Set up Phrasora on iPhone.
Phrasora is an app plus a keyboard, so you can speak anywhere you type and get clean, formatted text back. Setup is installing the app, turning on the keyboard with Full Access, and switching to it when you type.
iPhone on iOS 17 or later. Free for 2,000 words a week, no card.
Four steps to dictating.
Install the app
Get Phrasora for iPhone from the downloads page and open it. The app gets you set up and holds your dictionary and history; the keyboard is what you use to dictate from any app.
Allow the microphone and speech recognition
Allow microphone access so Phrasora can hear you, and allow speech recognition for the quick on-device draft while you talk. Whatever it asks for, allow it; if any prompt is off you can turn it back on in Settings, and the setup screen updates the moment access is granted.
Turn on the keyboard with Full Access
Open Settings, then Keyboards, and turn on Phrasora. Tap Phrasora and turn on Allow Full Access. Full Access lets the keyboard hand your dictated text to the app you're in — the keyboard itself sends nothing over the network.
Switch to the Phrasora keyboard
When you're in any text field, press and hold the globe key on your keyboard and choose Phrasora. Tap the mic, say a sentence, and clean text appears in the field.
iOS can’t switch keyboards for you, so the globe-key step is one you do once each time you want Phrasora — it stays available after.
It’s how your words reach the field.
Full Access is what lets the keyboard place your dictated text into the app you’re typing in. The keyboard never sends what you type over the network. Corrections you make can improve your own dictionary, and you can turn that off.
Keyboard not showing when you hold the globe? See troubleshooting.
Settings › Keyboards › turn on Phrasora.
Tap Phrasora › Allow Full Access.
Hold the globe key › choose Phrasora.
Get Phrasora for iPhone.
Free for 2,000 words a week, no card required. Install, enable the keyboard, switch to it, and speak into anything you type.