Use cases

• Dictation for developersAI prompts in Cursor and Claude Code, commit messages, pull request descriptions and code review comments.
• Dictation software for RSIType less when your hands hurt: one press to start, one to stop, and no key to hold while you talk.

How it works in every app

Press Option + Space on a Mac or Alt + Space on Windows to start recording, speak, and press it again to stop. VocType turns your speech into text in the cloud and pastes it at your cursor. It does not press Return, so you can read the text before you send it. Every transcript is also saved to History, so you can copy it again later.

VocType works in every app you can paste into. See the guides to every app VocType works in.

Other ways people use VocType

Email and chat

Reply to email, Slack and Teams messages by talking, then edit the text before you send it.

Docs and notes

Draft a design doc, meeting notes or a first version of a report in Google Docs, Notion or Word. Speak in full sentences, then edit on the keyboard.

Tickets and support replies

Describe a bug, write steps to reproduce, or answer a customer in your help desk. Add product names and customer terms to the Personal Dictionary so they come out spelled right.

Typing less

Some people dictate to give their hands a break. The Record hotkey is one press to start and one to stop, so you do not have to hold a key down while you talk. See dictation software for RSI.

Before you start

• VocType runs on Mac and Windows and needs an internet connection.
• It needs Microphone access to record and Accessibility access to paste. See getting started.
• Not sure VocType is the right app? Compare it with the others in best dictation apps for Mac.

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