Your first dictation
Learn how to use Typeless Desktop
Typeless on Desktop
Once you've downloaded and installed the Typeless app on your desktop, you're ready to go.
1. Put your cursor in a text box
For Typeless to know where you want to transcribe, your cursor must be in a textbox. This can be in any application on your computer – Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Docs, Notion, you name it. Just look for the flashing cursor.
2. Press and hold your keyboard shortcut (Mac default:
fn
)
Once you hear Typeless's interaction sounds or see the white bars start moving, you can start dictating.
3. Speak freely
4. Let go of the keyboard shortcut to see your formatted transcript
To paste the text, let go of the hotkey to paste in the text box you're in. Typeless should have pasted your dictation in the textbox.
P.S. If you click
, your transcript will be canceled, but don’t worry – you can still find it in the History page.
esc
Hands-free mode
If you're dictating something longer and don't want to keep holding down the key, just press the
+
to enter Hands-free mode.
fn
space
Typeless will continue listening until you press the keyboard shortcut again to stop. Once you do, your full dictation will be dropped into the text box.