VoiceButler
Live Speech to Text
$1.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Now in your language: spoken words appear instantly as large text, the writing pad answers for you. One-time purchase, no subscription, no data collection.
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.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
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"
The developer, Christian Weissinger, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Christian Weissinger
- Size
- 28.1 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 12 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Christian Weissinger

