Voice dictation for Claude Code
(and every other AI tool)

Speak a two-minute prompt into Claude Code's terminal, Cursor's chat, or a ChatGPT tab — and get clean, punctuated text at your cursor with the filler words already stripped. No copy-paste, no cutoffs. Typally exists because we hit this exact problem ourselves.

⬇ Download for Windows — 7-day free trial

Why we built this (a true story)

Typally started as an internal tool. We were living in Claude Code all day, and the best prompts — the ones with real context about the bug, the constraints, what we'd already tried — were long. Speaking them was obviously faster than typing them. But in our experience, built-in voice input kept cutting off after about a minute, mid-thought, and browser dictation meant transcribing in one tab and pasting into another. So we built a hotkey that records as long as you hold it, transcribes with Whisper large-v3, cleans up the "ums", and types the result into whatever window has focus. That tool became Typally.

How it works with Claude Code

Why dictated prompts are better prompts

AI coding tools reward context. Most people type 40 words per minute and unconsciously compress their prompts to save effort — dropping the reproduction steps, the constraint, the "and don't touch the auth module." Speaking at 150 words per minute removes that tax: you give Claude the full picture because saying it costs nothing. The quality difference compounds over a day of prompting.

The details that matter for developers

What about Claude Code's built-in voice input?

Use it if it covers you — it's built in and free. The reasons we ended up building Typally: recording length (hold-to-talk with no practical limit), cleanup (filler words and punctuation fixed before the text lands), custom vocabulary for jargon-heavy prompts, and one tool that works identically in every app rather than only inside Claude Code. If your prompts are short, built-in is fine; if you think in paragraphs, you'll feel the difference in a day.

Built by people who prompt for a living.

7-day free trial, $7.99/month after. Add your stack to the dictionary, hold the key, and give Claude the context it deserves.

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FAQ

Does it work with Claude Code in the terminal?

Yes. Typally types into whatever window has keyboard focus — Windows Terminal, PowerShell, WSL, VS Code's integrated terminal, or the Claude Code desktop app all work the same way.

Is there a recording time limit?

No practical one — it records for as long as you hold the hotkey (or until you toggle it off in toggle mode). Long, detailed prompts are exactly the use case it was built for.

Will it mangle technical terms and library names?

Out of the box, Whisper large-v3 handles technical English well. For your specific stack — package names, internal repo names, acronyms — add them to the custom vocabulary and they'll transcribe correctly.

Does it work with Cursor, Windsurf and ChatGPT too?

Yes — anywhere you can place a cursor on Windows. It's not integrated with any one tool; it types at the OS level, which is why it works with all of them.

Are my prompts stored on your servers?

No. Audio is transcribed over an encrypted connection and immediately discarded. Your history is stored only on your device.