How Xtraktr works

1. Talk

Open a session and say the rough version. The one that's still half-formed. Transcription runs on the iPhone's own chip, so it keeps up at full speaking speed and works with no signal: in the car, on a walk, in airplane mode.

Driving? Xtraktr works over CarPlay as a voice-only session. Say the idea, answer questions, arrive with your take. See brainstorming while you drive.

2. It asks one question at a time

After you talk, Xtraktr asks a question about the thing you just said. Not a generic prompt, but a question about the specific thing you claimed, or the example that doesn't quite prove it. You answer out loud, and it asks the next one.

You can steer the interview: Expand when you want more territory, Deepen when you want the why underneath, Clarify when you're being vague, Synthesize when it's time to find the through-line.

Why interviewing instead of dictation? Because answering questions is the fastest way to find out what you actually think. Here's the full argument.

3. Walk away with where you landed

When the interview is done, capture what you actually think in the format that fits: a summary, an outline, action items, a Q&A doc, a facts table, or a shareable card. Every format is built from your own words; Xtraktr restructures what you said, it doesn't invent opinions for you. Keep it for yourself, come back to it, change your mind later. Sharing is one option, not the point.

It also works on what you consume

See a video or an article worth responding to? Share it to Xtraktr, pick an angle (react, apply, challenge, connect), and it interviews you about the content. You walk away with your own take, not a summary of someone else's.

Where all this happens: on the phone

Transcription, the questions, the drafts, even the voice that reads replies back: all of it runs on the iPhone itself. Your words never touch our servers; there aren't any to send them to. Notes sync through your own private iCloud, and nowhere else. What on-device actually means.