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DictaWiz is an iOS app that provides offline voice dictation, transcription, and AI-powered text generation directly on your device. It supports over 99 languages, records meetings, generates summaries, and integrates with other apps via keyboard, all with a strong focus on privacy.

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DictaWiz: Voice Notes Recorder

Offline Speech to Text AI

Free · In‑App Purchases

17 Ratings

4.8

Age Rating

Years

Category

Productivity

Developer

CORDOC LLC

Language

English

Size

17.7

Limited time lifetime offer! Talk into any app - Mail, Messages, etc. Record meetings on Watch. AI turns it into clean summaries. Your voice never leaves your phone.

Dictate in any app with AI that runs entirely on your phone. No internet needed. No data ever leaves your device.

AI VOICE KEYBOARD Talk naturally and get polished text. DictaWiz uses on-device AI to transcribe your voice and clean up the result, fixing grammar, punctuation, and formatting automatically. Works in Messages, Notes, Mail, and every other app. Choose from 16 keyboard layouts including QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY, and Cyrillic.

99+ LANGUAGES, OFFLINE Supports 25 languages with the fast engine and 99+ languages with the comprehensive engine, all running locally on your iPhone. Auto-detect or pick your language. Dictate on a plane, in a tunnel, or anywhere without signal. Translate any language to English on-device.

RECORD AND SUMMARIZE Record and playback meetings, lectures, and interviews. Get automatic transcripts with speaker labels, identifying who said what. AI generates summaries with key points, decisions, and action items. See live transcription during recording so you never lose track. Import audio files or URLs for transcription too.

AI KEY Copy any text, tap the AI key, and type your instruction. DictaWiz uses the copied text as context. Reply to emails, rewrite paragraphs, answer questions, all from your keyboard. Like having a private AI assistant that works in every app.

DICTIONARY AND SNIPPETS Create custom abbreviations that expand as you type, perfect for medical terms, legal phrases, or any text you use often. Fix names and words the AI consistently gets wrong with vocabulary corrections.

SHORTCUTS AND WIDGETS Add home screen widgets for one-tap recording. Use Siri Shortcuts to record and get transcripts without ever opening the app. Live Activity keeps you updated on the lock screen and Dynamic Island.

EXPORT AND INTEGRATIONS Send transcripts to Obsidian, Notion, Bear, Drafts, or any app via webhooks. Configure triggers to send all notes, only tagged notes, or send manually. Works with Zapier, Make, and any webhook-compatible service.

BRING YOUR OWN KEY Optionally connect your own API keys to unlock cloud transcription, speaker identification, and LLM features. Everything works without keys using on-device AI. Keys are purely optional for users who want cloud power.

ICLOUD SYNC Transcripts, dictionary, vocabulary, and snippets sync across all your devices via iCloud.

PRIVACY FIRST Zero data collection. No cloud processing unless you opt in with your own keys. No account required. No tracking, no analytics. Works completely offline.

WHO IS DICTAWIZ FOR? Professionals: Dictate with custom abbreviations that expand as you type. Known words ensure specific terms are always transcribed correctly. Students: Record lectures, get AI study summaries, and search transcripts for any topic. Journalists: Import interview audio, get automatic speaker identification, and generate key quotes. Lawyers: Dictate case notes with expandable legal clause snippets and custom summary prompts. Remote workers: Record meetings, get action item summaries, and export directly to Notion or Slack. Multilingual users: Switch between languages mid-session, translate to English, and dictate offline in any language.

COMMON QUESTIONS Does it work offline? Yes. All AI models run locally on your iPhone. No internet required. What languages? 25 with the fast engine, 99+ with the comprehensive engine. Auto-detect included. Is my data private? Completely. Nothing is sent to any server. All processing happens on device.

GET STARTED DictaWiz works out of the box with powerful on-device features. Unlock Pro for advanced integrations, cloud engines, and more.

Privacy: https://freevoicereader.com/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

I've been using this for a few weeks and so far I'm loving it. There were a few bugs that I've reported to the developer and he fixed them quite fast. So giving it 5 star because overall it's great and if there's a huge potential in it.

Developer Response

Thank you! And thank you for the feedback! We have been on the app store for less than a month and the feedback has really helped us improve quite a bit.

I like this App . The transcript playback with word highlighting is nice — way easier to review than I expected.Also the app feels pretty polished already. I do think the watch side could be even better, especially for more standalone use.Anyway, nice work.

Developer Response

Thank you! I appreciate the compliment. I agree that the Watch needs a little more work. We will continue to work on it.

I will use it all the time. I really like this program. It has brought me a lot of convenience. I hope it will get better and better in the future!

Developer Response

Thanks a lot!

I will use it all the time. I really like this program. It has brought me a lot of convenience. I hope it will get better and better in the future!

Thanks a lot!

DictaWiz is my favorite assistant for meetings and it summarizes the meetings in key points, action items, decisions instantly. Also changing the format and polishing is a breeze. Thank you DictaWiz team and keep up the good work!

Developer Response

Thanks a lot! Still a few rough edges that we will continue to fix.

Multilingual AI: summaries and Q&A now answer in your recording's language
Long recordings (1hr+) now transcribe reliably with automatic chunking
Keyboard upgrades: fewer missed keys on fast typing, dedicated Swedish å ä ö, new multilingual QWERTY layout, plus a 45-language picker for cloud transcription

1.3.2 May 4

What's new:

Action Items → Reminders: AI pulls tasks from your recordings and exports them straight to Apple Reminders (tap the bell, or "Add All")
Custom Vocabulary: teach the app your names, jargon, and specific terms so transcription stops mangling them
Obsidian export + Bookmarks: send transcripts directly to your Obsidian vault, and bookmark key moments in recordings

1.3.0 Apr 29

Action Items → Reminders: AI pulls tasks from your recordings and exports them straight to Apple Reminders (tap the bell, or "Add All")
Custom Vocabulary: teach the app your names, jargon, and specific terms so transcription stops mangling them
Obsidian export + Bookmarks: send transcripts directly to your Obsidian vault, and bookmark key moments in recordings

1.2.1 Apr 22

What's new in v1.2:

Qwen3 and additional Whisper models added (including Whisper V3 Turbo)
Auto-learning dictionary: type a word twice and it's learned automatically
Keyboard autocorrect now matches your dictation language
Keyboard UI improvements
Shortcut for quick dictation and copying to clipboard directly. Can be used with Action button
New app icon
Bug fixes: navigation bar content overlap, Apple Intelligence error handling

1.2 Apr 13

What's new in v1.1:

Apple Watch recording with auto-sync to iPhone
No Polish mode — disable auto-polish when you want raw dictation
Auto-correct suggestions bar for the keyboard
Improved AI chunking for long texts
Bug fixes for devices without Apple Intelligence

1.1 Apr 9

1.0 Apr 1

Multilingual AI: summaries and Q&A now answer in your recording's language
Long recordings (1hr+) now transcribe reliably with automatic chunking
Keyboard upgrades: fewer missed keys on fast typing, dedicated Swedish å ä ö, new multilingual QWERTY layout, plus a 45-language picker for cloud transcription

Version 1.3.2 May 4

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Information

Seller

CORDOC LLC

Size

17.7 MB