Quick Start
Transcribe your first sentence in under a minute.
Finish installation and setup first.
Glaido has two ways to record. Hold a key for short bursts, or go hands-free for anything longer.
Option 1: Push-to-talk (hold a key)
Use this for quick messages and short replies.
Open any text field
Click into any app where you type: a document, email, chat, code editor, or browser text field.
Hold your hotkey
Press and hold your dictation hotkey (default: Fn on macOS, Ctrl + Win on Windows). You'll hear a start sound and see the dictation bar appear at the bottom of your screen.
Speak naturally
Talk at your normal pace. No need to slow down or over-enunciate.
Release to paste
Release the hotkey. Glaido transcribes your audio, formats the text, and pastes it into the active text field. This takes about 1 to 3 seconds.
Option 2: Hands-free (toggle)
Use this for longer dictations, when holding a key gets tiring.
Press once to start
Press the hands-free hotkey (default: Fn + Spacebar on macOS, Ctrl + Win + Shift on Windows). The dictation bar appears.
Speak
There's no key to hold, so you can talk at length. Recordings are capped at 10 minutes. Glaido warns you as you approach the limit, then stops the recording itself and keeps the transcript.
Press again to stop and paste
Press the same hotkey again. Glaido transcribes and pastes the text. Press Esc to cancel without pasting.
Stopping with Enter
Enter does nothing here until you turn it on. Open Settings > Hotkeys and enable Enter to stop and paste if you want Enter to end a hands-free dictation.
Next steps
- Dictation Mode: every recording option
- Commands: rewrite, translate, or ask a question by voice
- Hotkeys: change the default keys
- Snippets: say a short phrase, get a full block of text
- Tips for Better Results