How to dictate in any app
Tap the dictation keys, talk, and Koi types where your cursor is, in any Mac app. Voice commands, offline use, languages and how to stop, step by step.
Step by step
How to do it
- Tap Fn + ⌘. The light round the edge of your screen and Koi in the notch turn amber while the call connects. Wait for purple before you talk.
- Purple means Koi can hear you. The light swells while you talk, and moves with Koi's voice while it answers. Thinking keeps it purple.
- Tap Fn + ⌘ again, or stop talking. The light drains back up into the notch in a soft pale glow, and Koi fades back to white.
Good to know
Worth knowing
- The light runs round the screen your pointer is on, the one Koi sees, and follows you to another screen.
- Koi in the notch turns red when your plan's Koi has run out. Get more Koi shows in the notch then.
- Koi's sounds mark pressing the keys, letting go and the answer starting. Settings, General, Koi's sounds turns them off.
Keep exploring
How to teach Koi your words, snippets and styles
Make Koi spell names your way, type a saved address when you say a phrase, and pick Casual or Formal for each app. All in Settings, Dictation, on your Mac.
How to talk to Koi
Tap the call keys once and talk: Koi answers out loud, looks at your screen, points, draws and fixes your writing. How a call starts, ends and what it sees.
How to get Koi to explain with a picture
On a call, ask how something works and Koi draws it on a card or builds it in 3D while it talks. Turn it, click its steps, and save it as a PNG or a .koi file.