Speech Dictation

Conductore integrates with your operating system's speech recognition to let you dictate commands and text into any terminal pane.

Triggering dictation

Press Ctrl+Shift+V (or Cmd+Shift+V on macOS) to start speech dictation in the currently focused terminal.

A visual indicator appears in the corner of the active pane while dictation is active.

How it works

Dictation uses the OS-level speech recognition APIs:

Windows: Windows Speech Recognition
macOS: macOS Dictation (built-in, no API key required)
Linux: Not supported in this release

Spoken text is transcribed and typed into the active terminal at the cursor position.

Use cases

Dictating long file paths or URLs
Writing commit messages hands-free
Dictating notes or documentation into a text editor
Sending commands while your hands are occupied

ℹINFO

Dictation quality depends on your OS speech recognition configuration. On macOS, Enhanced Dictation provides offline recognition with better accuracy. Enable it in System Settings → Keyboard → Dictation.

Stopping dictation

Press Ctrl+Shift+V again to stop, or press Escape. Dictation also stops automatically after a brief pause in speech.