Dictating spelled numbers in English and other languages

Question

Is there a way to have iOS voice dictation spell out numbers? I mean speaking 145 and having it write "one hundred forty five"; this would be useful in English and other languages. Although it’s not that common to spell out numbers in English, in my experience it seems a lot more common in foreign languages such as Italian and German. It’s really difficult to spell out the very long words in those languages and so this would be a gr8 feature

I’ve done a lot of searching and tried different things but nothing seems to work, including here on stack exchange where almost everything on this topic is several years old. In fact some of the posts I read indicate that there was the reverse problem years ago that was solved by saying “numeral” beforehand to avoid spelling the number.

Update (March 2023): recently, I accidentally found that numbers will be spelled out when you say something like "lessons (or exercises) two through nine", but this only seems to work with numbers less than 10

Edit: In response to @MeanAverageMeanie I installed GBoard and tried dictating "eleven plus fourteen equals twentyfive" in Italian, German, and English. Unfortunately, it still produced numerals rather than spelled words in each case, as seen below using Gboard within the iOS Mail app:

Answer 1

Is there a way to have iOS voice dictation spell out numbers?

Unfortunately, the built-in dictation feature on iPhone does not currently support the automatic conversion of numbers into their corresponding written-out form. As you noticed, when dictating, it will typically transcribe numbers as digits rather than words.

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However, there are some third-party dictation software options available that may offer this feature, such as Dragon Anywhere, Evernote or Dictate + Connect Lite. It's important to note that, while some of these apps may have more advanced features, their accuracy in transcribing numbers and words may vary depending on factors such as background noise, speaking speed, and accent, among others.

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Note: Some of the proposed apps have a paid subscription service, so you will need to purchase a subscription to use the app beyond the free trial period.

Answer 2

The answer is to install Google’s GBoard keyboard. Its voice dictation feature automatically spells out numbers like “forty-five” rather than typing them out as “45”. I don’t know why iOS doesn’t do this. I’ve tried, but ultimately it was Google to the rescue. It also works in other languages, i.e. French “quarante-cinq” and Spanish "cuarenta y cinco”.