Marks are hints, never a gate
Overforcing a check before send
Costsome errors still get sent
Problem
On a phone, fixing one wrong word means selecting, retyping or switching keyboards. It eats the time dictation saved.
Customer evidence
Solution
Tap the words, pick a fix or say them again. Nothing else changes.
Product team3 people
Message
Latest dictation · tap words to repair
Metrics
Faster to a correct message, with nothing else touched
Trade-offs
What I gave up, on purpose
Swap exactly the selected words
Overa smarter rewrite, like Polish
Costno help with the words around it
Mark sparingly
Overflagging every unsure word
Costsome real errors go unmarked
Research
For anyone who wants to dig in
Customer evidenceThree iOS reviews and my own test
From the reviews dashboard export. They show the problem exists for some people, not how many.
I said “Mobile Fix Strip” and Flow wrote “mobile fix trip.” That error is the Product term case. Evidence record R7
Full metric planUsability test, formulas, thresholds, kill criteria
What Flow ships todayVoice editing on desktop; the phone check still to do
The phone comparison waits for a device check
- Dictate “Send the proposal to Risha.” into Messages with the Flow keyboard, on iPhone and on Android.
- Change “Risha” to “Rishav” the fastest way each app allows. Note taps, keyboard switches and seconds.
- Check whether either keyboard offers alternatives, a voice edit or Polish on a one-word selection.
- Record app versions, OS versions and date. Then add the comparison.
FeasibilityCan a keyboard replace one span in another app?
In a real keyboard, the repair panel has to find the latest dictated span in another app's text field and replace exactly that range, even after the cursor moves. Whether iOS and Android keyboard APIs allow that reliably is untested. It's the first thing to settle before building.
What this prototype doesn't showLimits
- It doesn't work in other apps, recognize speech or detect uncertain words. Marks, alternatives and repeats are prepared.
- One repair at a time, one level of undo. Not yet tested with users.