Diction

the best speech-to-text keyboard for iPhone. on-device, cloud, or self-hosted. open-source. no limits, no catch. 🎙️

[Ondrej @machalaon]

just shipped Diction 8.0

built a real autocorrect engine for it
v7 had something. v8 actually works.

QWERTY also got a full layout pass — more compact, chips inline, numpad for number fields

https://t.co/bf9iYhzk3o

[Ondrej @machalaon]

🎙️ just shipped Diction 6.0

customize every key on the keyboard
rename, resize, drag to reorder — the whole row is yours

PARAKEET + WHISPER SMALL in for offline too

https://t.co/4QniHzIaXB

[Ondrej @machalaon]

spent weeks with actual hardware and wires for this.

Diction One is rebuilt from scratch — dedicated models per language, instant mic, genuinely fast. one of the best STT setups on iOS.

🎙️ Diction 5.0 is live
https://t.co/4QniHzIaXB

[Ondrej @machalaon]

‼️This is game changer!

https://t.co/bf9iYhzk3o

[Diction @diction_one]

‼️‼️just shipped Diction 4.0‼️‼️

select any text. say what you want changed. done.
speak to edit is the feature i didn't know i needed

hundreds of commits to get here. most stable version yet.

https://t.co/iqxryhdhYn

[Diction @diction_one]

🎙️ Diction 3.0 is out

dictate mid-sentence, it inserts correctly. select text, say what to change, it rewrites in place.

redesigned history with search. left-handed layout.

failed transcription? audio saved, retry from keyboard.

https://t.co/iqxryhdhYn

[Diction @diction_one]

everyone's adding AI features to their keyboard app

I removed the keyboard entirely

just a mic button. tap, speak, text appears wherever your cursor is. any app.

turns out most people don't want a smarter keyboard. they want to stop typing.

[Diction @diction_one]

@Frankishim0 nah it's been getting worse since iOS 18. the autocorrect changes broke something and apple won't admit it

[Diction @diction_one]

built an iOS keyboard extension and the hardest part wasn't the speech recognition

it's the 48MB memory limit. your keyboard gets killed silently if you go over. no crash log, no warning, just gone.

apple really doesn't want you replacing their keyboard

[Diction @diction_one]

oh no made a typo and X doesn't let me fix

"it's an iphone voice keyboard"

anyway more info here https://t.co/NLoB6UVTmg

[Diction @diction_one]

🚨‼️ Hey gang - meet Diction‼️🚨 It's an iPhone voice been building that does one thing: speech to text.
!! On-device. Self-hosted. Encrypted. Open source !!

Still in alpha and I've got a lot to share. Follow along - exciting things coming.

https://t.co/XvvfSrGHgY