Dictate in any app · HR

Voice typing in Gusto

Payroll is numbers, and the writing around it is policy nobody has time for. Hold a key and talk: Typally transcribes and types it into Gusto without you touching the keyboard.

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In short

  • Gusto's own dictation: None. Notes and policy fields are typed.
  • What Typally does instead: types into the focused window, so it works in Gusto and everywhere else you write.
  • Best used for: company policies

Does Gusto have built-in dictation?

None. Notes and policy fields are typed.

Why dictate in Gusto at all?

Small businesses run payroll in Gusto and postpone everything written that surrounds it — handbooks, leave policies, offer letter language. The gap surfaces at the worst moment, usually when someone disputes something.

In practice people use it for: Company policies, handbook sections, offer letter text, and employee-facing announcements.

How to dictate in Gusto

Nothing changes inside Gusto itself. Typally sits in the tray and types into the focused window:

1

Get Typally running

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

2

Put the cursor in the Gusto field you are filling

The cursor position is the whole instruction — Gusto routes the keystrokes from there.

3

Speak with the key held down

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

4

Read it before you move on

Employee and payroll data is sensitive and regulated. Keep individual details out of anything dictated through a third-party service.

What Typally adds in Gusto

Typally is a good fit for the company-level documents that keep slipping — handbooks, leave policies, announcements, offer letter templates. Dictate the policy the first time you explain it out loud to someone, since the hard part is already done. Keep individual payroll and employee details out of it.

What this looks like in practice

The third time a founder explains the remote work policy verbally, she dictates it into a document immediately afterwards. The policy that had been 'we should write that down' for a year exists by the end of the day.

One habit that makes it work better

Dictate the policy the first time you have to explain it verbally to someone. You have just said it out loud, which means the hard part is done.

What to watch out for in Gusto

Employee and payroll data is sensitive and regulated. Keep individual details out of anything dictated through a third-party service.

Frequently asked questions

Does Gusto have dictation?

No. All fields are typed.

What HR writing is safe to dictate?

Company-level documents — handbooks, policies, announcements. Not records about identifiable individuals.

Can I dictate offer letter text?

The template language, yes. Fill in the individual's details by hand.

Try it in Gusto

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