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
- Open Koi's Settings and go to Notch & tools, or hover the notch, open Tools and click Idle screen.
- Under Idle screen, turn on Show an idle screen.
- Pick the look: Time, a big calm clock, or Kois, a crowd of little Kois floating about. Try it shows it now.
- Pick Start after: 1, 2, 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes.
- Leave Music when it plays on to see the song instead while Spotify or Music plays: its cover, its buttons, the time and its lyrics scrolling along.
Good to know
Worth knowing
- A move of the mouse or a key brings everything back. With a song up, a key or a click away from its buttons does.
- Lyrics come from LRCLIB, sent the song's title, artist, album and length once per song. Lyrics on the idle screen turns that off.
- It waits while a video plays, and never starts during a call or a recording.
- It's off until you turn it on.
- It isn't a macOS screen saver, and it doesn't lock your Mac.
- On a call, ask Koi: "show the idle screen", "turn on the idle screen after 5 minutes", "show the Kois".
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.