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Using phone as PC microphone vs FlowMic

How to use your phone as a microphone for PC dictation vs FlowMic: virtual microphone apps stream audio to a virtual sound driver, while FlowMic delivers ready text straight to your cursor. Experience wireless PC dictation without buying an external desktop microphone.

These tools install a virtual audio driver on the PC, streaming microphone audio from your phone over Wi-Fi or USB. Because the PC sees a standard audio input device, any recording or conferencing software can use it seamlessly without knowing a phone is involved.

FlowMic never registers as an audio device. Words you speak are transcribed into text and delivered straight to the focused cursor, optionally translated or structured on the way. Nothing on the PC can record the audio stream, because only pure text reaches the system.

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If you need finished text placed directly into your apps, the guide covers pairing and the three input modes.