Dictating
Hold your shortcut, speak, let go. Your words appear where you are typing
Hold to talk, or tap for hands-free
Hold your shortcut while you speak and let go when you are done. The text appears in the window you were working in.
For longer dictation, tap the shortcut instead: StyleTyper keeps listening until you tap it again. If you prefer to hold only, choose Push to talk only in Settings › Dictation.
On Linux with Wayland (most GNOME and KDE Plasma desktops), press your shortcut once to start and again to stop
On Linux with X11 (for example Linux Mint), hold to talk or tap for hands-free, as on Windows
Cancel a dictation
Press Esc while you talk. Nothing is typed, but StyleTyper still writes down what you said and leaves it on the clipboard, so you can press Ctrl+V if you change your mind. You can choose another key for this in Settings › Dictation.
On Linux, cancelling is not available yet
Where your words go
Into whatever window is in front when the text is ready: a chat, an email, a document, a code editor
StyleTyper pastes your words and then puts back what was on your clipboard before. To keep each dictation on the clipboard as well, tick Keep on clipboard in the StyleTyper menu.
Password boxes
StyleTyper never types into a password box. If the box in front is one, your words wait for you under Recover Last Dictation instead.
Recover Last Dictation
Your words are saved while you speak, so a crash, a closed window or a lost connection cannot take them
Open the StyleTyper menu and choose Recover Last Dictation. When something is waiting, the menu says (1 waiting). You can copy the text, or try again.