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Voice dictation no longer shows transcribed text before sending (major usability regression)

OpenAI Developer Community May 16, 2026
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I seem to have a slightly different version of this problem on Android/Samsung. I no longer have the small inline dictation microphone inside the text field at all. It has completely disappeared from the ChatGPT app and has been replaced by the full voice conversation interface. The old speech-to-text workflow was much more useful for studying, writing and quickly capturing thoughts. I used it to dictate text, review and edit the transcription, continue dictating if needed, and only then send the message. Now I’m forced into a separate voice conversation mode, which feels much slower and more disruptive for cognitive workflow and writing tasks. I do not want a live AI conversation every time I want to quickly dictate text. Voice conversation is not the same as fast inline dictation. What’s especially confusing is that the microphone still exists in the browser version and on desktop, but inside the Android app the inline dictation mic is simply gone.

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