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Front-end work generates constant explanation — of components, of decisions, of trade-offs. Typally types what you say straight into WebStorm — hold a key, talk, let go — so you can dictate anywhere WebStorm lets you type.
We make Typally, so treat this as a vendor's guide. Where WebStorm has a built-in option we say so, including when it is the better choice.None built in for dictation.
Component libraries live or die on their documentation. A component with no notes on when to use it gets reimplemented by the next developer, which is how design systems fragment.
In practice people use it for: Component documentation, JSDoc comments, commit messages, pull request descriptions, and prompts to an AI assistant.
Setup happens once, outside WebStorm, and then applies to every program on the machine:
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Text goes wherever WebStorm has focus. One click first saves undoing a paragraph in the wrong box.
Say the whole thought, then let go. No time limit.
WebStorm's JSX auto-closing and emmet expansion react to inserted characters, so dictating inside markup produces surprises.
Typally types into JSDoc comments, the commit dialog and pull request descriptions, with custom vocabulary handling component and library names. Documenting when not to use a component is the sentence that prevents duplicates, and it is always the one missing. Keep dictation out of JSX, where auto-closing reacts to every character.
A developer adds a modal component and dictates three lines about when to use it, when to use the drawer instead, and the accessibility constraint that drove the markup. The next two features use it correctly without asking.
Document when not to use a component, not just what it does. That sentence is the one that prevents duplicates, and it is always the one missing.
WebStorm's JSX auto-closing and emmet expansion react to inserted characters, so dictating inside markup produces surprises.
Not comfortably — markup is symbol-dense. Comments and docs are where dictation helps.
Yes, and it is a good place for it.
No. Same platform, same behaviour.
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