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Voice typing in Loom

Loom replaces meetings with recordings, and the written description decides if anyone watches. Typally puts your words into Loom the moment you release the key, in whichever field you left the cursor.

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In short

  • Loom's own dictation: Automatic transcription of your recording, plus AI-generated titles and summaries in some plans.
  • What Typally does instead: covers Loom and every other program on the machine with one hotkey.
  • Best used for: video titles and descriptions

Does Loom have built-in dictation?

Automatic transcription of your recording, plus AI-generated titles and summaries in some plans.

Why dictate in Loom at all?

A five-minute video with no description is a five-minute commitment nobody makes. The title and description are what turn a recording into something people click, and they are written after the recording when enthusiasm has run out.

In practice people use it for: Video titles and descriptions, follow-up written summaries, comment replies, and the message the video is embedded in.

How to dictate in Loom

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

1

Start with the install

Windows or macOS build, signed in once.

2

In Loom, click the field before you speak

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

3

Hold the hotkey and talk

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

4

Read it before you move on

Loom transcribes the recording, not what you type. The description is still yours to write.

What Typally adds in Loom

Typally handles the writing around the recording — the title, the description and the message you embed it in. Loom transcribes the video itself, but the description is what decides whether anyone presses play, and it is written after the recording when the enthusiasm has gone.

What this looks like in practice

Someone whose Looms were going unwatched starts adding two spoken lines saying what the video covers and what decision they need. Watch rates change immediately, because colleagues can tell whether it concerns them.

One habit that makes it work better

Say what the video covers and what you need from the viewer, in the message around it. Even a transcribed video needs a reason to press play.

What to watch out for in Loom

Loom transcribes the recording, not what you type. The description is still yours to write.

Frequently asked questions

Does Loom transcribe my videos?

Yes, it transcribes the recording, and some plans generate titles and summaries. That is separate from writing the description or the message around it.

Why write a description if the video is transcribed?

The transcript is inside the video. The description is what makes someone open it in the first place.

Can I dictate Loom comment replies?

Yes — comments are ordinary text fields.

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