Hands-Free

Talk to BB threads on iPhone and hear replies in Microsoft Edge neural voices. Choose a thread, dictate, and send with a tap; speech is sent without review. Requires microphone access and configured voice transcription; spoken replies send text to Microsoft. No Read Aloud installation is needed.

Overview

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Speak to a BB thread on your iPhone and hear the reply aloud.

How it works

Open Hands-Free, choose a thread, and tap the microphone to dictate. Tap again to send. When the agent finishes, Hands-Free reads its reply while the page stays open. You can open Thread activity to see what's happening.

Before you use it

Requires BB 0.43 or newer, microphone access, and a configured voice-transcription service. It works while BB is open and your phone is unlocked. Dictation is sent immediately without a chance to review it, so don't use it for secrets or risky instructions. If the microphone is unavailable, you can use keyboard dictation. Spoken replies use Microsoft Edge neural voices only, with Sonia as the default. Transcription may use your configured transcription service or browser SpeechRecognition; reply and preview text goes to Microsoft for synthesis.

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