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How to dictate in Slack on iPhone

Half of Slack happens away from your desk. Say your reply and a clear, well-punctuated message lands in the thread. No thumb-typed telegrams.

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Slack on iPhone is where replies get short and vague: you're between meetings, the thread is moving, and thumb-typing a real answer feels like work. Wisper Field lets you say the real answer: talk for twenty seconds and a complete, readable message sits in the composer, ready to send.

Because cleanup happens while you speak, what lands in the channel reads like you wrote it at your desk: no ums, punctuation in place, and coworkers, customers, and product names spelled the way you added them to your personal dictionary.

Set up in three steps

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.
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.
Tap the mic and talk

Open Slack, tap the message field in any channel, DM, or thread, and tap the mic on the Wisper Field keyboard. The app opens for a moment to start recording. Swipe back to Slack and talk. Your message streams into the composer; give it a glance and hit send.

Why voice beats typing in Slack

Real answers from anywhere

The detailed reply you'd normally postpone until you're back at a laptop takes half a minute to say from the hallway, and the thread stops waiting on you.

Reads like desk-you wrote it

Complete sentences, punctuation in place, no filler. Nothing about the message says it was answered one-handed from a phone.

Long context without the labor

Some messages need three paragraphs of background. Saying them is easy; typing them on glass is why they never get sent.

Team jargon comes out right

Coworker names, customer accounts, service names, acronyms: add them to your dictionary once and dictation stops guessing at your team's vocabulary.

Tips for Slack

Match the channel's register

Everyday tone fits most team chat; switch to Polished. for messages to leadership or customers. The tone can be changed right from the keyboard per session.

Add mentions and emoji after you talk

Dictate the body of the message first, then tap in @-mentions, emoji, and links with the keyboard, each input method doing what it's best at.

Snippets for standups and status

Standup hits at the same time every morning and the format never changes. Keep the yesterday-today-blockers outline as a snippet; when the reminder fires, speak its trigger and dictate only the details.

Frequently asked questions

Does Wisper Field work in threads and DMs?

Yes, anywhere Slack gives you a text field. Channels, threads, direct messages, group DMs, and message edits all use the same keyboard, so dictation works in all of them.

Will it send the message before I've checked it?

No. Dictated text lands in Slack's message field for you to review. You always tap send yourself, so nothing reaches the channel before you've read it.

Will my coworkers know the message was dictated?

No. Slack receives ordinary typed text: there's no label, voice attachment, or audio clip. Your message looks exactly like one you typed.

How much does Wisper Field cost?

Free covers 1,000 dictated words a week, no card needed. Wisper Field Pro is unlimited at $12/month billed annually, or $15 month-to-month, through the App Store.

Stop typing in Slack. Start saying it.

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