Speech Recognition
Transcribe speech to text using Apple's Speech framework.
Install
npx skills add dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills --skill speech-recognition -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- dpearson2699/swift-ios-skills1.3k
- Category
- Mobile
- Updated
- 3mo ago
- License
- See repository
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Transcribe speech to text using Apple's Speech framework. Use when implementing live microphone transcription with AVAudioEngine, recognizing recorded audio files, handling speech and microphone authorization, choosing on-device vs server-backed SFSpeechRecognizer behavior, or adopting SpeechAnalyzer, SpeechTranscriber, DictationTranscriber, AssetInventory, and async result streams on iOS 26+.
Speech Recognition
Transcribe live and pre-recorded audio to text using Apple's Speech framework.
Covers SpeechAnalyzer / SpeechTranscriber (iOS 26+) and
SFSpeechRecognizer (iOS 10+) fallback guidance.
Scope boundary: Use this skill for speech-to-text recognition, speech
authorization, microphone capture plumbing, and result handling. Hand off text
analysis, language identification after transcription, sentiment, embeddings,
and translation to natural-language; hand off audio playback UI to avkit;
hand off summarization or generation over transcripts to apple-on-device-ai.
Contents
- SpeechAnalyzer Strategy (iOS 26+)
- SFSpeechRecognizer Setup
- Authorization
- Live Microphone Transcription
- Pre-Recorded Audio File Recognition
- On-Device vs Server Recognition
- Handling Results
- Common Mistakes
- Review Checklist
- References
SpeechAnalyzer Strategy (iOS 26+)
Use SpeechAnalyzer for modern iOS 26+ speech analysis, especially long-form
recordings, live transcription, time-indexed transcripts, and fully on-device
flows. Keep SFSpeechRecognizer for iOS 10+ deployment targets, server-backed
locale coverage, or existing callback/delegate implementations.
Read SpeechAnalyzer patterns when implementing an iOS 26+ transcription pipeline, model asset handling, volatile results, or file/buffer examples.
