# VoiceButler — Live Speech to Text > Live Speech to Text (iPhone/iPad app by Christian Weissinger.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/voicebutler/id6766316479 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Christian Weissinger](https://appshunter.io/developer/1892727800) - Category: Utilities, Health & Fitness - Price: $1.99 (on sale, was $3.99) - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 27 MB - Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, European Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 3 more - Released: 2026-05-25 - Data updated: 2026-10-09 ## What is VoiceButler? Can't hear? Can't speak? Visual contact only? VoiceButler – The Swiss Army Knife of Communication. One tap. Large, clear text. Instantly visible. VoiceButler turns spoken words into large, easy-to-read text in real time – giving people a voice when words can't be heard or spoken. WHO NEEDS VOICEBUTLER? Deaf & Hard of Hearing Someone speaks – VoiceButler displays the text instantly on screen. No lip-reading required, no misunderstandings. Mute & Voice Loss Tap a preset or type on the board – the text appears large on screen for your conversation partner to read. Loud Environments Concerts, motorsports, Grand Prix, construction sites, airports – where speech gets lost in the noise, the text remains readable. Illness & Temporary Conditions After surgery, with laryngitis or temporary voice loss – VoiceButler takes over your communication. Visual Contact Only Behind glass, underwater, at a distance, through a window, or on a screen – just hold up your display. Emergencies The red flashing border draws immediate attention. Tapping "Help!" activates the alarm effect automatically. FEATURES • Instant speech recognition – no login, no setup • Huge text, readable even from a distance • Writing board with presets: Yes, No, Thank you, Sorry, Water WC, Help!, Pain • Alarm effect: red flashing border for emergencies • Party effect: colorful rainbow border • Effect intensity: gentle or strong (pulsing text + scale) • Pinch gesture to adjust font size • 13 built-in languages • Online and offline speech recognition • Session archive: save and share conversations • No account, no ads, no subscription ZERO TRAINING REQUIRED VoiceButler explains itself. One button. No manual. No training. PRIVACY Speech recognition is handled by Apple's built-in technology (SFSpeechRecognizer). VoiceButler stores no audio, runs no servers of its own and collects no usage data. Session logs stay on the device. PLEASE NOTE VoiceButler replaces neither sign language nor an interpreter. It is made for the many everyday situations where neither is available. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.6.1 — 2026-09-26 An update for readability and reliability. • The app now starts in your device's language – German used to be hard-wired • On a fresh install the writing board comes pre-filled in your language ("Yes", "Thank you", "Help!" instead of English) • A brief drop of the internet connection no longer ends the recording – the app retries on its own • The writing board's bin now clears as reliably as the main one: deleted text does not come back • The emergency alarm flashes more slowly and keeps the text readable – gentler for light-sensitive users • Much better readability in light mode: header, status line and board captions were washed out there • Error messages and hint texts have stronger contrast • If speech recognition fails to start, the app now says so instead of silently showing "recording" ### 2.6.0 — 2026-07-28 This release is mostly about one thing: noticeably better recognition. • Clearly more accurate transcription – the app now uses the best result the recogniser offers instead of a weaker one • Punctuation and capitalisation from the "Enhanced" mode actually reach the text now • English can be chosen separately as US and UK • Languages your device does not support are marked in the settings, along with the ones available offline • With "German (Switzerland)" the app points out that Swiss Standard German is recognised and that no speech recogniser supports the dialect • Finished sentences step back in grey, the current one stays bright – you can see at a glance what is new • The bin now clears properly: deleted text no longer comes back • No more error message when you stop recording • The bottom line stays fully visible even at very large type sizes • Writing pad: tapping beside the text closes the keyboard • Switchable recognition engine, an open-source licence screen, and many screen-reader improvements Feedback is very welcome. ### 2.5.4 — 2026-07-05 • Writing board with presets • Alarm effect: red flashing border for emergencies • Party effect: colorful rainbow border • Effect intensity: gentle or strong (pulsing text + scale)• Effect intensity: gentle or strong – wider border, faster flash, pulsing text scale • 8 pre-installed presets on first launch: Yes, No, Thank you, Sorry, Water, WC, Help!, Pain • Help! preset automatically activates the alarm effect ### 2.0.9 — 2026-06-14 NEW: iOS 26 — SpeechAnalyzer VoiceButler now integrates Apple's new SpeechAnalyzer engine on iOS 26: significantly more accurate recognition, noticeably lower latency, fully local — no internet required, maximum privacy. NEW: Session Log (optional) Conversations can now be automatically archived locally. Access them anytime via the book icon — read, share, or simply turn the feature off in Settings. BUG FIXES • Trash during recording: deleted text no longer reappears • Stability improvements ### 1.9.0 — 2026-06-01 VoiceButler 1.9.0 — personalization & reliability • Onboarding wizard for first-time users (13 languages) • 7 accent colors to personalize the app theme • Recognition mode selector: Automatic / Local / Online • Added Austrian and Swiss German (de-AT, de-CH) • iPad support enabled • Auto-restart after 3 minutes to prevent recognition stall • Fixed: clearing text now fully resets the recognition engine • Improved: transcribed text stays highlighted longer before fading ## Apps similar to VoiceButler | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Journal 2026](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/journal-2026/id6753896948) | — | Free | Utilities | | [PaperNest - Document Organizer](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/papernest-document-organizer/id6759369502) | 3.0 (2) | Free | Utilities | | [Notebook : Notes & To Do List](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/notebook-notes-and-to-do-list/id6463585868) | 4.7 (35) | Free | Utilities | | [xDTU Connect](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/xdtu-connect/id6477761541) | — | Free | Utilities | | [Text Editor - Notepad](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/text-editor-notepad/id1611329458) | 3.3 (4) | Free | Utilities | | [RAR Extractor・Unrar・Unarchiver](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rar-extractorunrarunarchiver/id6740921410) | 4.8 (25) | Free | Utilities | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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