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How to dictate in Outlook on iPhone
The follow-up you owe someone shouldn't wait for your laptop. Talk it through between meetings and send it from Outlook, polished.
Get Wisper Field freeOutlook is where the stakes of a sloppy message are highest: replies go to managers, clients, and people you've met once, so they get postponed until you can "do them properly". Wisper Field makes "properly" possible on a phone: walk out of the meeting, tap the mic in the reply, and talk through the follow-up while everyone's decisions are still in your head.
The rambling version you'd actually say becomes the tight version you'd want read. Wisper Field strips the filler, closes up the sentences, and applies your personal dictionary, so the project codenames, acronyms, and colleague surnames that fill a work inbox come out exactly right.
Set up in three steps
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Install Wisper Field
Download the app from the App Store and follow the short setup: add the Wisper Field keyboard in Settings and allow Full Access so dictation works.
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Switch to the keyboard
In any app, touch and hold the globe key and pick Wisper Field. iOS remembers your choice, so you only do this once.
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Tap the mic and talk
Open Outlook, tap reply on the thread (or the new-email button) and tap into the body. Tap the mic on the Wisper Field keyboard. The Wisper Field app opens briefly to start recording, so swipe back to Outlook and start talking. Your words stream into the draft; skim it, check the recipients, and send.
Why voice beats typing in Outlook
Follow-ups sent while they're fresh
The recap you dictate in the corridor two minutes after a meeting beats the one you type from memory tomorrow: decisions, owners, and next steps go out while they're still exact.
Professional without a proofreading pass
Capitals, punctuation, and clean sentences arrive as you speak, so the draft is presentable to a client or a VP the moment you stop talking.
Your acronyms survive dictation
Work email runs on codenames, initialisms, and surnames no transcription guesses right. Put them in your personal dictionary once and every dictation uses your spelling.
Any account your Outlook holds
Exchange, Microsoft 365, or a personal address. Wisper Field is a keyboard, so it types into whichever account the draft belongs to. Nothing to connect or configure.
Tips for Outlook
Dictate action items as short sentences
One decision or task per sentence keeps a spoken recap skimmable. The people you're writing to will read it on a phone too.
Keep your standard opener and closer as snippets
"Thanks for your time today" and your usual sign-off are a spoken trigger away as snippets, so dictation only has to cover the part that's new.
Use the Polished. tone for work threads
Set Polished. as your tone and everything you say arrives with capitals and full punctuation, the register a work inbox expects.
Frequently asked questions
Does it work with my company's Exchange or Microsoft 365 account?
Yes. Wisper Field inserts text the same way typing does, so the account behind the mailbox doesn't matter. One caveat: if your iPhone is company-managed, an IT policy can restrict third-party keyboards. On your own device it just works.
Do I have to speak formally to sound professional?
No. Talk through the reply naturally. Wisper Field removes the filler and fixes the punctuation, and the Polished. tone keeps the register right for work.
Can I dictate calendar invites and search too?
Yes. The keyboard works in every Outlook text field: event titles and notes when you create an invite, the search bar when you're hunting for a thread, and of course the message body and subject.
What does Wisper Field cost?
The free plan includes 1,000 dictated words a week with no card required. Wisper Field Pro is unlimited for $12/month billed annually, or $15 month-to-month, billed through the App Store.
Stop typing in Outlook. Start saying it.
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