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How to dictate in Safari on iPhone
From the search bar to the checkout form, Safari is full of little text fields. Speak into every one of them instead of typing.
Get Wisper Field freeTyping in Safari happens in small, awkward doses: a search query here, an email address on a checkout page there, a comment under an article, a reply in web mail. Wisper Field replaces all of that thumb-typing with talking: tap the mic, say it, and clean text lands in whatever field you tapped.
Because Wisper Field is a real keyboard, it follows you across every site. No site needs to support voice input, and there's nothing to copy and paste. If Safari can put a cursor in a field, you can dictate into it, punctuated and with the filler words stripped out.
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 Safari, tap the field you want to fill (the search bar, a web form, a comment box) and tap the mic on the Wisper Field keyboard. The app opens briefly to switch the mic on; swipe back to Safari and talk. Your words stream into the field as you speak.
Why voice beats typing in Safari
One keyboard, every website
Search engines, web mail, forums, checkout pages: none of them have to do anything special. Wisper Field works in any field Safari shows a keyboard for, on any site.
Searches that come out clean
Say what you're looking for the way you'd say it to a person, and the search bar gets tidy text: no "um", no stray half-words from a rushed transcript.
Long web writing without the cramp
Reviews, comment threads, support forms: big empty text boxes are exactly where thumbs give up. Say the whole thing and just proofread.
Forms without the fiddly parts
Dictate the free-text answers, and keep the details you repeat on every site (your email, your address) saved as snippets, so a short spoken trigger beats a spelling exercise.
Tips for Safari
Make snippets for the fields every site asks for
Your email address, shipping address, and phone number come up at every signup and checkout. Save each one as a snippet once and stop re-entering them forever.
Search in full sentences
You don't need to talk in keywords. "Best carry-on backpack that fits under an airline seat" works as a spoken search. Say the whole question and let the engine sort it out.
Teach it the names you shop and search for
Brands, products, and sites with odd spellings belong in your personal dictionary. Add them once and your searches stop coming out as guesses.
Frequently asked questions
Can I dictate into Safari's search bar?
Yes. The Wisper Field keyboard appears anywhere Safari asks for text, including the address bar: tap the mic, say your search, and hit go.
Does it work on every website?
It works in any field that brings up the iPhone keyboard, which covers nearly everything on the web. The one exception is password fields: iOS switches every third-party keyboard out for the built-in one on secure fields, which is exactly what you want.
Why does tapping the mic open the Wisper Field app?
Because iOS keeps the microphone out of keyboards' reach. Wisper Field opens just long enough to begin recording; swipe straight back to Safari and dictation continues into whatever field you tapped.
What does Wisper Field cost?
Nothing, for your first 1,000 dictated words each week. That covers a lot of searches and forms. Wisper Field Pro lifts the cap at $12/month billed annually, or $15 if you pay month-to-month.
Stop typing in Safari. Start saying it.
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