# A dictation app for iPhone that leaves your keyboard alone

> Keyspoken. Markdown copy of https://keyspoken.com/dictation-app-for-iphone. Publisher: Kymata Labs LLC. Last updated: 2026-11-12.

Keyspoken is a dictation app for iPhone that turns speech to text in any app. Talk, pause, and your words are typed. On-device, no account.

Source: https://keyspoken.com/dictation-app-for-iphone

### What it does

Keyspoken turns what you say into text, in any app where you can type: messages, mail, notes, search bars, documents. You switch to it with the globe key, talk, and pause. Your words are typed at the cursor and your own keyboard comes straight back.

It is a talk to text app in the plainest sense. It does not rewrite you, summarize you or change your tone. What you said is what gets typed.

### Why people look for a dictation app

The iPhone has dictation built in, and for many people it is enough. People who look for something else usually want one of three things.

- Speech to text that runs on the phone and sends nothing anywhere.
- A way to teach it the names and terms it keeps getting wrong.
- A routine with fewer taps: start talking, stop talking, done.

### How Keyspoken is different

- No letter keys. Most voice to text apps replace your whole keyboard. Keyspoken is a short strip, and typing stays on the keyboard you know.
- Zero touch. It listens as it opens, stops when you pause, inserts the text and switches you back.
- On-device. The speech model runs on your iPhone. No account, no analytics, no cloud.
- Open models. It runs NVIDIA's open Parakeet models, in English or in 25 European languages.

### What it is not

Keyspoken is not a meeting recorder, a note-taking app or a transcription service for audio files. It types what you say, where your cursor is. It is for iPhone only, and it is not yet on the App Store.

### Questions

**Is there an app that types what you say?**
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.

**Is Keyspoken free?**
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.

**Does Keyspoken work on iPad, Android, Mac or Windows?**
No. Keyspoken is built for iPhone.