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Voice typing in Guru

Knowledge bases fail because writing cards is somebody's fourth priority. Typally works at the keyboard level, so anywhere Guru accepts typing, it accepts your voice instead.

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In short

  • Guru's own dictation: AI features that suggest and generate content.
  • What Typally does instead: works above the app rather than inside it — Guru sees ordinary typed text.
  • Best used for: knowledge cards

Does Guru have built-in dictation?

AI features that suggest and generate content. No dictation.

Why dictate in Guru at all?

Guru's model is that verified knowledge cards surface where people work. That only functions if the cards exist, and creating them competes with the job the expert was hired for.

In practice people use it for: Knowledge cards, card verification notes, team announcements, and the answer you have now given three times.

How to dictate in Guru

You do not configure anything in Guru. The hotkey works wherever your cursor happens to be:

1

Install Typally

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

2

Focus the Guru field you want the words in

Text goes wherever Guru has focus. One click first saves undoing a paragraph in the wrong box.

3

Press and speak

Hold, talk, release. Long passages are fine.

4

Read it before you move on

Cards have verification cycles. A card nobody re-verifies gets flagged as stale, so keep them short enough to review quickly.

What Typally adds in Guru

Typally types into Guru's card editor, so capturing knowledge costs about as long as explaining it once more. That is the arithmetic that decides whether a knowledge base gets populated or stays an expensive empty shell.

What this looks like in practice

A support lead turns the eight most repeated Slack answers into cards, speaking each in about two minutes. The questions stop arriving in Slack, which was the entire point of buying Guru.

One habit that makes it work better

Turn the third repetition of any answer into a card. Speaking it takes about as long as answering individually once more.

What to watch out for in Guru

Cards have verification cycles. A card nobody re-verifies gets flagged as stale, so keep them short enough to review quickly.

Frequently asked questions

Does Guru have dictation?

No. Its AI generates suggestions; writing is typed.

What makes a good knowledge card?

Short, specific and answering one real question. Long cards do not get re-verified.

Can I dictate verification notes?

Yes — those fields are ordinary text inputs.

Try it in Guru

Start on the free plan (100 minutes a month, no card). Pro lifts the cap and adds meeting notes for $7.99/month.

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