[Findings](/findings/index.md) / UX-062

# The transcript is cleaned up in a second pass without saying when, or what changed

Open · low severity · failure · Claude app (iPhone and iPad)

## What we saw

After the live transcript, a second pass rewrites the text to tidy it up. The result is usually better, but nothing shows that it happened, when it happened, or which words were changed from what was actually said.

## Why it matters

The reader can no longer tell their own words from the model's interpretation of them, so they cannot tell what to check. For an instruction to an agent, a quietly changed word can change the task.

## The fix

Mark the moment the second pass runs, highlight words it changed, and offer "show what I said" or a one-tap revert to the raw transcript.

## The record

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Status** | Open |
| **Severity** | Low |
| **Kind** | Failure: works against the reader |
| **Product** | [Claude app (iPhone and iPad)](/findings/?product=claude-app-ios), app |
| **Where** | Message box, voice input |
| **Problems** | [Silent change](/findings/?problem=silent-change) |
| **Visibility** | [Subtle](/findings/?visibility=subtle): felt more than seen: it costs attention or trust, but is not noticed as a bug |
| **Recommendation** | [Show what changed](/findings/?recommendation=show-what-changed): when the system rewrites what the reader made, mark it, and let them see and undo the change |
| **Area** | [Input and dictation](/findings/?area=input) |
| **Breaks** | [Say who wrote it, and how](/principles/index.md#say-who-wrote-it) |
| **Observed** | 2026-10-25, not recorded |
| **Last checked** | 2026-10-25, not recorded |
| **Environment** | Claude app on iPad, landscape, dictating a message into a Claude Code session |
| **Source** | [Reported by Dinis Cruz, 25 Oct 2026, by voice, with a screenshot](/method/index.md#reports-from-readers) |

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