Live captions, dictation and voice commands
Speak instead of typing into a remote computer or a terminal, and show live captions of what you say during a session.
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Dictation
- Website: press Dictate in the session toolbar, or Ctrl+Shift+Space. App: Dictate in the session toolbar.
- Speak. Press again to stop (“Transcribing…”).
- Check and edit the text, then Type on remote (or Insert in terminal when the terminal is open), Insert & run to also press Enter, or Re-record. Ctrl+Enter inserts; Ctrl+Shift+Enter inserts and runs.
Text and Command modes
Text: speak normally; punctuation is added for you. Command: say symbols as words — “ls dash la pipe grep log” becomes ls -la | grep log. When the terminal is open, dictation uses Command mode.
Plan: Monthly dictation allowance: Free 30, Solo 500, Team 3,000, Business 10,000, MSP 50,000 clips (each up to 2 minutes). Dictation must be switched on for your server by its operator; otherwise the button says it isn’t enabled.
Live captions
Website: Options… → Live captions of what you say. App: Show live captions. Captions appear over the session as you talk; final lines are saved with the session transcript. Hide captions closes them; the mic can be muted from the caption bar.
Plan: Live captions are included from the Solo plan.
Privacy
The activity log records that dictation was used, never the words. Microphone access needs a secure (HTTPS) site in browsers and the microphone permission in the app.
Related help
The live session screen (web)
Every control in a remote session in your browser: quality, clipboard, files, terminal, audio, view-only, privacy, monitors, resolution, actions, keys and options.
The app’s remote session screen
Control modes (Mouse & keyboard on desktop; Trackpad, Pointer, Bar and Gyro on phones), the bandwidth profile, and every toolbar item.
Platform settings
Defaults and keys applied across every tenant: AI provider, voice dictation, reCAPTCHA, default branding, integrations, learning corpus, email and billing email.