Patriarchal blessing transcription via App or AI?

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Is there a recommended tool for voice to text transcription of Patriarchal blessings?

Our stake set apart a new patriarch today, and he will be receiving the prior patriarch's hardware. The stake president is young and suggested using an app for converting voice to text, but didn't specify anything specific. I'm the stake high councilor assigned to technology, so I have ideas for solutions, but don't want to reinvent the wheel or break protocol.

Obviously, trust but verify. Technology is getting better and better with accuracy. I searched this community and found reference to "Dragon naturally speaking", but nothing newer than that. I'll open the conversation (and future searches) up to AI engines (ChatGPT prompt: "transcribe this audio file") or OneNote or a voice recorder app. Some AI engines will absorb the content to a server, and other programs will work locally with nothing leaving the device...the latter is required.

The only limitation I've found is the small paradox for text:

Blessings may either be transcribed directly into the text box provided on the screen or transcribed into a word processing program and then copied and pasted into the text box provided. No copies of blessings should be saved to the computer.

Since the browser window might timeout before transcription is complete, typing into MS Word would be good. When done, copy and paste. That word document would probably auto-save the draft copy, and I'm sure the letter of the law is to prevent the patriarch from amassing a library of the blessings they gave. (Possibly to avoid copying blocks of similar text from one person to another.)

[BrianEdwards]

I'm uncertain if you got your "paradox text" reference from this document Creating Blessings in the Patriarchal Blessing System. A bit earlier in that section it also states that a scribe can be called to help with transcribing blessings. This appears to indicate a human transcription is desired, although I guess maybe the scribe could be the one using the tech solution instead of manually writing it out. But the FAQ references another document "Calling a Scribe for the Patriarch" that I couldn't locate, which may or may not have additional details.

The date of the FAQ is Sep 2023, but of course with AI and translation apps, the Church continues to evolve in what it permits and supports. It may be that there is newer information that hasn't made its way into other support materials, or that may be only available to the Patriarch himself.

I personally wouldn't have an issue with using a non-cloud tool to create the transcribed text, since regardless of how the transcription occurs, there is clear wording in the FAQ about the responsibility of the Patriarch to carefully review the transcription for accuracy (grammatical as well as spiritual). And it may well be that other Forum members already know of Patriarchs doing something like what you describe.