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title: "Voice typing for Slack and Microsoft Teams | DictationDesk"
canonical: https://dictationdesk.com/use-cases/voice-typing-slack-teams
last_modified: 2026-11-01
publisher: Surge Software Solutions Private Limited
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# Voice typing for Slack and Microsoft Teams | DictationDesk

> For voice typing in Slack or Microsoft Teams on Windows, click the message box, hold Ctrl+Win, say your message and release.

For voice typing in Slack or Microsoft Teams on Windows, click the message box, hold Ctrl+Win, say your message and release. DictationDesk sees you are in a chat app, so it keeps the message casual, removes fillers and drops the final full stop the way people write in chat.

## The problem

Chat is constant and quick, and typing every reply pulls you out of what you were doing. Dictation tools usually format chat like a formal letter, with capital letters and full stops everywhere, which reads oddly in Slack.

## How to do it with DictationDesk

1. **Create your account**: Sign up free, and add team names and channel jargon to your dictionary.
2. **Connect the Windows app**: Paste a device token from Devices into the app. It starts in the tray.
3. **Click the message box**: In Slack or Teams (desktop app or browser), click where you type a message.
4. **Hold Ctrl+Win and talk**: Say: “hey so the build is failing again on main, can you check the test logs when you get a sec”.
5. **Release and send**: The message appears without the fillers and without a trailing full stop. Read it, press Enter.

## Tips

- Hold Ctrl+Win only while you speak; pressing another key while holding cancels the dictation.
- For a longer update, say “new line” between points.
- Use a snippet for links you share often, such as your calendar link.

## When DictationDesk is not the right tool

If you need live captions of a Teams call or meeting notes, DictationDesk is the wrong tool: it types what you say into a text box, it does not listen to calls. Use a meeting-notes tool for that.

## Questions

### Does it send the message for me?

No. It types the text; you press Enter. Nothing is sent without you.

### Does it work in WhatsApp Web?

Yes. Any text box in your browser works.

### Does it read my chats?

No. It only reads the name of the app in focus (for example slack.exe) to choose formatting. No screenshots.

Where things stand: the DictationDesk Windows app is in private testing and not downloadable yet. Today you can create your account, set up your dictionary, snippets and team, and try the AI clean-up in your browser. We email you when the app is ready. macOS and phone keyboards are planned, with no date yet.

Price: free for your first 3 months, with everything unlocked. After that you pay only for what you use, at our cost with no markup: about ₹2.20 per hour of cloud audio and ₹0.02 per AI clean-up (our estimates). Offline dictation is ₹0. No card needed to start.

Related: /use-cases/dictate-emails-outlook-gmail, /use-cases/remove-filler-words-dictation, /vs/wispr-flow, /pricing

Last updated 2026-11-01 · by Venu Gopal Reddy Muvva, founder