Live Transcribe is an Android app developed by Research at Google. Others apps created by Research at Google are: Fabby, Fabby Look — hair color changer & style effects, Motion Stills, Project Activate.

Live Transcribe first became available on 03 Jun 2019. It is estimated that Live Transcribe has been downloaded between 500000000 and 1000000000 times from the Play Store.

Live Transcribe 6.0.473258425 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.

Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.

Allows an application to find out the space used by any package.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to modify global audio settings.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows an application to record audio.

Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT, shown on top of all other apps. Very few apps should use this permission; these windows are intended for system-level interaction with the user.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.