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Voice typing in Warp

Warp rethinks the terminal as blocks and adds AI, both of which involve typing prose. Typally works at the keyboard level, so anywhere Warp accepts typing, it accepts your voice instead.

Disclosure: Typally is our product. We have tried to describe what Warp already does without talking you out of using it.
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In short

  • Warp's own dictation: AI features that generate commands from natural language descriptions.
  • What Typally does instead: sends keystrokes to whichever window is in front, so Warp needs no plugin or setup.
  • Best used for: ai command descriptions

Does Warp have built-in dictation?

AI features that generate commands from natural language descriptions.

Why dictate in Warp at all?

Warp's AI takes a description of what you want and proposes a command. The quality of what you get tracks how precisely you described it, and typing a precise description is more effort than guessing at the command.

In practice people use it for: AI command descriptions, notebook and workflow documentation, commit messages, and saved command descriptions.

How to dictate in Warp

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

1

Install Typally

Windows or macOS, then sign in. No card for the free tier.

2

Open Warp and click where you want the text

Click first. Typally types into Warp wherever the caret already is, with no idea what that field is for.

3

Press and speak

Hold, talk, release. Long passages are fine.

4

Read it before you move on

It is still a terminal. A dictated return in the command line runs what is there, AI block or not.

What Typally adds in Warp

Typally lets you describe what you want in full without the typing cost that makes people write three-word prompts. It types into Warp's AI input like a keyboard, so nothing needs configuring — and the same hotkey covers the pull request you write afterwards.

What this looks like in practice

Rather than guessing at find and xargs syntax, someone speaks the whole requirement including the directories to skip. The proposed command is right first time instead of after three corrections.

One habit that makes it work better

Describe the outcome and the constraints, not a half-remembered command. 'Find files over 100MB modified this month, excluding node_modules' beats guessing at find syntax.

What to watch out for in Warp

It is still a terminal. A dictated return in the command line runs what is there, AI block or not.

Frequently asked questions

Does Warp have voice input?

It has AI features that take typed natural language. Dictation supplies that text faster.

Is it safer than a normal terminal?

Warp's blocks help, but a return still executes. The same caution applies.

Can I dictate workflow descriptions?

Yes, and saved workflows with real descriptions are far more reusable.

Try it in Warp

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