Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
Apple says audio transcription in Voice Memos is available on iPhone 12 or later, in English (all variants) and nine other languages.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Audio transcription is available on iPhone 12 or later in English (all variants), Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.”
View a Voice Memos transcription on iPhone, Apple Support, 2026, Requirements.
Open the original- What it measures
- The list is the one in the Apple article we read. Apple does not say whether the language list differs by iOS version.
- What it does not show
- A phone must meet both the model and the language requirement. A phone that is older than iPhone 12, or that is set to a language not on the list, will not show the transcript option.
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