Snippets
Create text shortcuts that expand when you speak a trigger phrase.
Snippets turn one short spoken phrase into a longer piece of text. Instead of dictating your full email address, say "my email" and let Glaido write the address for you.
How snippets work
A snippet fires when your whole dictation is the trigger and nothing else. Glaido then drops the transcription and writes the snippet's content in its place.
Say "my email" on its own and you get your address. Say "send the invoice to my email" and you get that sentence written out, because the dictation isn't the trigger.
Matching is relaxed about case and about punctuation at either end, so "My email." and "my email" both fire the "my email" snippet. Give two snippets the same trigger and the first one wins.
Example:
| Trigger phrase | Content |
|---|---|
| "my email" | [email protected] |
| "my address" | 123 Main Street, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| "kind regards" | Kind regards,\nJohn Smith\nCTO, Acme Corp |
| "my phone" | +31 6 1234 5678 |
Dictation only
Snippets apply while you dictate. Glaido sends none of them with a command, so a trigger you speak as a command is handled like any other speech.
Creating a snippet
Open Snippets
Open Snippets from the sidebar, or press ⌘ + K (macOS) / Ctrl + K (Windows) and type "Add snippet".
Define the trigger
Enter a short, memorable Trigger phrase. This is what you'll say during dictation.
Pick something you wouldn't dictate as a sentence on its own. Saying it inside a longer sentence is harmless, because the snippet can't fire there.
Define the content
Enter the full text that should replace the dictation. Line breaks are fine, which is what makes signature blocks work.
The Content field also takes dynamic tags. Use the tag picker to drop in your clipboard, the date and time, or your timezone, and Glaido fills the value as it writes.
Add
Click Add. The snippet is active immediately.
Choosing a trigger
- Keep triggers short and distinct. "my email" is better than "email address".
- Avoid whole phrases you dictate alone. "thanks" as a trigger costs you the word "thanks" as a one-word dictation.
Managing snippets
Finding a snippet
The list header has a search box, Search snippets..., over both the trigger and the content.
Editing a snippet
Click on any snippet in the list to modify its trigger phrase or replacement content.
Deleting a snippet
Hover over a snippet and click the delete button. Glaido asks you to confirm before it removes anything.