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AWS resources outlive their creators, and the tag that explains them is usually blank. Hold a key and talk: Typally transcribes and types it into AWS Console without you touching the keyboard.

Yes, we build Typally. That is also why the section on AWS Console's built-in option is honest: people who switch after trying both are the ones who stay.
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In short

  • AWS Console's own dictation: None. Console fields, tags and descriptions are typed.
  • What Typally does instead: puts text wherever the cursor is, in AWS Console or in anything else you have open.
  • Best used for: resource tags and descriptions

Does AWS Console have built-in dictation?

None. Console fields, tags and descriptions are typed.

Why dictate in AWS Console at all?

A mature AWS account is full of security groups, buckets and instances created for reasons nobody remembers. Description and tag fields exist for exactly this and are left empty because filling them interrupts the thing you were doing.

In practice people use it for: Resource tags and descriptions, security group rule descriptions, IAM policy documentation, and support case text.

How to dictate in AWS Console

There is no AWS Console extension or add-in involved — Typally behaves like a very fast keyboard:

1

Download and sign in

Grab the build for your platform and create an account.

2

Put the cursor in the AWS Console field you are filling

Click first. Typally types into AWS Console wherever the caret already is, with no idea what that field is for.

3

Talk while holding the key

The recording lasts exactly as long as you do.

4

Read it before you move on

Console forms are long and some submit on Enter. Confirm the field before dictating and check the text landed.

What Typally adds in AWS Console

Typally types into the AWS Console like a keyboard, so tagging and describing resources becomes something you do at the moment of creation. No IAM permissions, no browser extension, nothing for a security team to review — it is keystrokes into the field you already have open.

What this looks like in practice

A team documents every rule in four security groups, spoken in twenty minutes. The next audit closes nine rules that had been left open purely because nobody could prove they were unused.

One habit that makes it work better

Fill in the description on every security group rule. It is a free text field, it appears in audits, and an undocumented rule is one nobody will ever dare close.

What to watch out for in AWS Console

Console forms are long and some submit on Enter. Confirm the field before dictating and check the text landed.

Frequently asked questions

Does the AWS Console have dictation?

No. All fields are typed in the browser.

Which AWS field is most worth documenting?

Security group rule descriptions. They surface in audits and undocumented rules never get removed.

Can I dictate a support case?

Yes, and detailed cases usually get a useful first response rather than a request for more information.

Try it in AWS Console

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