HarrySee who’s talking.

Settings

People Harry knows

Add family and friends before you hand the phone over: their name, a photo and a short recording of their voice. Harry then puts their name and photo on their words as they talk.

    Kept only on this device. Voices are stored as a rough sound profile (pitch and tone), not recordings. Sharing makes a file with these names, photos and voice profiles, so only send it to people you trust, and ask before adding someone’s voice.

    Speech recognition

    Names, places and everyday words that get misheard. Separate them with commas. Harry will favour these words when it isn’t sure.

    Captions

    How readily Harry decides a new person is talking. Two people with very similar voices can still end up as one; tap a name to fix it.
    Laughter, sighs, gasps, crying, clapping, coughs and sneezes appear between the captions. They’re recognised on this phone itself; nothing extra is sent anywhere.

    This conversation

    The conversation is kept in this browser until you start a new one, so a refresh won’t lose it.

    Saved conversations

      Home screen

      Privacy

      Harry keeps everything on this device: conversations, people, photos and settings. Nothing is stored on a website or in an account. To turn speech into text, the sound is sent over an encrypted connection to the speech service while Harry is listening (see Speech recognition above); the words come back and are kept only here. Sounds such as laughter are recognised on this phone itself. Photos are shrunk and any hidden details inside them, such as where they were taken, are removed.

      Use this before giving the device to someone else. It can’t be undone.

      Make Harry work without internet?

      Harry can keep making captions when there’s no signal, right here on the phone.

      It needs a one-off download of about 95 MB. If your mobile data is limited, wait until you’re on Wi-Fi. Offline captions are English only and a little less accurate than usual.

      Put Harry on your home screen

      Open Harry with one tap, full screen, just like an app.

      It also keeps your people and conversations safe. Safari can clear what a website has saved if it isn’t opened for a week, but Harry on your home screen keeps them.

      Your phone will ask if you want to add Harry. Tap Install or Add.

      1. Tap at the bottom right, next to the web address.
      2. Tap Share.
      3. Tap Share at the bottom of the screen. If you can’t see it, tap ••• first.
      4. Tap Share at the top right. If you can’t see it, tap ••• first.
      5. Tap Share. In Chrome it’s next to the web address; in other browsers look in the ••• menu.
      6. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
      7. Leave Open as Web App switched on, if you see it, then tap Add.
      8. Tap the menu at the top right.
      9. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
      10. Tap the menu at the bottom right.
      11. Tap Add page to, then Home screen.
      12. Tap Install or Add.
      13. iPhone or iPad: open Harry in Safari. Tap Share (on newer iPhones, tap ••• first), then Add to Home Screen.
      14. Android: open Harry in Chrome. Tap the menu ⋮, then Add to Home screen.

      Can’t see Add to Home Screen? You may be inside another app, such as WhatsApp. Open this page in Safari, then try again.

      Opened from WhatsApp or another app? Tap the menu and choose Open in Chrome first.

      This person

      For your own voice, or anyone you can already hear. Their turns show as a single line so you still know they spoke.
      Choosing someone moves all of these captions to them.

      Start a new conversation?

      Saved conversations stay on this device. Find them in Settings, under Saved conversations, where you can read, copy or download them.

      Add a person

      Their voiceNot recorded yet

      Who said this?

      For your own voice, or anyone you can already hear. Their turns shrink to a single line.

      Change who said it