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Voice typing in eBay

eBay listings compete on detail, and detail is exactly what typing discourages. Hold a key and talk: Typally transcribes and types it into eBay without you touching the keyboard.

We make Typally, so treat this as a vendor's guide. Where eBay has a built-in option we say so, including when it is the better choice.
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In short

  • eBay's own dictation: None. Listing titles and descriptions are typed.
  • What Typally does instead: sends keystrokes to whichever window is in front, so eBay needs no plugin or setup.
  • Best used for: item descriptions

Does eBay have built-in dictation?

None. Listing titles and descriptions are typed.

Why dictate in eBay at all?

Every buyer question that could have been answered in the listing costs a message exchange and sometimes a sale. Sellers know this and still write four lines, because a thorough description takes real time per item.

In practice people use it for: Item descriptions, condition notes, listing titles, and replies to buyer questions.

How to dictate in eBay

Typally runs in the background and types into whatever window has focus, so there is nothing to install inside eBay:

1

Get Typally running

Install, sign in, and it waits in the tray.

2

Put the cursor in the eBay field you are filling

Put the cursor in the field you are about to fill — eBay decides where the text lands, not Typally.

3

Hold, say it, release

Nothing truncates part-way through.

4

Read it before you move on

eBay's description editor strips some formatting and enforces policies on contact details. Dictate plain prose.

What Typally adds in eBay

Typally types into eBay's listing fields, so describing thirty items honestly, flaws included, becomes an afternoon rather than a weekend. The cleanup pass keeps the description readable, and detail written this way tends to reduce the buyer questions and returns that eat a small seller's margin.

What this looks like in practice

A seller listing thirty items from a house clearance describes each one aloud, including the chips and scratches. Buyer questions drop sharply and so do the returns that used to eat the margin.

One habit that makes it work better

Describe the flaws as carefully as the features. Honest condition detail prevents returns, and returns cost far more than the sale was worth.

What to watch out for in eBay

eBay's description editor strips some formatting and enforces policies on contact details. Dictate plain prose.

Frequently asked questions

Does eBay have dictation for listings?

No. Titles and descriptions are typed.

Does a longer description reduce returns?

Detailed condition information means fewer surprises for buyers. Sellers widely report fewer disputes — we have not measured it ourselves.

Can I dictate replies to buyer questions?

Yes. The message box is an ordinary text field.

Try it in eBay

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