Recording your first entry
Raise your wrist, tap record, speak for up to 30 seconds. The watch transfers audio to your iPhone for on-device transcription and analysis.
Recording from the watch
Raise your wrist, open Cairn and tap the record button. Speak for up to thirty seconds; the watch stops on its own. You do not need your iPhone nearby — the recording waits on the watch and transfers when the two are together again.
Recording from the iPhone
The same button sits at the bottom of the timeline. Use it when you would rather not talk to your wrist in public, or when you want to say more than half a minute allows.
What happens next
Transcription runs first, then the mood and energy analysis. On a fresh install the speech model may need a few minutes to prepare itself the first time; after that an entry is usually ready within seconds of you finishing.