Damn, how do you even transfer voice memos to a computer quickly? ...only thing I can find is third party...  I'm on Windows btw.
for songwriting, i usually record them directly into the computer. i used to use quicktime pro 7 but that is getting discontinued so i am kinda screwed and confused for a little while until i find something that can really do all the same things (for that, it's a lot of super handy editing with audio on the clipboard). but i can also use an external voice memo recorder, which plugs into usb. they usually don't need to be transfered right away, i mostly only do transfers when the device is full. actually the transfer speeds on that are quite slow, i've been using the same one for 10 years, it's on my to-do list to get a new one