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Copilot is embedded across Windows and Office, so it is reached mid-task, mid-document. Typally types what you say straight into Microsoft Copilot — hold a key, talk, let go — so you can dictate anywhere Microsoft Copilot lets you type.
Yes, we build Typally. That is also why the section on Microsoft Copilot's built-in option is honest: people who switch after trying both are the ones who stay.Voice input in some surfaces, varying by which Copilot you are in — Windows, Edge, Word, Teams. The behaviour is not consistent across them.
Copilot appears in a dozen places with slightly different capabilities in each. A dictation habit that works everywhere is easier to keep than remembering which surface has a microphone.
In practice people use it for: Prompts in the Windows sidebar, in-document requests in Word, summarisation asks in Teams, and Edge browsing questions.
There is no Microsoft Copilot extension or add-in involved — Typally behaves like a very fast keyboard:
Windows or macOS build, signed in once.
Click first. Typally types into Microsoft Copilot wherever the caret already is, with no idea what that field is for.
Say the whole thought, then let go. No time limit.
Copilot appears in several surfaces with different Enter behaviour. Check whether your return key sends or adds a line in the one you are using.
Typally gives you one dictation habit that works in every Copilot surface — Windows sidebar, Edge, Word, Teams — rather than remembering which one currently has a microphone. It also covers everything else on the machine, and the prompt lands as editable text you can read before sending.
Someone asks Copilot to draft a project update. Typed, the prompt is 'write a project update'. Spoken, it names the audience, the three things that changed, the one risk worth flagging and the tone to avoid — and the draft needs one edit instead of five.
Describe what the output should do, not just what it is about. 'Summarise this' gives you a summary; the spoken version specifying who reads it and what they need to decide gives you something usable.
Copilot appears in several surfaces with different Enter behaviour. Check whether your return key sends or adds a line in the one you are using.
Some surfaces do, and it varies between the Windows, Edge, Office and Teams versions.
Yes. The Copilot prompt box is a text field like any other.
One habit that works in every Copilot surface, plus every other app on the machine.
Free plan: 100 minutes of dictation a month, no card. Pro is $7.99/month if you want more.
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