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Voice typing in ClickUp

ClickUp has a field for everything, which is exactly why so many are left blank. Typally types what you say straight into ClickUp — hold a key, talk, let go — so you can dictate anywhere ClickUp lets you type.

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

  • ClickUp's own dictation: None for text entry. ClickUp's AI features generate content rather than transcribe speech.
  • What Typally does instead: puts text wherever the cursor is, in ClickUp or in anything else you have open.
  • Best used for: task descriptions

Does ClickUp have built-in dictation?

None for text entry. ClickUp's AI features generate content rather than transcribe speech.

Why dictate in ClickUp at all?

The product's strength is configurability, and its cost is that a fully-specified task has a lot of boxes. People fill the dropdowns because they are fast and skip the text ones because they are not.

In practice people use it for: Task descriptions, comments, docs, sprint notes, and the custom text fields nobody completes.

How to dictate in ClickUp

You do not configure anything in ClickUp. 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

Open ClickUp and click where you want the text

Text goes wherever ClickUp 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

ClickUp's editor supports slash commands, so a dictated slash opens a menu mid-sentence.

What Typally adds in ClickUp

Typally types into whichever ClickUp field has focus, so the two text fields that actually get read can be filled properly instead of every field being filled badly. Because it is not an integration, there is nothing to configure in a workspace that is already configured half to death.

What this looks like in practice

A team switching to ClickUp configures nine custom fields and, three weeks in, seven are empty. The lead picks the two that matter — context and acceptance criteria — and dictates those on every task instead.

One habit that makes it work better

Pick the two text fields that actually get read and dictate those properly. Filling every field badly is worse than filling two of them well.

What to watch out for in ClickUp

ClickUp's editor supports slash commands, so a dictated slash opens a menu mid-sentence.

Frequently asked questions

Does ClickUp have speech-to-text?

No. Its AI writes text for you; it does not transcribe what you say.

Can I dictate into ClickUp Docs?

Yes — Docs is a rich-text editor and a system-level tool types into it.

Does dictation work in ClickUp's desktop app?

Yes, the same as in the browser version.

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Free plan: 100 minutes of dictation a month, no card. Pro is $7.99/month if you want more.

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