Dictate messages and notes

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{
  "title": "Dictate messages and notes",
  "audience": "beginner",
  "summary": "Use the microphone button to speak instead of type — in chat or the note editor.",
  "sort_order": 8
}

Dictate messages and notes#

Don't feel like typing? Click the mic button, speak, and your words appear as text — ready to send or edit.

In the chat composer#

1. Look for the microphone icon (🎤) in the message composer toolbar, between the emoji picker and the autocorrect toggle.
2. Click once to start recording. A VU meter appears showing your audio level + elapsed time.
3. Speak your message. Take your time — the recording captures everything until you stop it.
4. Click the mic icon again (now showing a stop square) to finish.
5. After a brief processing moment (transcription via ScaiEcho), your spoken words appear in the composer text field.
6. Review and send — edit if needed, then press Enter/Send as usual.

The text inserts at the cursor position, so you can dictate into the middle of a message you're already composing.

In the note editor#

1. Open any note in the editor.
2. Click "Dictate" in the note toolbar (next to the voice-note button).
3. Speak. The VU meter confirms your mic is active.
4. Click again to stop.
5. Your transcribed text inserts at the cursor position in the editor — Yjs broadcasts it to collaborators automatically if the note is shared.

Tips#

• Speak clearly — the transcription engine (ScaiEcho) works best with natural-paced speech, not rushed.
• One sentence or many — there's no time limit. Speak as long as you like; the entire recording is transcribed at once.
• Edit before sending — the composer is your review surface. Fix any transcription errors before pressing Send.
• Language — ScaiEcho auto-detects language. For best results, speak consistently in one language per recording.

What about the "Record voice" button in notes?#

That's a different feature — it records a full voice note, sends it through AI-powered transcription + organization, and produces a structured Markdown document. "Dictate" (the mic button described here) just inserts raw transcribed text at the cursor. Use whichever fits your workflow.

Where to go next#

• Talk to your AI — full voice conversations
• Todos from notes — voice-dictate todo items