While a session records, Earwig transcribes the room in real time. That is what powers the best part of an earmark: tap during a sentence and the mark carries the whole spoken line, so back at the desk you read the quote instead of guessing from a timecode.
Earwig separates voices automatically where it can, labelling them Speaker A, Speaker B and so on. Tap a speaker label on the transcript to rename them; the name applies across the session and carries through to Earwig Sync on the Mac. In Sync you can rename speakers the same way, by clicking the label.
Open any saved session to see the full transcript with your marks highlighted in their colours. The highlighted lines are your earmarks; tap one to jump to that moment. The session page can also email a shoot log, with the title, summary and transcript, to anyone who needs it.
You can run a session without transcription. Marks still save with clean timecodes; they just will not carry quotes. Marking without transcription is the most battery-friendly way to run a very long day.
Keeping the phone within earshot of the conversation makes both the transcript and the frame-accurate sync better. One placement, two wins.