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Open the app and download the speech model under 1. Speech model (about 465 MB; Wi-Fi recommended). Then tap Open Settings, then Keyboards, and turn on Dictation and Allow Full Access. You can also add it from Settings › General › Keyboard › Keyboards › Add New Keyboard.

Back in the app, tap Turn on dictation. Now open any app, hold the globe key and choose Dictation. Tap the microphone, speak, then tap Stop. Your words appear at the cursor.

iOS doesn't let keyboards use the microphone, so the app does the listening and the speech recognition. Full Access lets the keyboard and the app pass small status messages to each other on your device. That is all it's used for. What you type stays in the keyboard and is never sent anywhere. Typing works without Full Access; only dictation needs it.

While dictation is turned on, the app keeps the microphone ready so the keyboard can start the moment you tap it, and iOS shows its microphone indicator. Only what you say between Record and Stop is turned into text, and that audio is deleted straight after. Turn dictation off in the app or with the power button on the keyboard. If a call or another app needs the microphone, dictation pauses and comes back by itself.

Tap it. The app opens and turns dictation on; then go back to your text field. If iOS closed the app in the background (after a restart, for example), this is how you turn it back on.

Yes, once the speech model is downloaded. The download happens only when you tap Download, and the model stays on your device (it isn't included in backups). Other models are optional under Advanced models; each downloads only when you choose it.

Everything is free for 7 days. Start the trial in the app with Start 7-day free trial, through Apple's purchase sheet at a price of zero. The 7 days count from your first dictation, not from when you install. The trial is not a subscription: it never renews, never charges you, and there is nothing to cancel.

After 7 days, dictation stops until you buy the Unlock: $9.99 in the US, paid once; the App Store shows your local price. Your saved transcripts stay readable and can still be copied or shared. Reinstalling or restoring doesn't restart a trial that has ended.

Tap the gear button in the app and choose Restore Purchases, signed in with the Apple Account that made the purchase. You may need an internet connection. If the App Store shows a purchase as pending (for example Ask to Buy), it unlocks by itself once approved. A refunded purchase no longer unlocks the app.

For billing questions or refunds, use Apple's Report a Problem; Apple handles all payments.

Open Transcripts (top right in the app) and swipe to delete one, or tap Delete all. To free the model's space, tap the trash button next to it under Speech model. Deleting the app removes everything it stored on your device.