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About Phonic Dictation

Phonic is a minimal dictation app for iPhone. Add the Phonic keyboard once. Then in any text field — Messages, Notes, Mail, anywhere — tap the keyboard's mic button and speak. Phonic transcribes your voice and inserts the text right where your cursor is. Three transcription options: • On-device — Whisper running entirely on your iPhone via Core ML. Nothing leaves your device. No API key. No internet. • Groq (default for cloud) — sub-second transcription quality with your own free Groq API key. • OpenAI — transcription through OpenAI's Whisper API with your own key. That's it. No accounts, no cloud-stored transcripts, no advertising, no analytics. You bring your own API key when using the cloud options; your voice and text never touch any Phonic-controlled servers. Phonic shows a level meter so you can see your voice register, a clear timer for armed sessions, and a basic editing keyboard so you can fix small mistakes without switching back to the system keyboard.

What’s new

Version 1.0.2 · Updated August 15, 2026

• Fixed a crash that could occur when re-arming the mic from the keyboard while your audio was switching routes (e.g. connecting AirPods or car Bluetooth) • Hindi dictation now comes out in Roman script (Hinglish) automatically — speak English or Hindi in the same mode, nothing to switch. A Settings toggle restores the previous behaviour • More reliable microphone recovery after calls and Siri announcements • Big reduction in background battery and storage activity while the mic is armed

App privacy

The developer, Anurag Gupta, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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