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You can put it to sleep at any time.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Voice models", "question": "What are the voice models?", "answer": "English uses Parakeet TDT 0.6B v2 and is the default. Multilingual uses Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3 and covers 25 European languages. Ultra is Parakeet v3 trained further by moondream for fewer errors in those same 25 languages. It is in testing and is not in the app yet. All three are open models that run on your iPhone.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Voice models", "question": "Which model should I pick?", "answer": "If you only dictate in English, keep English. If you switch between languages, download Multilingual. You can change at any time in the app, and one model is active at a time.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Voice models", "question": "How big is the download?", "answer": "The English model is about 440 MB. The app tells you the size and asks before it downloads, and you can limit it to Wi-Fi.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Privacy", "question": "Does my voice leave my phone?", "answer": "No. Audio is transcribed on the device and then discarded. There is no account, no analytics and no cloud transcription. The only download is the speech model itself.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Privacy", "question": "Why does it ask for Full Access?", "answer": "iOS requires Full Access for a keyboard to talk to its own app, which is where the microphone and the model live. Keyspoken makes no network requests from the keyboard. Delete and return work without it.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Privacy", "question": "Does it work offline?", "answer": "Yes. Once the model is downloaded, dictation works in airplane mode.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Before you download", "question": "Is there an app that types what you say?", "answer": "Yes. Keyspoken types what you say at the cursor, in any app on your iPhone where a keyboard appears. It runs the speech model on the phone and does not replace your keyboard.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Before you download", "question": "Is Keyspoken free? Is there a subscription?", "answer": "Keyspoken will be free, with no subscription, no word limit and no account. It is in final testing and is not on the App Store yet.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Before you download", "question": "Does Keyspoken work on iPad, Android, Mac or Windows?", "answer": "No. Keyspoken is built for iPhone.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Before you download", "question": "Is Keyspoken a Whisper keyboard?", "answer": "No. It does not use OpenAI's Whisper. It runs NVIDIA's open Parakeet TDT models on the device.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Before you download", "question": "Does voice to text use data?", "answer": "Not with Keyspoken. Transcription happens on the iPhone, so it uses no mobile data. The only download is the speech model, once, at setup.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Before you download", "question": "Can I dictate text messages and emails with it?", "answer": "Yes. It works in Messages, Mail and any other app where a keyboard appears. iOS does not allow custom keyboards in password fields.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Privacy", "question": "Who makes Keyspoken?", "answer": "Kymata Labs LLC, a technology studio in Washington state. You can reach a person at contact@kymatalabs.com.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/faq" }, { "topic": "Dictation app for iPhone", "question": "Is there an app that types what you say?", "answer": "Yes. Keyspoken is one: you talk, and it types your words at the cursor in whatever app you are using. The iPhone's built-in dictation does this too. Keyspoken differs by running an open speech model on the device, with no account, and by not replacing your keyboard.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/dictation-app-for-iphone" }, { "topic": "Dictation app for iPhone", "question": "Is Keyspoken free?", "answer": "Keyspoken will be free, with no subscription, no word limit and no account. It is in final testing and is not yet on the App Store.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/dictation-app-for-iphone" }, { "topic": "Dictation app for iPhone", "question": "Does Keyspoken work on iPad, Android, Mac or Windows?", "answer": "No. Keyspoken is built for iPhone.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/dictation-app-for-iphone" }, { "topic": "Voice to text keyboard", "question": "Is Keyspoken an AI voice keyboard?", "answer": "It uses an AI speech recognition model to turn your voice into text, and it runs that model on your iPhone. It does not use a chatbot to rewrite or rephrase what you said.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/voice-to-text-keyboard" }, { "topic": "Voice to text keyboard", "question": "Is Keyspoken a Whisper keyboard?", "answer": "No. Keyspoken does not use OpenAI's Whisper. It runs NVIDIA's open Parakeet TDT models on the device.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/voice-to-text-keyboard" }, { "topic": "Voice to text keyboard", "question": "Do I lose my normal keyboard?", "answer": "No. Keyspoken has no letter keys and does not replace your keyboard. You switch to it to dictate and it switches you back.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/voice-to-text-keyboard" }, { "topic": "Offline dictation", "question": "Does voice to text use data?", "answer": "It depends on the app. Keyspoken uses no data to transcribe, because the speech model runs on your iPhone. The only download is the model itself, once, at setup.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/offline-dictation" }, { "topic": "Offline dictation", "question": "Can I dictate without internet on iPhone?", "answer": "Yes. Keyspoken transcribes on the device, so it works with no connection once its model is downloaded.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/offline-dictation" }, { "topic": "Offline dictation", "question": "Does iPhone dictation work in airplane mode?", "answer": "For many languages, yes. Apple says built-in dictation is processed on the iPhone in many languages with no internet connection. Keyspoken also works in airplane mode once its speech model is downloaded.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/offline-dictation" }, { "topic": "Offline dictation", "question": "Do both voice models work offline?", "answer": "Yes. The English model and the multilingual model both run on the device.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/offline-dictation" }, { "topic": "Private dictation", "question": "Is my voice sent to a server?", "answer": "No. Keyspoken transcribes on the iPhone and has no cloud transcription.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/private-dictation" }, { "topic": "Private dictation", "question": "Does Keyspoken record what I type on my normal keyboard?", "answer": "No. Keyspoken has no letter keys and cannot see what you type on other keyboards.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/private-dictation" }, { "topic": "Private dictation", "question": "Is my voice used to train AI?", "answer": "No. Keyspoken has no way to send audio anywhere, and the model on your phone does not change as you use it.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/private-dictation" }, { "topic": "Comparing dictation apps", "question": "Is Keyspoken an alternative to Wispr Flow or Superwhisper on iPhone?", "answer": "It does the same core job, turning speech into text in any app, in a different way: with no letter keys, on-device only, using open models and no account. Whether it suits you better depends on whether you want those things or want AI rewriting and a full keyboard.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/alternatives" }, { "topic": "Comparing dictation apps", "question": "Is Keyspoken open source?", "answer": "The speech models it runs are open: NVIDIA Parakeet TDT under CC BY 4.0, through the Apache 2.0 FluidAudio runtime. The Keyspoken app itself is not open source.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/alternatives" }, { "topic": "Comparing dictation apps", "question": "Is Keyspoken better than Apple dictation?", "answer": "We have no measured comparison with Apple dictation, so we make no claim. It is different: an open on-device model, custom vocabulary, whole-dictation Undo and a zero-touch routine. Try both.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/alternatives" }, { "topic": "How to dictate on iPhone", "question": "Can I dictate text messages on iPhone?", "answer": "Yes. Tap the message field, then use the microphone key for built-in dictation, or switch to Keyspoken with the globe key and talk.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/how-to-dictate-on-iphone" }, { "topic": "How to dictate on iPhone", "question": "How do I dictate an email?", "answer": "Tap the body of the email, start dictation, and speak. Read it through before sending, as any speech recognition can mishear.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/how-to-dictate-on-iphone" }, { "topic": "How to dictate on iPhone", "question": "Why is my iPhone dictation not working?", "answer": "The usual causes are the microphone permission being off, Enable Dictation being off, or another app using the microphone. For Keyspoken, also check that Full Access is on.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/how-to-dictate-on-iphone" }, { "topic": "25 languages", "question": "Can I dictate in Spanish on iPhone with Keyspoken?", "answer": "Yes. Spanish is one of the 25 languages the Multilingual model covers.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/languages" }, { "topic": "25 languages", "question": "Which languages does Keyspoken support?", "answer": "English with the default model. With the Multilingual model: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/languages" }, { "topic": "25 languages", "question": "Does Keyspoken support Chinese, Japanese, Arabic or Hindi?", "answer": "Not at this time. The models cover English and 25 European languages.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/languages" }, { "topic": "iPhone dictation commands", "question": "How do I add punctuation when dictating on iPhone?", "answer": "Say the name of the mark, such as \"comma\", \"period\" or \"question mark\". In many languages the iPhone also adds punctuation automatically. You can turn that off in Settings, General, Keyboard, Auto-Punctuation.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/iphone-dictation-commands" }, { "topic": "iPhone dictation commands", "question": "How do I capitalize a word with iPhone dictation?", "answer": "Say \"cap\" before the word to capitalize it, or \"all caps\" to make the whole word uppercase. \"Caps on\" and \"caps off\" capitalize each word in between.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/iphone-dictation-commands" }, { "topic": "iPhone dictation commands", "question": "How do I start a new paragraph with iPhone dictation?", "answer": "Say \"new paragraph\". For a single line break, say \"new line\".", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/iphone-dictation-commands" }, { "topic": "Dictation not working", "question": "Why is the microphone missing from my iPhone keyboard?", "answer": "Dictation is probably turned off. Go to Settings, General, Keyboard and turn on Enable Dictation. The microphone key then appears on the keyboard.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/iphone-dictation-not-working" }, { "topic": "Dictation not working", "question": "Why does iPhone dictation stop after a few seconds?", "answer": "Built-in dictation stops when you tap the microphone or keyboard, and by itself after 30 seconds of silence. Tap the microphone again to continue.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/iphone-dictation-not-working" }, { "topic": "Dictation not working", "question": "Why is my iPhone dictating in the wrong language?", "answer": "Dictation follows the current keyboard. Touch and hold the globe key and choose the keyboard for the language you are speaking.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/iphone-dictation-not-working" }, { "topic": "Turn dictation on or off", "question": "How do I get the microphone back on my iPhone keyboard?", "answer": "Go to Settings, General, Keyboard and turn on Enable Dictation. The microphone key returns to the keyboard.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/turn-on-dictation-iphone" }, { "topic": "Turn dictation on or off", "question": "How do I turn off talk to text on iPhone?", "answer": "Go to Settings, General, Keyboard and turn off Enable Dictation.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/turn-on-dictation-iphone" }, { "topic": "Turn dictation on or off", "question": "Does turning on dictation cost anything?", "answer": "No. Dictation is built into the iPhone. Apple notes that cellular data charges may apply when you use it.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/turn-on-dictation-iphone" }, { "topic": "Change dictation language", "question": "How do I dictate in Spanish on iPhone?", "answer": "Add the Spanish keyboard under Settings, General, Keyboard, Keyboards. Then touch and hold the globe key, choose Spanish, tap the microphone key and speak.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/change-dictation-language-iphone" }, { "topic": "Change dictation language", "question": "Can iPhone dictation understand two languages at once?", "answer": "Built-in dictation uses the language of the current keyboard, so you switch keyboards to change language. Keyspoken's Multilingual model is one model trained on 25 European languages.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/change-dictation-language-iphone" }, { "topic": "Change dictation language", "question": "Why can't I find my language for dictation?", "answer": "Apple says Dictation may not be available in all languages or in all countries or regions.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/change-dictation-language-iphone" }, { "topic": "Is iPhone dictation private?", "question": "Does iPhone dictation send my voice to Apple?", "answer": "Apple says dictation is processed on the iPhone in many languages with no internet connection. Dictating into a search field may send the text to the search engine. If you opt in to Improve Siri and Dictation, Apple collects audio and text to improve the feature.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/is-iphone-dictation-private" }, { "topic": "Is iPhone dictation private?", "question": "What does on-device dictation mean?", "answer": "It means speech is turned into text by software running on the phone, so the audio does not need to be sent to a server.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/is-iphone-dictation-private" }, { "topic": "Is iPhone dictation private?", "question": "Is Keyspoken more private than built-in dictation?", "answer": "It works differently: Keyspoken has no cloud path, no account and no data-sharing setting for any language it supports. Apple's dictation is also on-device in many languages. Which you prefer is your call.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/is-iphone-dictation-private" }, { "topic": "Make dictation more accurate", "question": "Can I train iPhone dictation to recognize my voice?", "answer": "Apple's guide describes no training step. You can correct words by voice, for example \"Change tea to T-E-E\", and spell names after saying them.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/improve-iphone-dictation-accuracy" }, { "topic": "Make dictation more accurate", "question": "How do I add words to iPhone dictation?", "answer": "Built-in dictation has no word list in Apple's guide. Keyspoken has a custom vocabulary where you set how a name or term should be written.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/improve-iphone-dictation-accuracy" }, { "topic": "Make dictation more accurate", "question": "Why does dictation get names wrong?", "answer": "Speech models are trained on common words, so rare names and jargon are the hardest. Spelling the name after you say it, or using a custom vocabulary, fixes most of it.", "url": "https://keyspoken.com/improve-iphone-dictation-accuracy" } ] }