Fact · Dictation software
Dictato's FAQ says that if you can paste into an app, Dictato works there, and lists Gmail, Slack and Word among them.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 19, 2026
In the source's own words
“If you can paste into it, Dictato works. Gmail, Slack, VS Code, Xcode, Notion, Obsidian, Pages, Word, Google Docs, Discord, Teams.”
Dictato: Offline Dictation for Mac, Speech to Text, Dictato, 2026, FAQ: Does it work in my app?.
Open the original- What it measures
- Dictato pastes at the cursor with a simulated Cmd+V and restores the clipboard afterwards.
- What it does not show
- The list of apps is examples. The app needs Accessibility permission to paste.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Dictato: types into any app: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Dictato
- Feature
- Types into any app
- Detail
- Pastes at the cursor in any app
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this