Voice Typing in Slack and Discord for Text Messages

To turn your own speech into a written Slack or Discord message, click the message box and start your device's dictation. Press Win+H on Windows, use your configured Dictation shortcut on Mac, or tap the microphone on your phone's keyboard. The app's recording control sends an audio clip or voice message. Use the keyboard or system mic when you want to edit the words before posting. Windows Voice Typing · Mac Dictation · Slack clips · Discord Voice Messages

Dictate a message you can edit before sending

1. Open the right channel, thread, or DM. Click in its message field and check that you can see the cursor.
2. Start dictation. On Mac, you can turn it on in System Settings → Keyboard → Dictation. On iPhone, tap the keyboard's Dictate button. On Android with Gboard, tap the keyboard microphone and wait for Speak now.
3. Try “The staging build is ready. Could someone check the sign-in flow before three p.m. Eastern?” Stop dictation and check the time zone and environment. Select any real mention using the chat app's picker, then send the draft when it reads correctly. Apple's iPhone Dictation guide · Google's Gboard voice typing guide

If the words go into search or another field, stop and put the cursor back in the composer. If the app starts recording a clip, exit the recording and start your device's dictation from the text field.

Record a Slack voice message or read its transcript

Slack calls voice messages audio clips. On desktop, click the microphone in a channel or DM's message field, record, then click the check mark to stop. You can add a written message before sending. If you want a transcript alongside the clip, Slack documents a Generate transcript control for desktop audio clips. This keeps the recording and its transcript together in the conversation. Slack's audio and video clip instructions

Use Discord voice-to-text for incoming audio

Discord's Voice Messages are recordings sent from the mobile app. To read the words from a clip or a call while you listen, use your computer's live captions. Discord's Voice Messages guide

• Windows 11. Press Win+Ctrl+L, complete the language setup if prompted, then play the message or join the call. Windows displays captions in a separate window and discards them after use. Windows Live captions
• Mac with Apple silicon. Turn on System Settings → Accessibility → Live Captions where available. Caption computer audio, then play the message or join the call. Mac Live Captions

For a summary the channel can refer back to, dictate the key points into the text chat and send the reviewed message.

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