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Voice typing in Turnitin

Feedback on flagged work is delicate writing done at volume under time pressure. Typally puts your words into Turnitin the moment you release the key, in whichever field you left the cursor.

From the people who build Typally. If Turnitin's own option covers your use, use it — this page will tell you when it does.
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In short

  • Turnitin's own dictation: None for composing. Its features analyse submissions rather than write feedback.
  • What Typally does instead: behaves like a keyboard, so it reaches parts of Turnitin a built-in feature would not.
  • Best used for: inline feedback comments

Does Turnitin have built-in dictation?

None for composing. Its features analyse submissions rather than write feedback.

Why dictate in Turnitin at all?

Marking with Turnitin means writing feedback on similarity reports and academic integrity concerns — some of the most carefully worded writing an educator does, produced during marking season alongside everything else.

In practice people use it for: Inline feedback comments, summary feedback, rubric comments, and academic integrity notes.

How to dictate in Turnitin

You do not configure anything in Turnitin. The hotkey works wherever your cursor happens to be:

1

Download and sign in

Grab the build for your platform and create an account.

2

Put the cursor in the Turnitin field you are filling

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

3

Press and speak

Hold, talk, release. Long passages are fine.

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Read it before you move on

Feedback on academic integrity may become part of a formal process. Write accordingly, and check institutional policy on third-party tools.

What Typally adds in Turnitin

Typally types into Turnitin's feedback and rubric fields, which makes specific feedback feasible across a hundred submissions. Spoken phrasing on sensitive feedback tends to be warmer, and warmth is what stops these conversations escalating.

What this looks like in practice

A lecturer addressing a similarity flag speaks the feedback rather than typing it late at night. The student responds by asking for help with citation, rather than lodging a complaint about tone.

One habit that makes it work better

Speak integrity feedback as if talking to the student in an office hour. Written accusations read harsher than intended and escalate situations that a conversation would resolve.

What to watch out for in Turnitin

Feedback on academic integrity may become part of a formal process. Write accordingly, and check institutional policy on third-party tools.

Frequently asked questions

Does Turnitin have dictation?

No. Feedback fields are typed.

How should integrity concerns be phrased?

As you would say it in person — factual and non-accusatory. Written phrasing escalates more easily.

Can I dictate rubric comments?

Yes, each criterion has its own field.

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