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Dictation and My Voice

Dictate wherever there is something to write. My Voice keeps your tone and your sign-off, so what comes back still reads like you.

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What this covers

Talking to it instead of typing, and the setting that keeps what comes back sounding like you.

Dictate

Anywhere there is something to write, there is a Dictate button under the box: Notes, emails, Invoice descriptions, Journal Entry narrations. Click it, speak, and the words land in the field you were already in.

It is quickest on a phone, which is also where typing is worst.

Polish

Next to it. Polish tidies what you said into something you would be happy to send: sentences finished, punctuation added, the false starts taken out.

My Voice

Which raises the fair objection: tidied by whom, into whose voice. That is what User Settings → Dictation / My Voice is for.

You set your tone (warm, brief, formal, whatever you actually are) and your sign-off, the way you genuinely end an email. Set it once and it applies everywhere text is polished for you.

Tips

Speak the punctuation when it matters. Saying "full stop" and "new paragraph" saves more time than fixing it afterwards.

Read it before it goes. Nothing is sent on your behalf, and dictation mishears names more than anything else.

If Polish does not sound like you, change My Voice. It is a setting, not a limitation.

Common questions

Does it work on a phone?

Yes, and that is where it earns its keep. The same button appears on the same screens.

Is anything sent automatically?

No. Dictation and Polish both fill in a field and stop. The send is always a separate action you take.

It keeps getting a name wrong.

Unusual names are the weak point. Say them slowly, or type the name and dictate the rest.

Video transcript

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Most of what slows you down in a program like this is typing. So do not type it. Anywhere there is something to write, there is a way to say it instead. This is an email on a Client. Scroll to the body, and there it is under the box. Dictate. Click, then speak. The words land in the field you were already in.

Polish sits next to it, and it tidies what you said into something you would be happy to send. Which raises the obvious worry. Tidied by whom, and into whose voice. That is what My Voice is for. User Settings, Dictation and My Voice. Your tone, whether that is warm or brief or formal. And your sign-off, the way you actually end an email.

Set it once and it applies everywhere text is polished for you. It is a setting, not a limitation. If it does not sound like you, change it, and it will.

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