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Voice typing in Apollo.io

Apollo makes prospecting volume trivial and message quality entirely your problem. Typally works at the keyboard level, so anywhere Apollo.io accepts typing, it accepts your voice instead.

Written by the team behind Typally. Apollo.io's own features are described as accurately as we can — check them yourself before switching anything.
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In short

  • Apollo.io's own dictation: AI writing assistance. No dictation.
  • What Typally does instead: works above the app rather than inside it — Apollo.io sees ordinary typed text.
  • Best used for: sequence copy

Does Apollo.io have built-in dictation?

AI writing assistance. No dictation.

Why dictate in Apollo.io at all?

When a tool hands you ten thousand contacts, the temptation is to send the same message to all of them. The constraint that used to be finding people is now writing something worth reading.

In practice people use it for: Sequence copy, personalised openers, call notes, and internal notes on an account.

How to dictate in Apollo.io

Because Typally types at the system level rather than plugging into Apollo.io, setup is the same everywhere:

1

Install Typally

Windows or macOS, then sign in. No card for the free tier.

2

Focus the Apollo.io field you want the words in

Make sure Apollo.io has the cursor in the intended field; that is the only thing that decides where words appear.

3

Press and speak

Hold, talk, release. Long passages are fine.

4

Read it before you move on

Apollo's editors sit inside a dense interface. Click into the intended field before speaking.

What Typally adds in Apollo.io

Typally types into Apollo's sequence and note fields, so writing something specific costs speaking time rather than typing time. That changes the economics of personalisation, which is the whole difference between prospecting that works and volume that annoys people.

What this looks like in practice

A founder doing their own outbound speaks a paragraph of research into each account record before writing. The sequences that follow reference real details, and the reply rate stops resembling spam.

One habit that makes it work better

Write the sequence as if to one specific person you have researched, then let the tool send it broadly. Generic-by-design copy is why most prospecting email is ignored.

What to watch out for in Apollo.io

Apollo's editors sit inside a dense interface. Click into the intended field before speaking.

Frequently asked questions

Does Apollo have voice input?

No. Its AI generates copy; composing is typed.

Is AI-generated prospecting copy good enough?

It fills the field. Whether it earns a reply is a different question, and specificity is what usually decides it.

Can I dictate account research notes?

Yes, and those are what make the personalised line possible later.

Try it in Apollo.io

Start on the free plan (100 minutes a month, no card). Pro lifts the cap and adds meeting notes for $7.99/month.

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