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Turkish voice typing on iPhone and Android

Short answerYou can type Turkish by voice for free. Add the Turkish keyboard to your phone, switch to it, then tap the keyboard's microphone and speak Turkish. On iPhone and in Gboard, voice typing uses the language of the keyboard that's open, so switching to the Turkish keyboard is the step people often miss.

This page is about typing messages by talking. Turning an audio or video file into Turkish text is a different job, done by transcription tools.

On iPhone

Add the Turkish keyboard

Open Settings.
Tap General, Keyboard, Keyboards.
Tap Add New Keyboard and choose Turkish.

Dictate in Turkish

Make sure dictation is on: Settings, General, Keyboard, Enable Dictation.
Tap a text box, then touch and hold the globe key and choose Türkçe.
Tap the microphone on the keyboard and speak Turkish.

Punctuation: iPhone adds punctuation automatically in some languages. Apple's feature list doesn't include Turkish for this today, so say the marks in Turkish: "virgül" (comma), "nokta" (period), "soru işareti" (question mark), "yeni satır" (new line).

Apple says dictation runs on the iPhone itself in many languages, and Turkish is on its list for on-device dictation.

On Android with Gboard

Add Turkish

Open any app you can type in and tap a text box.
Tap the settings icon at the top of Gboard.
Tap Languages, then Add keyboard.
Choose Turkish, pick a layout, and tap Done.

Speak Turkish

Hold the space bar and choose Turkish.
Tap the microphone at the top of the keyboard.
When you see the prompt to speak, talk in Turkish.

You can say "virgül" and "nokta" for punctuation. Google notes that spoken punctuation isn't available in every language.

Changing Gboard's language doesn't change your phone's language.

Turkish letters

When the Turkish keyboard is selected, voice typing writes Turkish letters: ç, ğ, ı, İ, ö, ş, ü. If you get "i" where "ı" should be, or English-looking spellings, the keyboard or voice typing language is probably still set to English.

Speaking Turkish and English together

Results can vary when you mix languages. If you mix English words into Turkish sentences, or the other way round, see: voice typing in two languages in one sentence.

An easier way: Yazsın

If your phone's free voice typing works for you, keep using it.

What is Yazsın? Yazsın is a voice typing keyboard for iPhone and Android, in English and Turkish. You tap Speak, talk, and it writes what you said with the punctuation and capitals in place.

For Turkish speakers it means:

No "virgül" or "nokta" to say: it adds punctuation itself.
Turkish letters in place: ç, ğ, ı, ö, ş, ü.
No language switch: English and Turkish in the same message.
The ums and "ııı"s taken out, lists laid out, names you fix learned.

Your voice travels over a secure connection to servers that turn it into text, so Yazsın needs an internet connection.

Status: Yazsın is not in the App Store or Google Play yet. The iPhone, Android and Mac versions are in testing. When it's out: a 7-day free trial with no card, then $8 a month outside Türkiye (in Türkiye, see the Turkish page), with up to an hour of talking a day.

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FAQ

Does iPhone support Turkish dictation?

Yes. Add the Turkish keyboard and switch to it before you speak. Apple lists Turkish for on-device dictation, but not for auto-punctuation.

Does Gboard support Turkish voice typing?

Yes. Add Turkish in Gboard's Languages settings and switch to it with the space bar.

Why does my phone write my Turkish in English?

The keyboard or voice typing language may still be set to English. Switch to the Turkish keyboard: hold the globe key on iPhone, or the space bar in Gboard.

Can I turn a Turkish voice recording into text?

That's transcription of a file, which needs a different kind of tool. This page and Yazsın are about typing by talking.

Is there a voice keyboard made for Turkish?

Yazsın is built for Turkish and English. It's in testing and not in the stores yet.

Türkçe: Sesle yazma nedir? All help articles: Yazsın Help.