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# Set up Vox on your iPhone

> The whole first-run setup, including the Shortcut that makes dictation work.

This is the same flow the app walks you through on first launch. Use it if you skipped
a step or would rather read than click.

<Note>
  Setting up a Mac instead? See [Set up Vox on your Mac](/getting-started/setup-mac).
</Note>

## 1. Turn on and connect

<Steps>
  <Step title="Hold the black button for 2 seconds">
    Vox vibrates when it turns on. Keep it in front of you rather than on your chest
    for now, so you can see the buttons and lights while you set up.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Keep holding for 5 seconds more to enter pairing mode">
    Only needed the first time, or when adding a new device.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pair it in Settings">
    Open Settings, then Bluetooth, and select Vox. Keep the device near your iPhone.
  </Step>
</Steps>

More detail in [Turning on and pairing](/getting-started/turning-on-and-pairing).

## 2. Wear it

Like a necklace, tucked under your shirt so the silicone ring touches your skin.

## 3. Take notes anywhere

On iPhone, every button gesture captures a note. Press to start, press again to stop.
Each note lands in Notes, here and on your Mac.

This works immediately, with no setup. If all you want is capture, you can stop here.

## 4. Dictating into a text field

Dictation on iPhone needs two more pieces, because iOS does not let an app type into
other apps. Vox bridges the gap with a Shortcut and your Action Button.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add the Shortcut">
    The app opens Shortcuts pre-filled. Tap **Add Shortcut**, then come back to Vox.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Map your Action Button">
    Settings, then Action Button, and pick the **Dictate To Text Field** shortcut.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Then, to dictate:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Tap the field you want to write into">
    A timer in the Dynamic Island shows when recording is live.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Squeeze the Action Button to start">
    Say what you want to write. Whisper or speak out loud, Vox picks you up either way.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Squeeze again to finish">
    The transcript pastes into the field you tapped.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## 5. Optional: silence the paste prompt

Because the transcript arrives by paste, iOS asks "Allow Paste?" every time until you
tell it not to. To stop the prompt for an app you dictate into often:

Settings, then Apps, then the app in question, then set **Paste from Other Apps** to
**Allow**.

You have to do this per app. It is worth doing for the two or three you use most.

## 6. Optional: add your Mac

Vox remembers every device you pair with. Once your Mac is added, a quick press of the
black button switches between them.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Set up your Mac" icon="laptop" href="/getting-started/setup-mac">
    Where the full feature set lives.
  </Card>

  <Card title="What differs between them" icon="devices" href="/getting-started/macos-vs-ios">
    Mac and iPhone are not identical.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>