# Voice dictation

Dictate a widget request into the text box, and how that recording is billed.

## Prerequisites

- The widget is open. See [For clients](https://www.modifee.com/docs/widget/for-clients).
- The browser can record `audio/webm` with Opus, or `audio/mp4`, and it exposes the microphone.

## Steps

1. Press the microphone. Its name is **Dictate**. In French it is **Dicter**. In Spanish it is **Dictar**.
2. Speak. Recording stops at 2 minutes.
3. While the audio is sent, the box says **Transcribing…** (**Transcription…** / **Transcripción…**).
4. The text is added to the draft. Read it, edit it, then press **Send**. Dictation does not send the request.

The recording is not stored. Only the text is added to the draft.

Transcription is included. Its cost is counted in **AI spend this month**. Nothing else to configure.

## Verify

The spoken words appear in the text box, and the request is still unsent until you press **Send**.

On the project overview, **AI spend this month** includes this cost. Dictation does not deduct a credit by itself. Credits are charged when an agent run finishes. See [Autopilot and limits](https://www.modifee.com/docs/agency/autopilot-and-limits).

## Troubleshooting

- The microphone button is missing. The browser cannot record, or it has no microphone API. Typing still works. The button stays hidden in that case.
- "Allow the microphone in your browser to dictate." The site was blocked from the microphone. Allow it for this site, then press **Dictate** again. See [MDF-WIDGET-004](https://www.modifee.com/docs/errors/MDF-WIDGET-004).
- "Transcription failed. Try again." Type the request, or try again. See [MDF-WIDGET-002](https://www.modifee.com/docs/errors/MDF-WIDGET-002).
- Each client can transcribe 30 times per hour on a project. Past that, the widget shows the same "Transcription failed. Try again." message.