April 17, 2025 • 7 mins
Rich DeMuro joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about the latest in the tech world like Apple’s newest recycling offer.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now one of our favorite segments. Rich DeMuro rich on
Tech has heard Sunday nights from eight to eleven PM
on WOR, and you can also reach out to Rich
on Instagram at rich on Tech is the address on Instagram.
And Hey, Rich, thanks a lot for being here again,
appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Hey, good morning, Hugh Larry, thank you, Tony.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Do you now let's pretend that I am a caller
into your show on WOR from eight to eleven PM
for a moment. Is that okay?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Sure?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
All right, Hey Rich? I love your show. Longtime listener,
first time caller. I have this problem when I ride
into work. I have some ideas and I want to
have them written down for a show I do, and
of course I can't write anything down because I'm driving
in the car. Is there a good dictation app that
you would suggest?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Absolutely? And I share the same issue because I run
a radio show as well, and I often come up
with things on the fly and I want to remember them.
And this is the best solution that I have found.
I've got several. Actually, the first is called Whisper Memos.
What I love about this whispermemos dot Com is that
(01:12):
it is on your iPhone, but it's also on your
Apple Watch if you end up getting one of those.
You tap one thing and it immediately starts recording and
you can say whatever you want. It will use AI
to transcribe what you say. And this is the best part.
It'll be waiting in your email inbox when you get
to the station, so that way you don't have to
(01:32):
look in the app or figure out where you know
remember that you even said something, because they'll just all
be there. So that's number one. This is spot on.
It works every day. I've used this since day one,
launched a year or two ago, and I absolutely love it.
The other thing I love if you're at your computer
and you just want to do voice dictation, there's an
(01:53):
app called whisper Flow. This is they drop the hwisp
r flow and this is my preferred dictation app on
my computer. I'm not kidding, Larry. I can get through emails.
I came back from vacation yesterday. I got through one
hundred emails in you know, an hour or so because
everything was voice dictated and it gets everything perfect thanks
(02:15):
to AI. So I love that one. How am I
doing so far?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
That was great? Hey, listen how much does this cost?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Okay, So the Whisper Memos is basically thirty bucks for
the whole year. I think they might have raised prices
because it's so popular, but you can start out with
a free trial. Try it out, see if it works
for you. It's like, you know, remember those little micro
cassette recorders we had in the past, Like the tiny
little tape recorders. It's kind of like that, but a
high tech version of it. Now, if you want something
(02:43):
that's standalone, there is a product called Plaud Plaud. I
took a tour of a high school yesterday for my kid,
and I just had this little thing recording the whole
time of the tour so I can, you know, take
notes later. And it basically records everything, kind of like
a microt except it is a tiny business card sized
(03:04):
recorder that's fully digital, and it sinks to your phone
all the audio that it hears, and then it summarizes
it using AI. So that's also incredible. And let me
give you one more solution while I'm at it. I've
also been a user of this since day one. This
is called voice notes dot com and it is similar
to what I mentioned earlier with Whisper memos. Except think
(03:26):
of this as a digital notebook, and so anything you
say into this notebook, it saves forever. But it also
uses AI to organize that notebook. So, for instance, when
my kids say something silly, I record it into this notebook,
the voice text, and then it gives me a list
underneath that one memo that I just made of all
(03:47):
the other related things that my kids said. That was
kind of funny. So I have these things called Tannerisms.
My kid's name is Tanner says these silly things. Not
only does it show me the one I just recorded,
but all the previous ones so I can reference them
as well, or you can just ask it for whatever
you want.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Well, that's adorable Tannerisms. Hey, listen, Rich, you had no
idea I was going to ask that question, and that
was amazing. That's the kind of stuff you can get
from Rich and Rich on Tech on Sunday nights from
eight to eleven on WOOR. If you have a tech question,
He's the guy to listen to and ask your questions to.
Speaking of which, I love this story about Apple giving
(04:23):
you a discount on accessories if you bring in an
old item to recycle. How old are we talking anything.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Well, yeah, well here's the deal. So there's two things
that can happen. You can either get a gift card
for the trade in value of the thing you're bringing in,
and they will decide, you know, they'll take a look
at it, do their little valuation, and then give you
a gift card on the spot if it qualifies. If not,
you can just leave it there and they will take
it off your hands. So did you even know, Larry,
(04:54):
that the Apple Store does like recycling of old products?
Because I didn't, no, not at all. How did you
fin Yeah, well, you know, they contacted me, Hey, Rich,
did you know we do this? And I said no,
I didn't. And you know, as a tech person, I've
always recommended places like Best Buy and Staples they have
great recycling programs, but the Apple Store. So I brought
(05:16):
in a bunch of products. I brought in an old iPad,
an old Android phone, and two laptops that I literally
just had sitting in my closet that I had purchased,
and they were my old laptops. One I knew was
worth money, the other I thought was going to be trashed. Well,
they said the first one I gave me like a
nine hundred dollars for the second one, which I literally
(05:36):
thought I was just going to recycle. They said, this
is worth one hundred and ten dollars. This thing has
been sitting in my drawer for years, maybe four years.
I said, absolutely, take it off my hands. Android phone
wasn't worth anything. They recycled it properly. Had a swollen battery,
no problem, a bunch of cables, old iPad didn't turn on.
They took that, no problem. So right now, if you
(05:56):
bring something in to Apple, they're going to give you
ten percent of off selected accessories, which I've never even
heard of a discounted Apple, but that's happening right now.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Hey, rich you know, I have a ton of you know,
tech in my house just piling up that are not
used anymore. But I'm always afraid to do anything with
them because i don't know what I should do before
I recycle it. I'm afraid my information might get out there.
What do you do with your products before you do that?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Yeah, that is a great question and a valid concern
for sure. If you know, if you have the tech
know how to kind of factory reset them. A lot
of the products nowadays you can just go into the
settings and reset. If they don't charge up or turn
on Apple, and I asked them this specifically, they will
guide you. If they can help you do it. They
will guide you to get your data off of there,
help you make a backup, or at least wipe it clean.
(06:44):
If they can't. They work with suppliers that responsibly erase
this stuff, of course without stealing your information. And if
you have a passcode on that device or a password,
they're not going to be able to easily access the
information on there anyway. They will instantly wipe it clean
before they recycle it. But I would get rid of it.
This is an easy way to bring in your old
(07:05):
stuff and have them take care of it.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
How good is rich de Muro. You can hear him
on rich on Tech every Sunday night from eight to
eleven on woor and you can contact him yourself with
your questions at rich on Tech on Instagram. Rich talk
to you next week.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Thanks, thanks, appreciate it.
Now one of our favorite segments. Rich DeMuro rich on
Tech has heard Sunday nights from eight to eleven PM
on WOR, and you can also reach out to Rich
on Instagram at rich on Tech is the address on Instagram.
And Hey, Rich, thanks a lot for being here again,
appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Hey, good morning, Hugh Larry, thank you, Tony.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Do you now let's pretend that I am a caller
into your show on WOR from eight to eleven PM
for a moment. Is that okay?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Sure?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
All right, Hey Rich? I love your show. Longtime listener,
first time caller. I have this problem when I ride
into work. I have some ideas and I want to
have them written down for a show I do, and
of course I can't write anything down because I'm driving
in the car. Is there a good dictation app that
you would suggest?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Absolutely? And I share the same issue because I run
a radio show as well, and I often come up
with things on the fly and I want to remember them.
And this is the best solution that I have found.
I've got several. Actually, the first is called Whisper Memos.
What I love about this whispermemos dot Com is that
(01:12):
it is on your iPhone, but it's also on your
Apple Watch if you end up getting one of those.
You tap one thing and it immediately starts recording and
you can say whatever you want. It will use AI
to transcribe what you say. And this is the best part.
It'll be waiting in your email inbox when you get
to the station, so that way you don't have to
(01:32):
look in the app or figure out where you know
remember that you even said something, because they'll just all
be there. So that's number one. This is spot on.
It works every day. I've used this since day one,
launched a year or two ago, and I absolutely love it.
The other thing I love if you're at your computer
and you just want to do voice dictation, there's an
(01:53):
app called whisper Flow. This is they drop the hwisp
r flow and this is my preferred dictation app on
my computer. I'm not kidding, Larry. I can get through emails.
I came back from vacation yesterday. I got through one
hundred emails in you know, an hour or so because
everything was voice dictated and it gets everything perfect thanks
(02:15):
to AI. So I love that one. How am I
doing so far?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
That was great? Hey, listen how much does this cost?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Okay, So the Whisper Memos is basically thirty bucks for
the whole year. I think they might have raised prices
because it's so popular, but you can start out with
a free trial. Try it out, see if it works
for you. It's like, you know, remember those little micro
cassette recorders we had in the past, Like the tiny
little tape recorders. It's kind of like that, but a
high tech version of it. Now, if you want something
(02:43):
that's standalone, there is a product called Plaud Plaud. I
took a tour of a high school yesterday for my kid,
and I just had this little thing recording the whole
time of the tour so I can, you know, take
notes later. And it basically records everything, kind of like
a microt except it is a tiny business card sized
(03:04):
recorder that's fully digital, and it sinks to your phone
all the audio that it hears, and then it summarizes
it using AI. So that's also incredible. And let me
give you one more solution while I'm at it. I've
also been a user of this since day one. This
is called voice notes dot com and it is similar
to what I mentioned earlier with Whisper memos. Except think
(03:26):
of this as a digital notebook, and so anything you
say into this notebook, it saves forever. But it also
uses AI to organize that notebook. So, for instance, when
my kids say something silly, I record it into this notebook,
the voice text, and then it gives me a list
underneath that one memo that I just made of all
(03:47):
the other related things that my kids said. That was
kind of funny. So I have these things called Tannerisms.
My kid's name is Tanner says these silly things. Not
only does it show me the one I just recorded,
but all the previous ones so I can reference them
as well, or you can just ask it for whatever
you want.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Well, that's adorable Tannerisms. Hey, listen, Rich, you had no
idea I was going to ask that question, and that
was amazing. That's the kind of stuff you can get
from Rich and Rich on Tech on Sunday nights from
eight to eleven on WOOR. If you have a tech question,
He's the guy to listen to and ask your questions to.
Speaking of which, I love this story about Apple giving
(04:23):
you a discount on accessories if you bring in an
old item to recycle. How old are we talking anything.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Well, yeah, well here's the deal. So there's two things
that can happen. You can either get a gift card
for the trade in value of the thing you're bringing in,
and they will decide, you know, they'll take a look
at it, do their little valuation, and then give you
a gift card on the spot if it qualifies. If not,
you can just leave it there and they will take
it off your hands. So did you even know, Larry,
(04:54):
that the Apple Store does like recycling of old products?
Because I didn't, no, not at all. How did you
fin Yeah, well, you know, they contacted me, Hey, Rich,
did you know we do this? And I said no,
I didn't. And you know, as a tech person, I've
always recommended places like Best Buy and Staples they have
great recycling programs, but the Apple Store. So I brought
(05:16):
in a bunch of products. I brought in an old iPad,
an old Android phone, and two laptops that I literally
just had sitting in my closet that I had purchased,
and they were my old laptops. One I knew was
worth money, the other I thought was going to be trashed. Well,
they said the first one I gave me like a
nine hundred dollars for the second one, which I literally
(05:36):
thought I was just going to recycle. They said, this
is worth one hundred and ten dollars. This thing has
been sitting in my drawer for years, maybe four years.
I said, absolutely, take it off my hands. Android phone
wasn't worth anything. They recycled it properly. Had a swollen battery,
no problem, a bunch of cables, old iPad didn't turn on.
They took that, no problem. So right now, if you
(05:56):
bring something in to Apple, they're going to give you
ten percent of off selected accessories, which I've never even
heard of a discounted Apple, but that's happening right now.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Hey, rich you know, I have a ton of you know,
tech in my house just piling up that are not
used anymore. But I'm always afraid to do anything with
them because i don't know what I should do before
I recycle it. I'm afraid my information might get out there.
What do you do with your products before you do that?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Yeah, that is a great question and a valid concern
for sure. If you know, if you have the tech
know how to kind of factory reset them. A lot
of the products nowadays you can just go into the
settings and reset. If they don't charge up or turn
on Apple, and I asked them this specifically, they will
guide you. If they can help you do it. They
will guide you to get your data off of there,
help you make a backup, or at least wipe it clean.
(06:44):
If they can't. They work with suppliers that responsibly erase
this stuff, of course without stealing your information. And if
you have a passcode on that device or a password,
they're not going to be able to easily access the
information on there anyway. They will instantly wipe it clean
before they recycle it. But I would get rid of it.
This is an easy way to bring in your old
(07:05):
stuff and have them take care of it.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
How good is rich de Muro. You can hear him
on rich on Tech every Sunday night from eight to
eleven on woor and you can contact him yourself with
your questions at rich on Tech on Instagram. Rich talk
to you next week.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Thanks, thanks, appreciate it.
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