Fact · Dictation on phones and tablets
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Apple says that the Speech framework stops speech recognition tasks that last longer than one minute.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“the framework stops speech recognition tasks that last longer than one minute”
SFSpeechRecognizer (Speech framework documentation), Apple Inc., n.d., Create a great user experience for speech recognition.
Open the original- What it measures
- Apple's developer documentation for SFSpeechRecognizer, read on 2026-10-17, in its advice on the user experience. Apple says the limit is similar to the one for keyboard-related dictation.
- What it does not show
- The page does not say whether the limit is the same for on-device requests. Plan for a task that stops, and test long recordings on a real device.