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 Keyboard sounds.
- Turn on Keyboard sounds.
- Pick one of the 16 packs. Each types "hello koi" as you pick it, so you hear it first.
- Set the volume.
Good to know
Worth knowing
- The packs: Tactile, Clicky, Linear, Brown, Thock, Alps, Buckling, Retro, Office, Membrane, Laptop, Typewriter, Toy, Pop, Click and Tick.
- It's quiet for a key held down repeating, in password fields, for what Koi types, while you dictate, on a call with Koi, while a call is recorded, and while a meeting app has the microphone.
- Koi hears each key through Accessibility only to play its sound. Which key it was is never kept, logged or sent.
- The packs are free-to-use recordings, credited in the app.
- On a call, ask Koi: "turn on keyboard sounds", "use the typewriter sounds", "set them to 40%".
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.