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Voice typing in HubSpot

HubSpot spans CRM, email and content, and all three run on text somebody has to write. With Typally you hold a hotkey, speak, and the text lands in HubSpot exactly where your cursor was.

Yes, we build Typally. That is also why the section on HubSpot's built-in option is honest: people who switch after trying both are the ones who stay.
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In short

  • HubSpot's own dictation: AI content assistants that generate copy.
  • What Typally does instead: types into the focused window, so it works in HubSpot and everywhere else you write.
  • Best used for: deal and contact notes

Does HubSpot have built-in dictation?

AI content assistants that generate copy. No dictation of your own speech.

Why dictate in HubSpot at all?

HubSpot's value comes from everything being logged in one place, which means a lot of writing: notes, emails, blog drafts, deal context. The generated copy is fine for volume and wrong for anything specific to one customer.

In practice people use it for: Deal and contact notes, sequence emails, blog drafts, meeting summaries, and internal notes on a company record.

How to dictate in HubSpot

There is no HubSpot extension or add-in involved — Typally behaves like a very fast keyboard:

1

Get Typally running

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

2

Click into the right box in HubSpot first

Click first. Typally types into HubSpot wherever the caret already is, with no idea what that field is for.

3

Speak with the key held down

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

4

Read it before you move on

Notes and email composers sit close together on a record page. Check which has focus before dictating something meant to stay internal.

What Typally adds in HubSpot

Typally covers the writing HubSpot's AI cannot do for you — the paragraph specific to one customer, which is the only part anyone notices. It types into deal notes, sequence emails and the blog editor from the same key, so logging a call properly costs about a minute instead of five.

What this looks like in practice

A salesperson logs six calls in a morning. Each note takes about a minute spoken and contains what was actually said, so the marketing team writing the follow-up sequence has real objections to work from instead of 'had a good chat'.

One habit that makes it work better

Let the AI draft the templated email and dictate the paragraph that mentions this specific customer. That paragraph is the only part anyone notices.

What to watch out for in HubSpot

Notes and email composers sit close together on a record page. Check which has focus before dictating something meant to stay internal.

Frequently asked questions

Does HubSpot have speech-to-text?

No. Its AI writes copy for you rather than transcribing what you say.

Can I dictate into HubSpot's blog editor?

Yes — it is a rich-text editor like any other.

Is there a risk of dictating an internal note into a customer email?

Only the same risk as typing one. Confirm which field has focus before you start.

Try it in HubSpot

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