Voice entry

Add rows to Google Sheets just by speaking.

Voice Sheet is an app for iPhone and Android that turns a spoken sentence into a finished spreadsheet row. Say “fueled my car for 50 yesterday” and it fills the date, category and amount in the right columns of your Google Sheet — you just check it and tap Submit.

“Fueled my car for 50 yesterday”

ExpensesExtracted Data

DateOct 6, 2026

Calendar

CategoryTransport

Dropdown

Amount$50.00

Currency

NotesFuel

Text

IN SHORT

Voice entry for Google Sheets means adding spreadsheet data by talking instead of typing. You speak a sentence, speech recognition turns it into text, and AI places each part — a date, an amount, a category — into the matching column. Voice Sheet does this on your phone and appends the result as a new row in your sheet.

Step by step

How to add data to Google Sheets with your voice

Five steps from thought to row. You only do three of them.

1
Tap the mic
Open Voice Sheet on the sheet you want — or set Voice Input as the screen the app opens on.
2
Say it naturally
Your words appear as you talk. You can pause to think: listening stops after about 5 seconds of silence, with up to 60 seconds per entry.
3
AI reads your columns
Column names, types, dropdown options and your hints decide where each word goes.
4
Check the form
Everything arrives pre-filled. Fix a value with a calendar, keypad or dropdown — or tap Retry and say it again.
5
Submit
The row is appended to your Google Sheet. No signal? It's saved and synced later.

What it understands

Speak like a person. Get data like a spreadsheet.

Voice Sheet formats each value for the column it lands in, so your formulas, filters and charts keep working.

How spoken phrases are converted for each column type
Column type	You say	Voice Sheet writes	How it works
Date	“last Friday”	Oct 2, 2026	Relative dates are worked out from your phone's date. Say nothing about the date and today's date is used.
Currency	“twelve fifty”	$12.50	Saved as a number, so sums work. The symbol comes from your column's currency format.
Dropdown	“at the pharmacy”	Health	Only ever picks one of your existing options — it never invents a category. If nothing fits, it leaves the cell for you.
Number	“three hours”	3	Words and digits both work.
Yes / No	“…billable”	Yes	Decided from context.
Text	“electric bill”	Electric bill	Cleaned up and capitalised for notes and descriptions.
Email, phone, link	“call back on…”	Phone	Recognised as their own column types.
Formula	—	Formula kept	New rows get the column's formula automatically, so totals keep calculating.

AI explanations

Teach it how you file things.

Everyone categorises differently. Add a short hint to any column or dropdown option — up to 100 characters — and Voice Sheet follows it when it sorts what you say. Each spreadsheet can hold up to 10 hints.

Good hints describe what belongs, not what the column is called: “parking, fuel, tolls and taxis” beats “car stuff”.

Category · dropdown options

FoodHint: groceries, restaurants, coffee and takeaway

TransportHint: fuel, parking, tolls, taxis and train tickets

HealthHint: pharmacy, doctor, gym membership

“Airport parking, 18”

CategoryTransport

Amount$18.00

NotesAirport parking

Use cases

Any sheet with columns can take voice input.

Voice Sheet builds its form from your header row, so it works with the spreadsheets you already keep — or one of its ready-made templates.

Expense tracking

Log spending the moment it happens instead of reconstructing it from receipts.

“Groceries 64.20 yesterday”

CategoryFood

Amount$64.20

Timesheets & billable hours

Freelancers and contractors record time per project before they forget it.

“Two hours on the Acme logo, billable”

Hours2

BillableYes

Inventory & stock

Count stock with your hands full — say what came in or went out.

“Received 24 boxes of printer paper”

MovementStock In

Quantity24

Workouts & health

Log a run, your sleep or your weight right after, still out of breath.

“Ran 5k in 28 minutes”

ActivityRun

Minutes28

Tasks & to-dos

Capture a task with its priority and due date in one breath.

“Renew the insurance by the 20th, high”

PriorityHigh

DueOct 20

Your own sheet

Field notes, sales calls, mileage, readings — if it has headers, you can speak into it.

“Site visit, meter reads 4,812”

VisitSite visit

Reading4812

Voice vs typing

Why not just use the Google Sheets app?

You can — it's built for viewing and editing whole spreadsheets. Voice Sheet is built for one job: getting a new row in, fast, while you're on the move.

Adding a row in a spreadsheet app on your phone

Open the app and find the spreadsheet
Switch to the right tab
Scroll to the first empty row
Tap a tiny cell, type, switch keyboards for numbers
Type the date in the right format
Repeat for every column

Adding a row with Voice Sheet

Tap the mic
Say the entry
Tap Submit

Your spreadsheet stays a normal Google Sheet — open it on your computer any time to analyse, share or chart it.

Tips

Six tips for better voice entries

1
Name the date if it isn't today“Yesterday”, “last Friday” or “March 15th” all work.
2
Use your own category wordsSaying the option name — or a word from its hint — gives the most reliable match.
3
One entry per recordingGot several? Quick Capture splits a list into separate rows.
4
Keep header names clear“Amount” and “Due Date” guide the AI better than “Col C”.
5
Mark must-have columns as requiredThe AI makes sure required columns are filled in.
6
Pause when you're doneListening stops on its own after about 5 seconds of silence — no need to tap again.

Privacy

What happens to your voice

The microphone is only on while you're recording. Voice Sheet asks for microphone and speech-recognition permission only if you choose to use voice entry.

Audio is turned into text by your phone's speech recognition. The text — along with your sheet's column names — is then read by an AI service to fill in the form.

Ask Anything and the try-out during setup are the exceptions. Both send your recording to Google Gemini so it can understand longer requests, after a one-time notice. Your sheet's rows aren't sent, and Voice Sheet doesn't keep the recording.

Nothing is saved to your sheet until you tap Submit. You can also choose restricted access, so Voice Sheet only sees spreadsheets it created.

New to Voice Sheet?

More than a microphone.

Voice Sheet is a data-entry app for Google Sheets. Connect a spreadsheet you already use, create one from a template, or keep everything on your phone with no Google account at all. Then add entries by voice, by typing several at once, or from a home screen widget — online or off.

See everything Voice Sheet does →

Voice Sheet — say it, and it's in your Google Sheet

Works even better with

Quick Capture Dictate or type a whole list; each line becomes its own row.Home screen widget Start an entry without opening the app.Entry reminders Get nudged to log recurring entries, pre-filled.Offline sync Speak entries with no signal; they sync later.Templates Seven ready-made sheets with columns and formulas.Budget dashboard See spending against budget, per category.

FAQ

Voice entry questions

Can you use voice to enter data in Google Sheets?

Not directly from the Google Sheets mobile app — but Voice Sheet adds it. You speak an entry in the Voice Sheet app on iPhone or Android, it fills each column of your Google Sheet, and appends the row when you tap Submit.

Is it the same as dictation on my keyboard?

No. Keyboard dictation types one block of text into one cell. Voice Sheet splits your sentence into separate values — date, amount, category, notes — and puts each into its own column, formatted correctly.

Does it work with my existing spreadsheet?

Yes. Pick any spreadsheet in your Google Drive and Voice Sheet builds a form from its header row. If you add or rename columns later, tap Refresh from Google Sheets.

What if it gets a value wrong?

Nothing is saved until you check the form. Edit any field with the calendar, keypad or dropdown, or tap Retry and say it again.

Which languages can I speak?

The microphone listens in the language you pick in Settings › Language: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian or Hungarian. If you haven't picked one, it follows your phone's language. It uses your phone's speech recognition, so the language needs to be available on your phone.

Do I need a Google account?

No. You can use Voice Sheet with everything stored on your device and connect Google Sheets later.

Is voice entry free?

Yes, up to 3 voice entries a day on the free plan; the count resets at midnight. Premium — $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year — makes voice entry unlimited and also unlocks unlimited Quick Capture and widget entries with no ads. Eligible new subscribers get a free trial.