diff --git a/KisaniCal/ContentView.swift b/KisaniCal/ContentView.swift
index 7b4f03b..968b7f1 100644
--- a/KisaniCal/ContentView.swift
+++ b/KisaniCal/ContentView.swift
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                 .presentationDetents([.height(150)])
                 .presentationDragIndicator(.visible)
         }
+        #if DEBUG
+        .onAppear {
+            // Test hook: auto-open Quick Add (used to verify the voice→field binding
+            // on the simulator, which has no microphone). Compiled out of Release.
+            if ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["KISANI_AUTOADD"] == "1" {
+                DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5) { showQuickAddTask = true }
+            }
+        }
+        #endif
         .onChange(of: showWorkoutTab) { _ in ShortcutHandler.registerShortcuts() }
     }
 
diff --git a/KisaniCal/ISSUES.md b/KisaniCal/ISSUES.md
index 40fce71..d1d1070 100644
--- a/KisaniCal/ISSUES.md
+++ b/KisaniCal/ISSUES.md
@@ -1193,3 +1193,25 @@ Files: `SpeechRecognizer.swift` (new), `TodayView.swift`, `project.yml`.
 - Recognition locale is `.current`; no manual language picker.
 - Contains `print("[VOICE] …")` debug logging — harmless, could be removed before
   release. **Minor.**
+
+### Follow-up fix — transcript never appeared in the field
+**Status:** Fixed (simulator-verified)
+
+The mic captured speech and the transcript reached `rawText`, but the text never
+showed in the Quick Add field. Root cause: `NLTaskField.updateUIView`
+(`UIViewRepresentable` over `UITextView`) had `guard coordinator.isEditing else {
+…return }` — so when the field wasn't focused (the normal case when tapping the
+mic), externally-set text (voice) was dropped and the placeholder stayed. Fixed
+to render non-empty `text` even when not editing (caret moved to end). Verified on
+simulator by pushing text through the real `speech.transcript` path: "Buy milk
+tomorrow" → field shows it, date chip = Tomorrow; "Call Romeo at 11 AM" → field
+shows it, chip = Today 11:00.
+
+Not exercised on the sim (no microphone / no UI-tap automation): live mic capture
+and the literal Save tap. The save path is the same `submit()`/`addTask` used by
+all typed tasks, so it's covered by normal task creation.
+
+Added DEBUG-only test hooks (`KISANI_AUTOADD`, `KISANI_VOICE_SIM`) to inject a
+transcript on the simulator; `#if DEBUG`, compiled out of Release.
+
+Files: `TodayView.swift` (`NLTaskField.updateUIView`), `ContentView.swift`.
diff --git a/KisaniCal/Views/TodayView.swift b/KisaniCal/Views/TodayView.swift
index 73b3e1c..c28444c 100644
--- a/KisaniCal/Views/TodayView.swift
+++ b/KisaniCal/Views/TodayView.swift
@@ -1767,13 +1767,21 @@ struct NLTaskField: UIViewRepresentable {
     }
 
     func updateUIView(_ tv: UITextView, context: Context) {
-        guard context.coordinator.isEditing else {
-            if text.isEmpty {
+        let editing = context.coordinator.isEditing
+
+        // Not focused: show placeholder when empty, but still render text that was
+        // set programmatically (e.g. voice dictation) so it actually appears.
+        if !editing && text.isEmpty {
+            if tv.text != placeholder || tv.textColor != .placeholderText {
                 tv.text = placeholder
                 tv.textColor = .placeholderText
             }
             return
         }
+        // Avoid clobbering the live UITextView (and the cursor) when the displayed
+        // text already matches the binding.
+        if tv.textColor == .label && tv.text == text && editing { return }
+
         let sel = tv.selectedRange
         let attr = NSMutableAttributedString(string: text)
         let full = NSRange(location: 0, length: attr.length)
@@ -1785,7 +1793,9 @@ struct NLTaskField: UIViewRepresentable {
             ], range: r)
         }
         tv.attributedText = attr
-        tv.selectedRange = sel
+        // Only restore the caret while the user is actively editing; for an external
+        // (voice) update, place the caret at the end.
+        tv.selectedRange = editing ? sel : NSRange(location: attr.length, length: 0)
     }
 
     func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator { Coordinator(self) }
@@ -1862,6 +1872,15 @@ struct AddTaskSheet: View {
                 rawText = text
                 print("[VOICE] Transcript bound to task field")
             }
+            #if DEBUG
+            .onAppear {
+                // Test hook: simulate a finished dictation by pushing text through the
+                // real speech.transcript path (the sim has no mic). Compiled out of Release.
+                if let t = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["KISANI_VOICE_SIM"], !t.isEmpty {
+                    DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.6) { speech.transcript = t }
+                }
+            }
+            #endif
             .padding(.horizontal, 16)
             .padding(.top, 14)
             .padding(.bottom, 10)