Charting with vMic
Free on the App Store · HIPAA compliant · Works in any EHR
VoiceboxMD vMic
Your iPhone is now a medical dictation microphone.
vMic is a free iOS app that turns the iPhone in your white coat pocket into a HIPAA-compliant wireless dictation microphone. It streams encrypted audio to your Mac or PC and drops transcribed text at your cursor inside Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, or any EHR you use.
The handheld microphone tax nobody asked for
Most physicians dictate through a $300–$500 handheld microphone plugged into a desktop, paired with a Dragon Medical One subscription that runs $99–$200/month per seat. Then an IT-managed device fleet. Then replacement units when mics walk off.
Meanwhile, every clinician on the floor already owns a clinical-grade microphone, the iPhone in their coat pocket. Beamforming arrays. Active noise cancellation. End-to-end encryption baked in. It’s already paid for. It’s already on their person. The only missing piece was a way to wire it to the cursor inside their EHR.
That’s vMic.
App download cost
4
Minutes from download to first note
150+
EHR systems supported
99%
Medical transcription accuracy
The Solution
How VoiceboxMD vMic turns your iPhone into a wireless clinical mic
Three steps. Roughly four minutes from App Store tap to first dictated note.
vMic works at the operating system level. That means it follows you everywhere, Mac, Windows, any EHR. Epic. Cerner. athenahealth. eClinicalWorks. Practice Fusion. NextGen. All 150+ systems we support. Your microphone travels with you because it lives in your pocket.
Here’s the workflow:
1. Download vMic free, Install the iOS app from the App Store on the iPhone you already carry. Free, forever. Roughly 10 MB.
2. Install the VBmic Receiver, Sign into VoiceboxMD on your Mac or PC and download the lightweight desktop receiver. iPhone and desktop are instantly connected over encrypted cloud.
3. Speak, watch words appear, Place your cursor in any EHR field, tap the mic on your iPhone, and dictate. Voice commands finish the chart hands-free.
Built for whoever is documenting at end of clinic
Family Medicine providers averaging 25 patients a day. Cardiologists writing up complex stress tests. Psychiatrists structuring intake evaluations. Hospitalists rounding on 20+ patients. Surgeons dictating op notes the second they leave the OR.
vMic supports every specialty across VoiceboxMD’s medical vocabulary engine, Internal Medicine, Orthopedics, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Dermatology, Urgent Care, Gastroenterology, Dentistry, and dozens more. The AI learns how you chart, not the other way around.
Why vMic
The cursor is the integration
Here’s what makes vMic fundamentally different from a Dragon PowerMic, or anything else clinicians have used to escape the keyboard:
You stay in control. You watch the words appear at your cursor.
You don’t buy hardware. The microphone you need is already in your pocket. The vMic app is free on the App Store.
VoiceboxMD starts at $49/month, no contracts, no setup fees, free 7-day trial on every plan. The medical vocabulary, voice commands, and templates, are all included.
Get Started
Stop typing. Start dictating from the iPhone in your pocket.
vMic gives you the wireless mic, the dictation engine, and the medical AI accuracy, starting at $49/month with a free 7-day trial.
No contracts. No hardware. No IT tickets. Download vMic, install the receiver, and start dictating in under four minutes.
VoiceboxMD vMic
Frequently Asked Questions
What is VoiceboxMD vMic?
VoiceboxMD vMic is a free iOS app that turns your iPhone into a wireless medical dictation microphone. It streams your voice over cloud to your Mac or Windows desktop, where VoiceboxMD’s clinical speech engine transcribes your words and inserts them at your cursor, in any EHR, Microsoft Word, or your browser.
Can I use my iPhone as a wireless microphone for medical dictation?
Yes. With vMic on your iPhone and the VBmic Receiver running on your Mac or Windows PC, your iPhone acts as a secure, HIPAA-compliant wireless dictation microphone. Place your cursor in any text field, tap the mic, and your dictation appears as transcribed text in real time.
Is vMic HIPAA compliant?
Yes. All audio is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.3 and at rest with AES-256. Audio files are automatically deleted after transcription processing. A signed Business Associate Agreement is included with every VoiceboxMD subscription at no extra cost, and patient audio is never used to train AI models.
Is VoiceboxMD vMic free?
The vMic iOS app is free to download from the Apple App Store. To use it for medical dictation, you’ll need an active VoiceboxMD desktop subscription, which powers the VBmic Receiver, the medical vocabulary engine, and voice commands. VoiceboxMD plans start at $49/month with a 7-day free trial.
What voice commands does vMic support inside an EHR?
vMic supports commands like “next field,” “new line,” “new paragraph,” “undo,” and many more. These let clinicians complete EHR forms hands-free, moving between fields, inserting saved templates, and correcting on the fly without touching the keyboard.
Does vMic work with Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, and other EHRs?
Yes. Because VoiceboxMD operates at the operating-system level with intelligent cursor positioning, vMic works with every major US EHR, including Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Practice Fusion, NextGen, AdvancedMD, DrChrono, Allscripts, Kareo, Open Dental, Dentrix, and Eaglesoft. There are no plugins, no marketplace installs, and no per-EHR integrations.
Does vMic work on Mac as well as Windows?
Yes. The VBmic Receiver runs natively on macOS 11+ (including Apple Silicon) and Windows 10/11. Your iPhone pairs with whichever desktop you’re working from. This makes vMic + VoiceboxMD one of the few full-featured medical dictation workflows available natively on Mac, where Dragon Medical desktop is not.
How is vMic different from a Dragon PowerMic?
vMic uses the iPhone you already own as the microphone, streams over cloud to a Mac or Windows desktop, runs on VoiceboxMD’s clinical speech engine, and is more affordable than legacy hardware setups. The vMic app itself is free; only the VoiceboxMD desktop subscription is paid.
Ready to take the cursor back?
Download vMic free from the App Store, install the VBmic Receiver, and start dictating into any EHR in under four minutes. Free 7-day trial on every plan.