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Settings

Voice Dictation

Choose whether Cella saves a finished recording immediately or lets you review it first.

Choose how recordings save

Open More > Settings > Voice Dictation.

  • Leave Auto-save dictation off to review and edit each transcript before saving.
  • Turn it on to save a valid transcript as soon as recording stops.

Auto-save does not save an empty transcript. An unusually large transcript still opens for review rather than saving automatically.

Record a voice note

  1. Tap Capture > Voice.
  2. Allow microphone and speech-recognition permission when asked.
  3. Tap the microphone to begin.
  4. Tap Pause and Resume as needed.
  5. Tap stop when finished.
  6. If review is enabled, correct the text and tap Save.

The timer shows progress toward the five-minute recording limit.

Fix permission problems

If Cella shows Microphone access needed or Speech recognition is off, tap Open Settings and enable the requested permission for Cella.

On-device speech recognition must be supported for the iPhone and current language. If it is not available, use Paste Text or another capture method.

Good to know: Voice capture stores the transcript as a vault item. Cella does not keep the recording as an audio-file attachment.