.

📋 These shortcuts can...

Take a voice memo recorded on your phone or computer (activated from the share sheet)
Transcribe the audio using whisper (Open AI)
Use that transcription to create any number of additional transformations (creating outlines, tweets, etc...) all within the shortcuts app— no third-party tool required.
*OR* Pass the transcript along to an automation platform like Make.com or Zapier via webhook for further transformation (because let's be honest... they can do a lot more too)

❓Why would you want to do this?

Save Make.com executions and Time— since it is an instant trigger via webhook instead of having it "watching" every 15 minutes.
Save the hassle of using a dedicated tool/app like Slack to capture your audio.
Save money by keeping all of the automating on your phone (not relying on a third-party subscription... besides the nominal expense of Open AI Tokens)
OR maybe you just have simple things you'd like to automate that are disconnected from your database— like transforming a "brain dump" voice memo into a to do list, or simply creating a transcription note on your phone.

1️⃣ Here is an example I built that takes a voice memo, transcribes it, creates a title, summary, and bulleted outline with key details, creates a note on your phone, then gives you the option of passing along that info to a webhook for further trasnformation:

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/1d319dcb6771473daf113323018f9d68

2️⃣ Here is another simplified shortcut that just transcribes the audio and passes it along to your automation via webhook (with some optional steps to create a note too):

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/275c5eab9b71434da487e392d36b73bd

🎥 Here is a video walkthrough of each: https://youtu.be/3GP2hzuzZ78

* Note: Your phone will display a popup while the shortcut is running... So, as long as you don't mind the encroachment on your screen real estate (you can still navigate your phone while you wait), you should be all good.

📝 I added a bunch of comments to the shortcuts too, but if you need additional context/help, let me know!

👆

@Stephen G. Pope

I'm also happy to share some more resources with you if you want to share this kind of thing with your NCA community.

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