Voice Keyboard Pro supports 50+ languages through Voice Keyboard Pro's speech recognition. Dictate in Spanish, French, Hindi, Japanese, and dozens more.
If you work in multiple languages, typing is doubly painful. You have to switch keyboard layouts, remember special characters, and wrestle with autocorrect that fights your every word. Voice dictation eliminates all of that. Just speak in the language you want, and Voice Keyboard Pro transcribes it — complete with proper characters, accents, and script.
Voice Keyboard Pro's transcription engine supports over 50 languages with high accuracy. Whether you are writing an email in French, a report in Japanese, or a message in Hindi, Voice Keyboard Pro handles it natively. No separate language packs, no keyboard switching, no configuration headaches.
Voice Keyboard Pro supports all major world languages. Here are some of the most popular ones, grouped by region:
The accuracy varies by language. Languages with extensive training data (English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese) tend to have the highest accuracy. Less common languages still work well but may require slightly more post-dictation editing.
1Open Voice Keyboard Pro Settings
Click the Voice Keyboard Pro icon in your menu bar and open Settings. Navigate to the Language section. You will see a dropdown with all supported languages and an "Auto-detect" option.
2Choose Your Language
Select the language you want to dictate in. If you frequently switch languages, leave it on Auto-detect — Voice Keyboard Pro will identify the spoken language automatically and transcribe accordingly. For best accuracy with a specific language, select it explicitly.
3Position Your Cursor and Dictate
Click into any text field — email, document, chat, or browser — and hold your Voice Keyboard Pro hotkey. Speak naturally in your chosen language. Release the key when done, and Voice Keyboard Pro will transcribe your speech with proper characters and diacritics.
4Switch Languages Between Dictations
To switch languages, simply change the language setting in Voice Keyboard Pro, or rely on auto-detect. You do not need to restart the app. You can write a paragraph in English, switch to Spanish for the next one, and back again.
Voice Keyboard Pro offers two approaches to multilingual dictation:
Auto-detect mode is convenient when you switch languages frequently. Voice Keyboard Pro analyzes the first few seconds of audio to determine the language and transcribes accordingly. This works well for languages that are phonetically distinct from each other.
Manual language selection gives higher accuracy because the model does not need to spend processing power on language identification. It is the better choice when you know you will be dictating in one language for an extended period, or when two languages sound similar (such as Spanish and Portuguese, or Norwegian and Swedish).
Recommendation: If you primarily work in one non-English language, set that language explicitly. If you switch between two or three languages throughout the day, auto-detect is the more practical choice.
Speak: "Buenos dias, queria confirmar la reunion de manana a las tres de la tarde en la sala de conferencias."
Voice Keyboard Pro output: Buenos días, quería confirmar la reunión de mañana a las tres de la tarde en la sala de conferencias.
Speak: "Bonjour, je vous ecris pour donner suite a notre conversation de la semaine derniere concernant le projet."
Voice Keyboard Pro output: Bonjour, je vous écris pour donner suite à notre conversation de la semaine dernière concernant le projet.
Voice Keyboard Pro transcribes spoken Japanese directly into the appropriate script (hiragana, katakana, and kanji), making it far faster than typing with an IME keyboard.
Speak clearly and at a natural pace. Voice Keyboard Pro handles accents well, but very fast speech or heavy mumbling reduces accuracy in any language.
Avoid mixing languages within a single dictation. While Voice Keyboard Pro can handle some code-switching, it works best when each dictation segment is in one language. If you need to include a foreign word or phrase, dictate the main text first and add the foreign term manually.
Use a quiet environment. Background noise affects accuracy more for languages with smaller training datasets. A quiet room or a good microphone makes a noticeable difference. For more on this, see our guide on dictating while walking.
Check diacritical marks. Voice Keyboard Pro usually applies accents, umlauts, and tildes correctly, but it is worth a quick review, especially for languages like Vietnamese or Czech where diacritics change meaning.
If you work with international teams or clients, you might write emails in English to your US colleagues and in Spanish to your Mexico City office. Voice Keyboard Pro lets you switch seamlessly without changing keyboard layouts or opening different input tools.
Translators can listen to source material and dictate the translation directly. Set Voice Keyboard Pro to the target language, listen to a phrase, and speak the translated version. This is significantly faster than typing translations character by character.
Practice your pronunciation by dictating in the language you are learning. If Voice Keyboard Pro transcribes your speech correctly, your pronunciation is on track. It is an instant, objective feedback loop. For setup help, see our quick start guide.
Bloggers, journalists, and writers who produce content in multiple languages can draft articles by voice in whichever language the piece requires, then edit and polish the text afterward.
Voice Keyboard Pro supports over 50 languages through Voice Keyboard Pro's transcription engine. This includes all major world languages and many regional languages. The full list is available in the Voice Keyboard Pro settings panel.
Yes. When set to auto-detect mode, Voice Keyboard Pro identifies the spoken language automatically and transcribes accordingly. For best accuracy, you can also manually select a specific language in Settings.
Voice Keyboard Pro can handle some code-switching within a single dictation, but for best results, keep each dictation segment in one language and switch the language setting between segments.
No. All language support is built into the AI model, which runs on the server side. There is nothing extra to download or configure on your Mac. Just select the language and start speaking.
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