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Your iPhone can't understand your Cantonese?

The most accurate Cantonese voice keyboard ever, now on iPhone. Cantonese, mixed with English as you speak it, heard even when you speak softly; whole sentences of Quick and Cangjie, English mixed in

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iOS 18 or later · works on iPad too
A real test, the same sentence

OmuType vs Typeless

Film: OmuType versus Typeless, the same Cantonese sentence

On the sentence that mixes Chinese and English, it typed Simplified Chinese; OmuType always types Hong Kong Traditional

Set up in three steps, in a minute

1
Download OmuType from the App StoreFree, no sign-up
2
Settings › General › Keyboard › Keyboards › Add New KeyboardChoose OmuType. The app walks you through it step by step
3
Turn on Allow Full AccessVoice and Keywords need it. For typing alone you can leave it off
What is Full Access for?Only voice and Keywords. A recording is sent for recognition only when you tap the mic, and we keep no recordings and no content. What you type is processed on your iPhone; in password fields the iPhone switches back to Apple's own keyboard by itself, so OmuType never sees them

iPhone questions

How do I start voice on an iPhone?

Tap the mic above the keys. OmuType opens for a moment to start listening, then back to the app you were typing in

How is it different from Apple's Dictation?

Chinese mixed with English, names and brands (your Keywords) all come out right, Cantonese stays written as Cantonese, and it never types Simplified Chinese

Can I type whole sentences in Quick and Cangjie?

Yes: a whole sentence in one run, English mixed in, and it still guesses right with a few keys wrong

I bought VIP on Android. Does it work on my iPhone?

Yes. Enter the Android phone's device code on the iPhone, and the two phones share one weekly allowance of voice time

Is a third-party keyboard safe?

Typing is processed on the phone, with no ads and no selling of data. Password fields always use Apple's own keyboard

iPhone launch offer
Invited by a friend on Android? Get a month of unlimited voiceInstall with their invite link, until 30 November