# Why no keyboard

> Keyspoken. Markdown copy of https://keyspoken.com/why-no-keyboard. Publisher: Kymata Labs LLC. Last updated: 2026-11-12.

On iPhone, only a keyboard can put text into another app, so dictation apps usually ship a full keyboard of their own. That changes the layout and autocorrect people are used to. Keyspoken has no letter keys. It keeps two keys, delete and return, and leaves typing to the user's own keyboard.

Design rules: it is not a keyboard; the best interaction is none; every control is about the dictation in progress; it always says what it is doing, in words.

Source: https://keyspoken.com/why-no-keyboard