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Voice typing in Final Cut Pro

Final Cut handles the edit; the client conversation around it is all typing. With Typally you hold a hotkey, speak, and the text lands in Final Cut Pro exactly where your cursor was.

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

  • Final Cut Pro's own dictation: Captioning tools that work on your footage.
  • What Typally does instead: types into the focused window, so it works in Final Cut Pro and everywhere else you write.
  • Best used for: client revision replies

Does Final Cut Pro have built-in dictation?

Captioning tools that work on your footage. No dictation for composing.

Why dictate in Final Cut Pro at all?

Editors spend their day in a timeline and their evenings answering revision notes. Vague replies to vague notes are how a project ends up on version nine.

In practice people use it for: Client revision replies, project notes, marker and keyword annotations, and delivery documentation.

How to dictate in Final Cut Pro

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

1

Install Typally

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

2

Click into the right box in Final Cut Pro first

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

3

Hold the hotkey and talk

Say the whole thought, then let go. No time limit.

4

Read it before you move on

Final Cut's shortcuts are single-key throughout. Confirm a text field has focus before dictating.

What Typally adds in Final Cut Pro

Typally types into your email client, project notes and Final Cut's marker fields from one hotkey, so client replies get written between renders. Speaking each point specifically is what stops a project drifting into a ninth version.

What this looks like in practice

An editor answers fourteen revision notes individually by voice within an hour of receiving them. The next cut is approved rather than generating another fourteen.

One habit that makes it work better

Answer revision notes point by point rather than agreeing in general. Ambiguity in a revision exchange is the single most expensive thing in post-production.

What to watch out for in Final Cut Pro

Final Cut's shortcuts are single-key throughout. Confirm a text field has focus before dictating.

Frequently asked questions

Does Final Cut have transcription?

It has captioning tools for your footage. Composing text about the project is separate.

Can I dictate marker notes?

Yes — markers have editable text.

Where does dictation help an editor most?

Client correspondence, which is high-volume prose competing directly with edit time.

Try it in Final Cut Pro

You can try this on the free plan — 100 minutes a month, no card, no trial countdown.

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