Dictation

Overview

Dictation can be used to let users enter text by speaking instead of typing. This can be hard to setup in a keyboard extension, where microphone access is unavailable.

KeyboardKit therefore provides dictation-specific tools that you can use to add dictation support to both your keyboard extension and main app.

KeyboardKit Pro unlocks features that can be used to perform app- & keyboard-based dictation.

Core Features

KeyboardKit has a Dictation namespace with dictation types, like configurations, statuses, etc. and an observableDictationContext class that provides observable state, such as the current text.

Dictation works differently in apps and keyboards, where the mic is unavailable. A DictationService can perform dictation in apps, while a KeyboardDictationService can be used in keyboards.

KeyboardKit defines all protocols and models that are needded to implement dictation, but has no service implementations.

👑 Pro Features

KeyboardKit Pro unlocks dictation services and tools that let you add dictation to the keyboard and main app in a few simple steps, with very little code involved.

KeyboardKit Pro also unlocks dictation-related views, that let you inspect the dictation progress, like the Dictation.Screen and Dictation.BarVisualizer.

DictationScreen

All dictation components can be customized to great extent. You can use any custom screens and visualizers, or style the existing ones.

Documentation

The information on this page is shortened to be easier to overview. For more information about this feature, code samples, etc. please see the online documentation.

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