Dictation in any app
Hold Fn, say what you want, let go. Speechy types clean, punctuated text where your cursor is, in Slack, Mail, Notion, Cursor or any other app. Your voice is transcribed on your Mac.
How to use Dictation in any app
Click into a text box
Any app: chat, email, docs, code.
Hold Fn and talk
Or tap Fn once to start and again to stop.
Let go
Fillers and false starts are cleaned up.
It's typed
Right where your cursor was.
What you say, what it types
SlackYou say
“um so the deploy is done uh can someone check staging before five”
It types
The deploy is done. Can someone check staging before 5?
GmailYou say
“hi sam thanks for the deck lets meet thursday at three actually make it four cheers jay”
It types
Hi Sam, Thanks for the deck. Let's meet Thursday at 4. Cheers, Jay
CursorYou say
“rename the use effect in app dot tsx to use layout effect”
It types
Rename the useEffect in App.tsx to useLayoutEffect
Make it type your way.
Change any of these in Speechy, Settings, Dictation. The defaults work for most people.
- Start dictationHold the key, or tap to start and stopHold to talkTap to toggle
- Paste methodHow your words go into the appPaste (⌘V)Type it outDon't paste
- ClipboardPut back what you copied beforeRestore previousKeep dictation
- Auto submitPress a key after your words go inOffEnter⌘ EnterControl Enter
Questions
Anywhere you can type: Slack, Mail, Notion, Google Docs, Cursor, Terminal and text boxes in your browser. If an app blocks pasting, Speechy copies the text and tells you to press ⌘V.
No. The voice model runs on your Mac, so dictation works with Wi-Fi off and your recording never leaves it.
Yes. In Settings, Shortcuts, click the Dictate shortcut and press the keys you want. Modifier keys alone work too.
Press ⌘⌥Z within a few minutes and Speechy removes what it just typed. Add names it gets wrong to your Dictionary so it spells them right next time.
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Spotify
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