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Voice typing in Amplenote

Amplenote links notes to tasks, so what you write becomes what you do. Typally puts your words into Amplenote the moment you release the key, in whichever field you left the cursor.

Disclosure: Typally is our product. We have tried to describe what Amplenote already does without talking you out of using it.
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In short

  • Amplenote's own dictation: None for capture. It has AI assistance features by plan.
  • What Typally does instead: puts text wherever the cursor is, in Amplenote or in anything else you have open.
  • Best used for: note content behind tasks

Does Amplenote have built-in dictation?

None for capture. It has AI assistance features by plan.

Why dictate in Amplenote at all?

The premise is that notes and tasks belong together. That works when the note explaining a task is written; when it is not, the task list becomes bare titles with no context, exactly like every other task list.

In practice people use it for: Note content behind tasks, daily jots, project notes, and the reasoning behind a priority.

How to dictate in Amplenote

You do not configure anything in Amplenote. The hotkey works wherever your cursor happens to be:

1

Download and sign in

Grab the build for your platform and create an account.

2

In Amplenote, click the field before you speak

Text goes wherever Amplenote has focus. One click first saves undoing a paragraph in the wrong box.

3

Talk while holding the key

The recording lasts exactly as long as you do.

4

Read it before you move on

The editor uses markdown shortcuts and task syntax. Dictate prose and add task markers by keyboard.

What Typally adds in Amplenote

Typally types into notes and jots alike, so the context behind a task gets captured at the moment it exists. That context is the entire reason for linking notes to tasks, and typing is what usually stops it being written.

What this looks like in practice

Someone whose tasks kept rolling over speaks two lines of context into each. Four of them turn out to be blocked on the same thing, which was invisible while they were titles.

One habit that makes it work better

Write the note behind the task, not just the task. Amplenote's whole advantage is that the context travels with the action.

What to watch out for in Amplenote

The editor uses markdown shortcuts and task syntax. Dictate prose and add task markers by keyboard.

Frequently asked questions

Does Amplenote have dictation?

No. Capture is typed.

What is the point of linking notes and tasks?

Context. A task with the reasoning attached survives being postponed; a bare title does not.

Can I dictate into jots?

Yes, and jots are the natural place for quick spoken capture.

Try it in Amplenote

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