Rich DeMuro

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Rich DeMuro is the tech reporter at KTLA-TV in Los Angeles and hosts the Rich on Tech Radio show, syndicated on radio stations nationwide.

Where to Find Them

Rich DeMuro hosts Rich On Tech and hosts and writes Rich on Tech . They have also been a guest on Apple Bitz XL w/ Brian Tong (10 times) , TechRadar Podcast (2 times) and Daily Tech News Show (2 times) .

Recently: “Free AI dictation, rideshare horror stories & a smarter way to buy a car (198, Oct. 31, 2026)” on Rich On Tech (October 2026); “The simple setting that can protect your phone number from hackers” on Rich on Tech (October 2026); “Rich On Tech Episode 198 - October 31, 2026” on Rich on Tech (October 2026); “Could hackers shut off your water? How local agencies are preparing for cyberattacks” on Rich on Tech (October 2026); “How to protect your phone number from hackers with a free security feature” on Rich on Tech (October 2026); “Zoom wants to make you look and sound better in meetings” on Rich on Tech (October 2026).

What They Said

“But can you imagine waking up? You have a company worth two billion dollars, and another company just comes along and says, oh, we're giving away what you do for free. We're literally just giving that away just to get people into the fold.” — Rich DeMuro, Rich On Tech

Rich was covering a new fight among AI dictation apps: Granola now offers free unlimited voice dictation, the core product of a paid rival he has used since day one. He recommends Granola to Mac users while noting the rival covers more platforms.

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Speaker 2

What?

Speaker 5

Yeah.

Rich DeMuro

So this has all been going down over the past couple of days. And it's now like a war between these two companies because WhisperFlow, and it's very good. I've used them since day one and they're excellent. And they have that now WhisperFlow has, it's W-I-S-P-R by the way, They have apps for Mac, Windows, iOS, Android. Right now, Granola has its note-taking app for iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows, but not the transcription, the voice dictation. That's only on Mac right now. And by the way, on WhisperFlow, I've dictated 700,000 words. 700,000 words. And so anyway, Granola, I used it, and it's great. I mean, it really does. And they offer unlimited transcription for free. Well, unlimited voice dictation for free. The transcription is a different thing. But my point is, if you have a Mac computer and you want to do voice to text, I mean, download Granola. It's like a no brainer. Whisperflow, I love. And I think that it's available in more places. And we're going to see what they kind of do to combat this. But can you imagine…

Speaker 5

Good afternoon. Glad to talk to you. I have a Hotmail email account and a Yahoo email account. Hotmail tells me We want to make sure you are who you say you are, so they want to send a code to my Yahoo email account and get that code and enter it into the Hotmail email account to let me into my…

Speaker 9

Sure.

Speaker 5

I go to my Yahoo email account to get the code. They want to send me a code. Well, they want to know that I am who I say I am. And they want to send a code to my Hotmail account.

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