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Voice typing in Freshdesk

Freshdesk agents work a queue, and the queue is measured in tickets per hour. With Typally you hold a hotkey, speak, and the text lands in Freshdesk exactly where your cursor was.

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In short

  • Freshdesk's own dictation: None for composing. Canned responses cover repeated text.
  • What Typally does instead: types into the focused window, so it works in Freshdesk and everywhere else you write.
  • Best used for: ticket replies

Does Freshdesk have built-in dictation?

None for composing. Canned responses cover repeated text.

Why dictate in Freshdesk at all?

Canned responses handle the repeated parts, which leaves the agent typing the one paragraph that is specific to this customer — the paragraph that decides whether the reply feels like a person or a form.

In practice people use it for: Ticket replies, private notes, escalation context, and the knowledge base article you keep meaning to write.

How to dictate in Freshdesk

Because Typally types at the system level rather than plugging into Freshdesk, setup is the same everywhere:

1

Get Typally running

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

2

Click into the right box in Freshdesk first

Make sure Freshdesk has the cursor in the intended field; that is the only thing that decides where words appear.

3

Speak with the key held down

Push to talk, say your piece, release to transcribe.

4

Read it before you move on

Freshdesk keeps public replies and private notes in adjacent tabs, and it is easy to send an internal comment to the customer.

What Typally adds in Freshdesk

Typally types into the reply editor and private notes from the same key, so the customer-specific paragraph beside your canned response stops being the bottleneck. It is also what makes writing the knowledge base article realistic — speaking one takes about as long as answering the same question individually for the fourth time.

What this looks like in practice

The same shipping question arrives for the fourth time in a week. Instead of another reply, the agent talks out a knowledge base article in three minutes, links it, and the question stops arriving.

One habit that makes it work better

When you answer the same question for the third time, dictate it as a knowledge base article instead of a fourth reply. The article takes about as long to speak as the reply would.

What to watch out for in Freshdesk

Freshdesk keeps public replies and private notes in adjacent tabs, and it is easy to send an internal comment to the customer.

Frequently asked questions

Does Freshdesk have voice input?

No. Replies and notes are typed into the editor.

Can I dictate Freshdesk knowledge base articles?

Yes, and it is a good use — articles are long-form and rarely get written otherwise.

Does dictation work with canned responses?

Yes. Insert the canned text, then dictate the customer-specific part around it.

Try it in Freshdesk

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