Send polished speech-to-text messages in seconds
Write clearly at the speed of your voice. Grammarly’s dictation feature converts your speech into send-ready messages—right in your Grammarly Keyboard for iOS.
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Write when you can’t type
Reply, draft, and prompt while you’re walking, commuting, or away from your desk.
Get instantly polished text
Grammarly removes filler words and grammar mistakes before the text hits your screen.
Control what’s transcribed
The mic turns on only when you tap, and iOS shows when Grammarly is listening.
Send clean, accurate messages with just your voice
Grammarly’s speech-to-text feature does more than transcribe. It applies advanced writing support to your voice so you can quickly send your clearest thoughts.
Send what you mean, not just what you say
Filler words gone, self-corrections smoothed, grammar fixed. Grammarly edits as you speak, so the text that hits your screen is the text you want to send. And you can always refine more for clarity and tone with a couple taps.
Works wherever you write on iOS
Dictate directly in iMessage, Slack, Mail, and every other iOS app. Tap the mic on the Grammarly Keyboard and speak naturally, and your polished text lands where you’re already writing.
Privacy you can count on
The mic turns on only when you tap it. Audio is never stored or linked to your account, and your words are never used to train Grammarly or third-party models.
How to use Grammarly’s speech-to-text feature on iOS
Add the keyboard
Switch on the Grammarly Keyboard in iOS Settings.
Tap the mic
Open any app and tap the mic icon in the Grammarly Keyboard to start dictating.
Speak naturally
Talk the way you normally would. Grammarly takes care of the filler words and mistakes.
Refine or hit send
Your edited text appears as soon as you stop speaking. Refine further with a tap or hit send.
Why people love Grammarly
“Having Grammarly on mobile devices is a huge advantage, as there is no loss based on devices. Features such as generative AI, which provides multiple ideas based on the topic, are huge.”
Krishnaraj Pudukottai
Supervisor of Design Technology
“I love that Grammarly is integrated to both my phone and my computer wherever I need it. I don’t need to switch Grammarly on or off—it’s always there, it’s always making sure that someone has my back in what I’m saying to other people.”
Rameen Rauf
Undergraduate student
Frequently asked questions
What is voice-to-text or speech-to-text?
Speech-to-text (also called dictation) turns your spoken words into written text in real time. You record your voice, and Grammarly types and edits for you.
How does speech-to-text work?
Speech-to-text uses AI to break audio into small sound patterns, match those patterns against a language model, and stitch them into readable text with punctuation. Modern tools do this in seconds, so what you say shows up on screen almost as fast as you can say it.
How does Grammarly’s speech-to-text compare to Apple’s built-in iOS dictation?
Native iOS dictation gives you a raw transcript complete with filler words, self-corrections, and mistakes. Grammarly’s speech-to-text runs your audio through OpenAI Whisper and a Grammarly post-processing layer that removes filler words, smooths self-corrections, and fixes grammar, so your transcript is text you can send, not a draft you have to clean up first.
Is Grammarly always listening when the keyboard is active?
No, Grammarly is not always listening. The mic turns on only when you tap it. When it’s on, iOS shows the orange indicator at the top of your screen—the same signal Apple uses for every app that’s recording. No orange light means the mic is off.
Where is my voice data sent, and is it stored?
Your audio goes directly to the transcription service for processing. It’s not stored on Grammarly’s servers or tied to your account. We never use it to train any models. Once your text is returned, the audio is gone.
Does speech-to-text work in any app on iOS?
Yes, speech-to-text works anywhere the Grammarly Keyboard works, which is virtually every iOS app that accepts third-party keyboards. Tap the mic and speak, and the polished text appears in your text field.
Will it rewrite what I said or change how I sound?
Grammarly’s speech-to-text feature will only lightly edit your text to remove filler words like “um.” It will fix grammatical errors, remove self-corrections, and adjust sentence structure for clarity, so you don’t have to do that manually. Your tone and meaning stay the same. If you want to edit your message further to be shorter, more formal, or more casual, Grammarly’s AI writing assistance is one tap away in the same keyboard.
What is the difference between voice-to-text and voice recognition?
Speech-to-text focuses on what you say, converting your words into text. Voice recognition focuses on who is speaking, identifying a specific person by the sound of their voice, usually for authentication or security. They’re related, but they solve different problems.
Is there an Android version?
Speech-to-text is only available on iOS currently. We are working to bring the feature to Android soon, but currently Grammarly's speech-to-text is available only on iOS.
Does it cost extra, or is it included with Grammarly?
Speech-to-text is free for all users at launch.
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