Dictate in any app · Education
Report card comments are the most-read and most-dreaded writing in schools. Hold a key and talk: Typally transcribes and types it into PowerSchool without you touching the keyboard.
Yes, we build Typally. That is also why the section on PowerSchool's built-in option is honest: people who switch after trying both are the ones who stay.None. Comment fields are typed, often with a bank of preset comments.
Comment banks exist because writing individual comments for a hundred and fifty students is impossible by hand. Parents recognise bank comments instantly, and the exercise loses its point.
In practice people use it for: Report card comments, behaviour notes, parent communication logs, and intervention documentation.
There is no PowerSchool extension or add-in involved — Typally behaves like a very fast keyboard:
Windows or macOS build, signed in once.
Click first. Typally types into PowerSchool wherever the caret already is, with no idea what that field is for.
Say the whole thought, then let go. No time limit.
Comment fields often have strict character limits. Speak, then trim.
Typally types into PowerSchool's comment fields, so adding one genuine observation per student becomes feasible at class scale. Check your district's policy on student data before dictating anything identifying a child.
A teacher adds one spoken specific observation to each of a hundred and forty reports over two evenings. Parents' evening conversations change completely, because the reports finally described individual children.
Speak one specific sentence per student and let the bank handle the rest. One real observation is what makes a report feel like it was written about a child.
Comment fields often have strict character limits. Speak, then trim.
No. Comment fields are typed, sometimes alongside a preset bank.
Because the phrasing is recognisable across reports. One specific line is what changes that.
Yes. Follow your district's policy on records and third-party tools.
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