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
- Hover the notch, open the Tools tab top left and click Read aloud.
- Pick the file: a PDF, a Word file, slides, a text, RTF or Markdown file, or a picture or a scan of text. Your Mac reads it out.
- Or select the file in Finder, or open it, tap Fn + ⌘ and say "explain this file", "translate this letter into English", "add this receipt to my expenses" or "put these dates in my calendar".
Good to know
Worth knowing
- A translation is a copy of the same kind of file, saved beside the original in its own layout. Ask for a page and it goes in your Koi documents instead.
- Koi finds a file by its name too: "translate my lease".
- Explain and translate are on calls only. The calendar's From a file adds a booking's dates without a call.
- Pictures and scans are read on your Mac. Only the words go to Koi's AI, and Read aloud sends nothing.
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 type to Koi
Tap Control twice for Koi's chat box: type a question, get a written answer that sees your screen and selected text, and send saved prompts with a slash.