Dictate in any app · Docs

Voice typing in Nuclino

Nuclino is deliberately fast and minimal, which puts all the friction on writing. Hold a key and talk: Typally transcribes and types it into Nuclino without you touching the keyboard.

Disclosure: Typally is our product. We have tried to describe what Nuclino already does without talking you out of using it.
Dictate into Nuclino No card, no trial timer. 100 minutes of dictation free every month.
Try Typally free

In short

  • Nuclino's own dictation: AI features by plan. No dictation.
  • What Typally does instead: types into the focused window, so it works in Nuclino and everywhere else you write.
  • Best used for: short knowledge items

Does Nuclino have built-in dictation?

AI features by plan. No dictation.

Why dictate in Nuclino at all?

Nuclino removes structure and ceremony so that capturing knowledge is quick. The remaining cost is the sentences themselves, which is the cost that actually stops people.

In practice people use it for: Short knowledge items, project documentation, meeting notes, and linked concept pages.

How to dictate in Nuclino

You do not configure anything in Nuclino. 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

Put the cursor in the Nuclino field you are filling

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

3

Hold the hotkey and talk

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

4

Read it before you move on

Nuclino's editor uses markdown-style shortcuts. Dictate plain prose.

What Typally adds in Nuclino

Typally types into Nuclino's editor, so creating a new short item costs seconds. In a tool built around many small linked pieces, that is exactly the cost that determines whether the workspace grows or stalls.

What this looks like in practice

A team creates twenty short linked items in one afternoon by speaking each. The workspace stops being three long stale pages and becomes something people actually search.

One habit that makes it work better

Keep items short and numerous rather than long and few. Speaking makes creating a new short item cheap enough that the graph actually grows.

What to watch out for in Nuclino

Nuclino's editor uses markdown-style shortcuts. Dictate plain prose.

Frequently asked questions

Does Nuclino have dictation?

No. Its editor is typed.

Should items be long or short?

Short and linked. That is what the tool is designed around and what stays maintainable.

Can I dictate into linked items?

Yes, each item is an ordinary editor.

Try it in Nuclino

There is a permanent free tier of 100 minutes a month. Pro costs $7.99/month and raises the limit.

Try Typally free

Also dictate in: Slab · Guru · Logseq · see all apps