# Voice Mode > Add expenses hands-free using voice dictation. Speak your expense details and let AI do the rest. Source: https://spentrip.app/help/voice-mode ## What is Voice Mode? Voice mode lets you add expenses by speaking. Tap the microphone, describe what you spent, and Spentrip creates a full expense entry from your words. The AI figures out the merchant, amount, items, currency, and category from natural speech. It uses cloud-based speech recognition with support for 50+ languages. Good for moments when typing isn't practical — walking, driving, cooking, or when your hands are full. Premium feature ## How to Use Voice Mode 1 #### Tap the Microphone Open the add expense menu and select voice mode, or tap the microphone icon from the home screen. 2 #### Speak Your Expense Describe what you spent in your own words. Include the merchant, items, and amounts. You'll see real-time transcription on screen. 3 #### Confirm or Retry Review the generated expense. You can confirm to save it, retry the dictation, or cancel. ## What You Can Say There's no special format or syntax. Just describe the expense the way you'd tell a friend: "Spent thirty-five dollars on lunch at Chipotle" "Taxi to the airport, twenty-two fifty" "Paid fifty euros for museum tickets and ten euros for coffee" "Grocery run at Whole Foods, about a hundred and twenty bucks" The AI handles amounts in different formats, mentions of currency, and natural phrasing. You don't need to structure your speech in any particular way. ## Edit with Voice Voice mode isn't just for new expenses. You can also use it to edit existing receipts. Open any expense, tap **Edit with Voice**, and describe the changes you want to make. The AI updates the receipt based on your instructions. **Example:** Open a receipt and say "Change the merchant to Target and add a five-dollar item for batteries." The AI applies both edits. ## Tips & Details ### Recording Limits Maximum listen duration is **10 minutes**. After that, recording stops automatically. You'll have plenty of time for even the most detailed expense descriptions. ### Pause Detection The app detects when you stop talking. On **Android**, it waits 10 seconds of silence before stopping. On **iOS**, it waits 30 seconds. You can also stop manually by tapping the microphone again. ### Language Support Voice mode supports **50+ languages** for speech recognition. You can change the speech recognition language in your app settings. The AI processes your speech in the selected language and creates the expense accordingly. ### Visual Feedback While you speak, you'll see a microphone visualization that responds to your voice in real time, along with the transcribed text appearing as you talk. This helps you confirm the app is hearing you correctly. ### Requires Internet Voice mode uses cloud-based speech recognition, so an internet connection is required. If you're offline, use [manual entry](/help/manual-entry.md) instead. ## Related Articles [Receipt Scanning Have a receipt? Scan it for full line-item extraction.](/help/receipt-scanning.md) [Manual Entry Type expenses in yourself when you prefer hands-on control.](/help/manual-entry.md) [Editing & Deleting Make changes to any expense after it's saved.](/help/editing-expenses.md)