Official documentation

Use dictation on Claude Mobile (Claude Help Center)

Anthropic, Claude Help Center, 2026

Read on October 17, 2026

What it is: Claude Help Center article on dictation in the iOS and Android apps, with the steps, the supported language list and what happens to the audio after conversion.
How much weight it carries: Official Anthropic documentation, dated July 23, 2026 on the page. It covers the mobile apps only, and the language list is marked as beta outside English.

Facts taken from this source

Anthropic says that in the mobile apps it deletes the audio recording after converting speech to text, and does not keep a copy of the speech or use it for training.
“After converting your speech input to text, we will delete your audio recording. We will not retain a copy of your speech input or use it for training our generative models.” (Data privacy)
Claude's mobile help article lists 12 languages for dictation on iOS and Android.
“Dictation is currently available in these languages: English French German Hindi Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish Turkish Ukrainian” (Supported languages)
Anthropic says dictation in the Claude mobile apps is available to all Claude users on the Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans.
“Dictation is available to all Claude users (Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans).” (Use dictation on Claude Mobile (introduction))
Claude's mobile help article says support for dictation in languages other than English is in beta.
“Support for languages other than English is in beta.” (Get started with dictation)
Claude's mobile help article says to start dictation by tapping the microphone icon on the right side of the chat input.
“Tap the microphone icon on the right side of the chat input field.” (Get started with dictation)

Official documentation

Anthropic, Claude Help Center, 2026

Read on October 17, 2026

What it is: Claude Help Center article on dictation in the iOS and Android apps, with the steps, the supported language list and what happens to the audio after conversion.
How much weight it carries: Official Anthropic documentation, dated July 23, 2026 on the page. It covers the mobile apps only, and the language list is marked as beta outside English.

Anthropic says that in the mobile apps it deletes the audio recording after converting speech to text, and does not keep a copy of the speech or use it for training.
“After converting your speech input to text, we will delete your audio recording. We will not retain a copy of your speech input or use it for training our generative models.” (Data privacy)
Claude's mobile help article lists 12 languages for dictation on iOS and Android.
“Dictation is currently available in these languages: English French German Hindi Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish Turkish Ukrainian” (Supported languages)
Anthropic says dictation in the Claude mobile apps is available to all Claude users on the Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans.
“Dictation is available to all Claude users (Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans).” (Use dictation on Claude Mobile (introduction))
Claude's mobile help article says support for dictation in languages other than English is in beta.
“Support for languages other than English is in beta.” (Get started with dictation)
Claude's mobile help article says to start dictation by tapping the microphone icon on the right side of the chat input.
“Tap the microphone icon on the right side of the chat input field.” (Get started with dictation)