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Diction: voice keyboard for iPhone (home page)
Diction Labs, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 20, 2026
- What it is
- The home page of Diction, a voice keyboard for iPhone made by Diction Labs. It covers on-device, self-hosted and Diction Cloud modes, Writing Tools, My Words, pricing and an FAQ.
- How much weight it carries
- The maker's own page. It is marketing copy, so each claim is checked against the maker's privacy policy. The FAQ answers are the clearest statements on the page.
Facts taken from this source
- Diction Cloud costs $5.99 a month when billed monthly, according to the price table on the maker's home page.
“Monthly $5.99 /month Annual 2 months free $4.99 /month $59.99 billed annually” (Price table on the home page, Monthly column)
- Diction Cloud billed yearly is shown as $4.99 a month, with $59.99 billed annually, according to the price table on the maker's home page.
“Annual 2 months free $4.99 /month $59.99 billed annually” (Price table on the home page, Annual column)
- Diction says that once names, colleagues, brands and jargon are added to My Words, it spells them the user's way from then on.
“Add it to My Words once, along with your colleagues, brands and jargon, and Diction spells them your way from then on.” (FAQ: 'Will it get my name right?')
- Diction says its on-device and self-hosted use is free forever, with no word limits and no account.
“On your iPhone and on your server, yes. Free forever, no word limits, no account.” (FAQ: 'Is Diction free?')
- Diction says its Writing Tools can run on any OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoint that the user runs, such as Ollama.
“Yes. Point the server at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, like Ollama, and Writing Tools run on it, free.” (FAQ: 'Can Writing Tools use an LLM I run at home?')
- Diction says it works in almost any app where you can type, such as Messages, Mail, Slack and Notes.
“Pretty much anywhere you can type: Messages, Mail, Slack, Notes, your browser.” (FAQ: 'Does it work in every app?')
- Diction says you can edit text that is already there by holding the mic and saying what to change.
“Yes. Hold the mic and say what you want” (FAQ: 'Can I edit text by voice?')
- Diction says its on-device mode works offline once a speech model has been downloaded.
“Yes, in on-device mode. Download a speech AI once and dictate on a plane, in a tunnel, anywhere.” (FAQ: 'Does it work offline?')