Documentation
Set up and use Glaido, the voice layer for every app. Turn messy speech into ready-to-paste text on macOS and Windows 11.
Hold one key, speak, and Glaido turns what you said into clean text wherever your cursor is. It's fast, keeps zero data, and runs on macOS and Windows 11.
Get started
Installation
Download and install Glaido on your Mac or Windows PC.
Setup & Permissions
Grant the required permissions and configure your first hotkey.
Quick Start
Transcribe your first sentence in under a minute.
Troubleshooting
Fix common problems with hotkeys, microphone, and transcription.
Core features
Dictation Mode
Hold a hotkey, speak, and paste transcribed text anywhere.
Commands
Speak an instruction and Glaido rewrites, translates, answers, or runs a tool.
Built-in Commands
Search the web, read a page, find a file, ask about a copied picture, or search your history by voice.
Voice Activation
Say 'Glaido' at the start of a dictation and the rest becomes a command.
Command Palette
Jump to any screen and search your past dictations from the keyboard.
History
Browse past dictations, listen back, and retry transcriptions.
Custom tools
Personalize
Dictionary
Add custom vocabulary and spelling corrections.
Snippets
Create text shortcuts that expand when you speak trigger phrases.
Formatting
Pick the style every dictation gets, and give particular apps their own.
Configure
Hotkeys
Customize keyboard shortcuts for all recording modes.
Microphone
Pick a microphone, or let Glaido choose one for you.
Languages
Choose your dictation languages and the app display language.
General
Set the theme, the app language, whether Glaido launches at login, and where its icon shows.