Dictate⁺
Professional Dictation
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad
Dictate⁺ turns your iPhone or iPad into a professional dictation device that can do more than most high-end dictation devices. Dictate⁺ is an indispensable app for doctors, lawyers, tax consultants, surveyors, journalists and anyone who wants to record speech and send it in accordance with the highest security standards.
Dictate⁺ offers excellent sound quality, impressively accurate voice activation, secure encryption and a wealth of transmission options for your dictations and recordings.
Professional dictation recordings
∙ Lightning-fast recording control and precise voice activation
∙ Configurable recording quality (8 - 48 kHz)
∙ Control with Bluetooth footswitch possible
∙ Recording in the background¹
Easily edit and transcribe dictations
∙ Smooth rewinding, overwriting and inserting
∙ Move and delete section in the dictation
∙ Set bookmarks in the dictation
∙ Different playback speeds
∙ Offline speech recognition
Transmission according to the highest security standards
∙ Highest data security thanks to AES-256 encryption
∙ Access control (also biometric) possible
∙ No collection of usage or telemetry data²
∙ Wide range of sending options (email, download, FTP, WebDAV, SFTP, Dropbox and more)
∙ Preconfiguration of sharing destinations
∙ Dictate⁺ Transfer: end-to-end encrypted transfer of dictations to PC or Mac at no extra cost
Easy management of dictations
∙ Organize dictations in folders
∙ MP4/AAC, WAV and AIFF formats
∙ Barcode scanner
∙ File attachments (photos, PDF, etc.)
∙ Document scanner
JOTOMI has been developing dictation apps since 2008. “Dictamus” first became “Dictate + Connect” and now “Dictate⁺”. With more than 500,000 downloads worldwide, we are one of the most successful app developers in the field of professional dictation. Together with users from a wide range of industries, we are constantly working on improvements.
Dictate⁺ offers all functions out of the box, but the recording length is limited to 15 seconds. Purchase a subscription to remove this limitation. With a "Feature Unlock" subscription, the length of each individual dictation is limited to 24 hours at “Normal” recording quality (5 hours at “Studio” recording quality).
Your iTunes account will be charged immediately after confirmation of the subscription purchase. A subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in your iTunes account settings. If you purchase a subscription, any existing free usage will expire and your account will be charged immediately.
You can find the terms of use for the Feature Unlock subscription at https://www.dictate-plus.com/dictateplus-termsofuse
¹ Calls made from the iPhone itself cannot be recorded
² When using cloud services to transfer dictations, usage data and telemetry may be collected by the respective cloud provider
more I had one issue with Dictate + that made it difficult to use. After contacting the company, an update was made, the issue is fixed and the app is now working well. Fantastic customer service and tech support.
Developer Response Dear customer,We apologize for the inconvenience. This sounds like a bug or user error. A subscription is supposed to get you an upper limit of 2GB files which translates to between 24h and 5.5h, depending on recording quality. Please contact support at ios@support.dictate-plus.com so we can figure out what's going wrong.Your JOTOMI support team
I had one issue with Dictate + that made it difficult to use. After contacting the company, an update was made, the issue is fixed and the app is now working well. Fantastic customer service and tech support.
Dear customer,We apologize for the inconvenience. This sounds like a bug or user error. A subscription is supposed to get you an upper limit of 2GB files which translates to between 24h and 5.5h, depending on recording quality. Please contact support at ios@support.dictate-plus.com so we can figure out what's going wrong.Your JOTOMI support team
I have used this program for abou4 5 years when it was called Dictamus (Latin for “let us dictate”).It is a great program BUT the vendor does not continue to have an older version of the software that can run on IOS 12 like many older IPhones do. I had to install the cuuren5bsoftwareon my Ipas as my IPhone will not accept the software.Bill Leininger
I have used this program for abou4 5 years when it was called Dictamus (Latin for “let us dictate”).It is a great program BUT the vendor does not continue to have an older version of the software that can run on IOS 12 like many older IPhones do. I had to install the cuuren5bsoftwareon my Ipas as my IPhone will not accept the software.Bill Leininger
I’ve been a user of DIctate and Connect for the past year or two... The new Dictate+ app seems more concise, accurate and clearer in quality, with same editing versatility. It is certainly worth $4 per month! Thanks.
I’ve been a user of DIctate and Connect for the past year or two... The new Dictate+ app seems more concise, accurate and clearer in quality, with same editing versatility. It is certainly worth $4 per month! Thanks.
My legal assistant and I work remotely a lot. Being able to seamlessly and easily send dictation to her is of critical importance to me as a solo practitioner.
My legal assistant and I work remotely a lot. Being able to seamlessly and easily send dictation to her is of critical importance to me as a solo practitioner.
- New: iOS 26 design
- New: Improved support for USB/Lightning microphones
- Updated: Included software components
3.4.0 Mar 21
- New: Three column mode (iPad only)
- New: Flagged dictations
- New: Shortcuts & Action Button support
- New: Smart folders (Last opened, Last created, Flagged)
- New: Automatically trash successfully shared dictations (configurable)
- New: Automatically delete dictations in the trash (configurable)
- New: AirTurn Quad 500 support
- Improved: Voice Activation
- Improved: Level meter
- Improved: Waveform display
- Improved: Dictation list design
- Fixed: Memory leak
- Update: Included software components
- New: Settings to disable multicolumn display and three-column display on iPad (3.1)
- Fixed: Crossfade at recording start (3.1)
- New: Setting to prefer recording on internal microphone (3.2)
- Changed: Settings related to general information (3.2)
- Changed: Recording limit without subscription now 15 seconds (3.2)
- Fixed: Zero audio error on iOS 18 with AirPods Pro 2 (3.2)
- New: Setting to disable swipe-to-delete (3.3)
- Fixed: Multi-selection display issues on iPad (3.3)
- Fixed: Crash when tapping Record too soon after creating a new dictation (3.3)
- Fixed: Layout problem on iPad in two-column mode (3.3)
- Fixed: Stuck level meter when stopping (3.3)
- Fixed: Google Drive location picker doesn't show error messages (3.3)
- Fixed: Removed duplicate settings from Dictation (3.3.1)
- Fixed: Problem when uploading to iCloud Drive with attachments (3.3.1)
- Fixed: Problem when uploading to Microsoft 365 (3.3.1)
- Fixed: Crash in Bluetooth remote control setup process (3.3.1)
3.3.1 02/16/2025
- New: Three column mode (iPad only)
- New: Flagged dictations
- New: Shortcuts & Action Button support
- New: Smart folders (Last opened, Last created, Flagged)
- New: Automatically trash successfully shared dictations (configurable)
- New: Automatically delete dictations in the trash (configurable)
- New: AirTurn Quad 500 support
- Improved: Voice Activation
- Improved: Level meter
- Improved: Waveform display
- Improved: Dictation list design
- Fixed: Memory leak
- Update: Included software components
- New: Settings to disable multicolumn display and three-column display on iPad (3.1)
- Fixed: Crossfade at recording start (3.1)
- New: Setting to prefer recording on internal microphone (3.2)
- Changed: Settings related to general information (3.2)
- Changed: Recording limit without subscription now 15 seconds (3.2)
- Fixed: Zero audio error on iOS 18 with AirPods Pro 2 (3.2)
- New: Setting to disable swipe-to-delete (3.3)
- Fixed: Multi-selection display issues on iPad (3.3)
- Fixed: Crash when tapping Record too soon after creating a new dictation (3.3)
- Fixed: Layout problem on iPad in two-column mode (3.3)
- Fixed: Stuck level meter when stopping (3.3)
- Fixed: Google Drive location picker doesn't show error messages (3.3)
3.3 10/06/2024
- New: Three column mode (iPad only)
- New: Flagged dictations
- New: Shortcuts & Action Button support
- New: Smart folders (Last opened, Last created, Flagged)
- New: Automatically trash successfully shared dictations (configurable)
- New: Automatically delete dictations in the trash (configurable)
- New: AirTurn Quad 500 support
- Improved: Voice Activation
- Improved: Level meter
- Improved: Waveform display
- Improved: Dictation list design
- Fixed: Memory leak
- Update: Included software components
- New: Settings to disable multicolumn display and three-column display on iPad (3.1)
- Fixed: Crossfade at recording start (3.1)
- New: Setting to prefer recording on internal microphone (3.2)
- Changed: Settings related to general information (3.2)
- Changed: Recording limit without subscription now 15 seconds (3.2)
- Fixed: Zero audio error on iOS 18 with AirPods Pro 2 (3.2)
3.2 09/29/2024
- New: Three column mode (iPad only)
- New: Flagged dictations
- New: Shortcuts & Action Button support
- New: Smart folders (Last opened, Last created, Flagged)
- New: Automatically trash successfully shared dictations (configurable)
- New: Automatically delete dictations in the trash (configurable)
- New: AirTurn Quad 500 support
- Improved: Voice Activation
- Improved: Level meter
- Improved: Waveform display
- Improved: Dictation list design
- Fixed: Memory leak
- Update: Included software components
- New: Settings to disable multicolumn display and three-column display on iPad (3.1)
- Fixed: Crossfade at recording start (3.1)
3.1 09/13/2024
- New: Three column mode (iPad only)
- New: Flagged dictations
- New: Shortcuts & Action Button support
- New: Smart folders (Last opened, Last created, Flagged)
- New: Automatically trash successfully shared dictations (configurable)
- New: Automatically delete dictations in the trash (configurable)
- New: AirTurn Quad 500 support
- Improved: Voice Activation
- Improved: Level meter
- Improved: Waveform display
- Improved: Dictation list design
- Fixed: Memory leak
- Update: Included software components
3.0.1 08/21/2024
- New: Three column mode (iPad only)
- New: Flagged dictations
- New: Shortcuts & Action Button support
- New: Smart folders (Last opened, Last created, Flagged)
- New: Automatically trash successfully shared dictations (configurable)
- New: Automatically delete dictations in the trash (configurable)
- New: AirTurn Quad 500 support
- Improved: Voice Activation
- Improved: Level meter
- Improved: Waveform display
- Improved: Dictation list design
- Fix: Memory leak
- Update: Included software components
3.0 08/12/2024
- New: Dictation name list import
- New: Playback volume adjustment
- Improved: Waveform display
- Improved: Level meter
- Fixed: Handling for special characters in attachment names
- Fixed: Special character in AM/PM date strings on iOS 17
- Fixed: Crash when sharing long dictations with audio normalization enabled (2.3.1)
- Improved: Voice Activation (2.3.2)
2.3.2 11/21/2023
- New: Dictation name list import
- New: Playback volume adjustment
- Improved: Waveform display
- Improved: Level meter
- Fixed: Handling for special characters in attachment names
- Fixed: Special character in AM/PM date strings on iOS 17
- Fixed: Crash when sharing long dictations with audio normalization enabled (2.3.1)
2.3.1 11/02/2023
- New: Dictation name list import
- New: Playback volume adjustment
- Improved: Waveform display
- Improved: Level meter
- Fixed: Handling for special characters in attachment names
- Fixed: Special character in AM/PM date strings on iOS 17
2.3 10/03/2023
- New: Audio normalization
- Improved: Better audio quality
- Improved: Waveform display
- Fixed: "After Share" options "Create New Dictation" and "Move to Trash" created too many empty dictations
- Fixed: Rare crash when deleting sharing destinations or e-mail accounts
- Workaround: Emergency workaround to bypass failing subscription check (2.2.1)
- Fixed: Missing FTP-specific entries in FTP Advanced settings (2.2.1)
- Workaround: More robust subscription check (2.2.2)
- Fixed: Problem with AIFF conversion (2.2.3)
- Fixed: Problem with Download sharing (2.2.3)
- Fixed: Problem with multipart HTTP requests (2.2.3)
2.2.3 08/31/2023
- New: Audio normalization
- Improved: Better audio quality
- Improved: Waveform display
- Fixed: "After Share" options "Create New Dictation" and "Move to Trash" created too many empty dictations
- Fixed: Rare crash when deleting sharing destinations or e-mail accounts
- Workaround: Emergency workaround to bypass failing subscription check (2.2.1)
- Fixed: Missing FTP-specific entries in FTP Advanced settings (2.2.1)
- Workaround: More robust subscription check (2.2.2)
2.2.2 08/29/2023
- New: Audio normalization
- Improved: Better audio quality
- Improved: Waveform display
- Fixed: "After Share" options "Create New Dictation" and "Move to Trash" created too many empty dictations
- Fixed: Rare crash when deleting sharing destinations or e-mail accounts
- Workaround: Emergency workaround to bypass failing subscription check (2.2.1)
- Fixed: Missing FTP-specific entries in FTP Advanced settings (2.2.1)
2.2.1 08/24/2023
- New: Audio normalization
- Improved: Better audio quality
- Improved: Waveform display
- Fixed: "After Share" options "Create New Dictation" and "Move to Trash" created too many empty dictations
- Fixed: Rare crash when deleting sharing destinations or e-mail accounts
2.2 08/23/2023
- New: Offline speech recognition
- New: Document scanner
- New: File attachments (documents, photos, etc)
- New: Audio source icon
- Changed: Default sample rate 16kHz
- Improved: Dictation controls design
- Fixed: Rare crash at the end of a Dictate⁺ Transfer upload
- Fixed: Potential IMA4 export issue
- Fixed: Rare crash when switching dictations
- Fixed: Workaround for expired G1 certificate that invalidates subscriptions (2.1.1)
- Fixed: Rare crash when using the Insert function (2.1.2)
- Fixed: Crash when uploading multiple dictations (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Incomplete names for attached files (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Cannot use Zip encryption for attached files (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Subscription not recognized on macOS (2.1.4)
- Fixed: Changes in speech recognition result not saved (2.1.5)
- Fixed: Audio files with 8kHz and 16kHz truncated on import (2.1.5)
- Improved: FTP transfer supports IPV6 (2.1.6)
- Fixed: Deleting current dictation in the dictation list on iPad creates new dictation (2.1.6)
- Fixed: Selection in the dictation list on iPad does not always match displayed dictation (2.1.6)
- Fixed: FTP transfer fails to some older FTP servers (2.1.7)
- Fixed: Dictate⁺ Transfer error during download because of special characters in attachment names (2.1.8)
- Fixed: Rare crash during Dropbox uploads (2.1.8)
2.1.8 07/31/2023
- New: Offline speech recognition
- New: Document scanner
- New: File attachments (documents, photos, etc)
- New: Audio source icon
- Changed: Default sample rate 16kHz
- Improved: Dictation controls design
- Fixed: Rare crash at the end of a Dictate⁺ Transfer upload
- Fixed: Potential IMA4 export issue
- Fixed: Rare crash when switching dictations
- Fixed: Workaround for expired G1 certificate that invalidates subscriptions (2.1.1)
- Fixed: Rare crash when using the Insert function (2.1.2)
- Fixed: Crash when uploading multiple dictations (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Incomplete names for attached files (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Cannot use Zip encryption for attached files (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Subscription not recognized on macOS (2.1.4)
- Fixed: Changes in speech recognition result not saved (2.1.5)
- Fixed: Audio files with 8kHz and 16kHz truncated on import (2.1.5)
- Improved: FTP transfer supports IPV6 (2.1.6)
- Fixed: Deleting current dictation in the dictation list on iPad creates new dictation (2.1.6)
- Fixed: Selection in the dictation list on iPad does not always match displayed dictation (2.1.6)
- Fixed: FTP transfer fails to some older FTP servers (2.1.7)
2.1.7 05/11/2023
- New: Offline speech recognition
- New: Document scanner
- New: File attachments (documents, photos, etc)
- New: Audio source icon
- Changed: Default sample rate 16kHz
- Improved: Dictation controls design
- Fixed: Rare crash at the end of a Dictate⁺ Transfer upload
- Fixed: Potential IMA4 export issue
- Fixed: Rare crash when switching dictations
- Fixed: Workaround for expired G1 certificate that invalidates subscriptions (2.1.1)
- Fixed: Rare crash when using the Insert function (2.1.2)
- Fixed: Crash when uploading multiple dictations (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Incomplete names for attached files (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Cannot use Zip encryption for attached files (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Subscription not recognized on macOS (2.1.4)
- Fixed: Changes in speech recognition result not saved (2.1.5)
- Fixed: Audio files with 8kHz and 16kHz truncated on import (2.1.5)
- Improved: FTP transfer supports IPV6 (2.1.6)
- Fixed: Deleting current dictation in the dictation list on iPad creates new dictation (2.1.6)
- Fixed: Selection in the dictation list on iPad does not always match displayed dictation (2.1.6)
2.1.6 05/08/2023
- New: Offline speech recognition
- New: Document scanner
- New: File attachments (documents, photos, etc)
- New: Audio source icon
- Changed: Default sample rate 16kHz
- Improved: Dictation controls design
- Fixed: Rare crash at the end of a Dictate⁺ Transfer upload
- Fixed: Potential IMA4 export issue
- Fixed: Rare crash when switching dictations
- Fixed: Workaround for expired G1 certificate that invalidates subscriptions (2.1.1)
- Fixed: Rare crash when using the Insert function (2.1.2)
- Fixed: Crash when uploading multiple dictations (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Incomplete names for attached files (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Cannot use Zip encryption for attached files (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Subscription not recognized on macOS (2.1.4)
- Fixed: Changes in speech recognition result not saved (2.1.5)
- Fixed: Audio files with 8kHz and 16kHz truncated on import (2.1.5)
2.1.5 03/18/2023
- New: Offline speech recognition
- New: Document scanner
- New: File attachments (documents, photos, etc)
- New: Audio source icon
- Changed: Default sample rate 16kHz
- Improved: Dictation controls design
- Fixed: Rare crash at the end of a Dictate⁺ Transfer upload
- Fixed: Potential IMA4 export issue
- Fixed: Rare crash when switching dictations
- Fixed: Workaround for expired G1 certificate that invalidates subscriptions (2.1.1)
- Fixed: Rare crash when using the Insert function (2.1.2)
- Fixed: Crash when uploading multiple dictations (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Incomplete names for attached files (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Cannot use Zip encryption for attached files (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Subscription not recognized on macOS (2.1.4)
2.1.4 03/07/2023
- New: Offline speech recognition
- New: Document scanner
- New: File attachments (documents, photos, etc)
- New: Audio source icon
- Changed: Default sample rate 16kHz
- Improved: Dictation controls design
- Fixed: Rare crash at the end of a Dictate⁺ Transfer upload
- Fixed: Potential IMA4 export issue
- Fixed: Rare crash when switching dictations
- Fixed: Workaround for expired G1 certificate that invalidates subscriptions (2.1.1)
- Fixed: Rare crash when using the Insert function (2.1.2)
- Fixed: Crash when uploading multiple dictations (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Incomplete names for attached files (2.1.3)
- Fixed: Cannot use Zip encryption for attached files (2.1.3)
2.1.3 02/14/2023
- New: Offline speech recognition
- New: Document scanner
- New: File attachments (documents, photos, etc)
- New: Audio source icon
- Changed: Default sample rate 16kHz
- Improved: Dictation controls design
- Fixed: Rare crash at the end of a Dictate⁺ Transfer upload
- Fixed: Potential IMA4 export issue
- Fixed: Rare crash when switching dictations
- Fixed: Workaround for expired G1 certificate that invalidates subscriptions (2.1.1)
- Fixed: Rare crash when using the Insert function (2.1.2)
2.1.2 02/10/2023
- Fixed: Workaround for expired G1 certificate that invalidates subscriptions
2.1.1 02/08/2023
- New: Offline speech recognition
- New: Document scanner
- New: File attachments (documents, photos, etc)
- New: Audio source icon
- Changed: Default sample rate 16kHz
- Improved: Dictation controls design
- Fixed: Rare crash at the end of a Dictate⁺ Transfer upload
- Fixed: Potential IMA4 export issue
- Fixed: Rare crash when switching dictations
2.1 02/07/2023
- Fixed: "EntityTooSmall" error message when sending dictations via Dictate⁺ Transfer
- Fixed: Flashing lock icon in the main dictation view
2.0.1 08/29/2022
- New: Dictate⁺ Transfer
- New: SFTP server fingerprint check
- Updated: embedded software components
- Updated: requires iOS 15.5 or higher
- Improved: Prevent short passphrases on entry, not only on use
- Improved: Drag&Drop target highlighting
- Fixed: crash when deleting internal e-mail accounts
- Fixed: issue with navigation bar color in main dictation view
- Fixed: display problem for DPSDC icons
- Fixed: Personal Microsoft accounts cannot be authorized
- Fixed: Control flow issue when using incorrect biometrics during security level change
2.0.0 08/23/2022
- New: iOS 26 design
- New: Improved support for USB/Lightning microphones
- Updated: Included software components
more Version 3.4.0 Mar 21
Data Not Collected The developer does not collect any data from this app.
