Some recipes are easier to say than to type, especially the ones a family member is reciting from memory while you cook. With Voice memo, you talk and Tradish writes it down.

Dictate a recipe

From the Add button, choose Voice memo.

1. Start speaking. The transcript appears as you talk, so you can see it catching your words.
2. Read out the ingredients and steps the way you would tell a friend.
3. Pause and resume whenever you need to. Handy when someone is talking you through a recipe and stops to think.
4. When you are finished, tap done.

Tradish takes the whole transcript and turns it into a structured recipe, sorting your words into a title, ingredients, and steps.

You need microphone access

Voice memo relies on two permissions:

• Microphone, so Tradish can hear you.
• Speech recognition, so it can turn what it hears into text.

The first time you use it, your phone asks for these. If you said no earlier, you can turn them back on in your phone's settings. See App permissions for where to find those switches.

If it catches no speech

If Tradish does not pick up any words, maybe the mic was muted or the room was too loud, you will see a "Nothing to import" message telling you it did not catch any speech. Nothing is lost. Just start a new voice memo somewhere quieter and speak a little closer to the phone.

Tips for a clean transcript

• Speak at a steady, natural pace rather than rushing.
• Say quantities plainly, like "two cups of flour."
• Pause between the ingredient list and the steps so they land in the right places.
• Do a quick read of the transcript before you tap done.

After it structures the recipe

Voice memo ends in the same review screen as every other method, with everything pre-filled from your transcript. Spoken recipes are where a stray word or a misheard measurement can slip in, so read it over and fix anything before you save.

If you would rather type than talk, Writing a recipe by hand opens a blank form you can fill in at your own pace.