Dictate
Hold or tap your key, choose your microphone, language and spelling, and decide how text is typed.
Hold your push-to-talk key in any app, speak, and let go. MojoFlow types the words where your cursor is. While you hold the key, a small status pill near the bottom of the screen shows that MojoFlow is listening and, with live preview on, what it has heard so far.
Every setting on this page is under Dictation in the MojoFlow window. Choose Save changes when you are done; dictation restarts with the new settings.
Change your push-to-talk key
Under Push-to-talk → Key, choose Change, hold any modifiers (Ctrl, Alt, Shift), then press the key you want. A single key such as Right Ctrl works, and so does a combination such as Ctrl + Space. Esc cancels.
MojoFlow refuses a plain letter, number or Space on its own, and says why: on Windows the key is kept from every other app while MojoFlow runs, so taking "A" would stop you typing it. Hold Ctrl, Alt or Shift with it instead.
Holding other keys does not stop push-to-talk: a shortcut needs the keys it asks for and ignores the rest.
Swallow the key (Windows)
On Linux, a single key needs the keyboard rule offered during installation. Without it, use a combination.
Tap instead of holding
Turn on Hands-free: tap the key to start, and tap it again to stop. Useful for long dictations. You can also switch from the command palette (Ctrl+K).
Pause dictation
Choose Pause on the Overview page, or Pause dictation in the tray menu. The tray icon turns grey and your key no longer starts a dictation. Resume dictation brings it back.
Choose a microphone
Microphone → Listen to follows your system's default microphone unless you pick a particular one. If the microphone you picked is unplugged, MojoFlow uses the default until it is back. The Overview page always shows the microphone your next dictation will use.
MojoFlow warns you when the chosen microphone is muted (every dictation would come out empty: many laptops have a key that mutes the microphone) and when it is a Bluetooth headset, which can lose the first second of what you say.
Language and spelling
- Spoken language: English by default. A fixed language is faster and more accurate than Auto-detect. MojoFlow also understands German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Hindi.
- Spelling (English only): Australian, British, American, Canadian or New Zealand English. Automatic follows your system's region, so "colour" or "color" comes out the way you expect.
How text is typed
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| How text is inserted (Windows) | Type sends keystrokes and works everywhere, including terminals and remote desktops. Paste is instant for long dictations; your clipboard is put back afterwards. |
| Live preview | Shows what has been heard while you hold the key. Uses the graphics chip; turning it off saves battery. |
| Status pill | The small indicator on screen while you dictate. |
| Sounds | A cue when recording starts and when text is typed. |
On Linux, MojoFlow types through your desktop's permission (see setup). Plain text is typed key by key; other characters are pasted, using Ctrl+Shift+V in a terminal.
Say "new line"
With clean-up on, saying "new line" or "new paragraph" starts one, and "no wait, I meant…" keeps only what you meant.