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Voice typing in Etsy

Etsy listings reward personality, and typing a hundred listings kills personality first. Typally puts your words into Etsy the moment you release the key, in whichever field you left the cursor.

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

  • Etsy's own dictation: None. Listing titles, descriptions and messages are typed.
  • What Typally does instead: puts text wherever the cursor is, in Etsy or in anything else you have open.
  • Best used for: listing descriptions

Does Etsy have built-in dictation?

None. Listing titles, descriptions and messages are typed.

Why dictate in Etsy at all?

Etsy buyers are buying from a person, not a warehouse. The story behind an item is the differentiator, and it is precisely what gets cut when you are listing your fortieth item at eleven at night.

In practice people use it for: Listing descriptions, shop announcements, replies to buyer questions, and custom order conversations.

How to dictate in Etsy

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

1

Download and sign in

Grab the build for your platform and create an account.

2

In Etsy, click the field before you speak

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

3

Talk while holding the key

The recording lasts exactly as long as you do.

4

Read it before you move on

Etsy's description box strips most formatting. Dictate plain prose and use line breaks rather than markup.

What Typally adds in Etsy

Typally types into Etsy's listing and message fields, so telling each item's story — the materials, the flaw you left in on purpose — costs about as long as telling it out loud. That story is what Etsy buyers are paying for, and it is the first thing that gets cut when you are typing your fortieth listing at midnight.

What this looks like in practice

A maker listing twelve new pieces talks through each one — the wood, why the grain runs that way, the fact that no two are identical. It takes twenty minutes for all twelve, and the descriptions sound like the person who made them.

One habit that makes it work better

Tell each item's story out loud — where the materials came from, what went wrong the first time you made one. That is what Etsy buyers pay for, and it is unbearable to type at volume.

What to watch out for in Etsy

Etsy's description box strips most formatting. Dictate plain prose and use line breaks rather than markup.

Frequently asked questions

Does Etsy have voice input for listings?

No. All listing fields are typed.

Can I dictate replies to Etsy buyers?

Yes. The message box is an ordinary text field.

Will longer descriptions help my listings?

Detail helps buyers decide and reduces the questions you have to answer individually. Whether it moves search ranking is Etsy's business, not something we can claim.

Try it in Etsy

The free plan gives you 100 minutes a month without a card — enough to find out whether talking beats typing for you.

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