Fact · Dictation software
Yes
Dicty's getting-started page says the user places the text cursor in any application, such as VS Code, Slack or a browser, and dictates there.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 22, 2026
In the source's own words
“Place your text cursor in any application (e.g. VS Code, Cursor, Slack, Notion, Word, or browser).”
Dicty documentation: Getting Started, Dicty.io, 2026, Getting Started, the section 'Your First Capture'.
Open the original- What it measures
- The getting-started page of the Dicty documentation.
- What it does not show
- The page gives examples rather than a full list. The Windows install is marked early alpha on the same page.
In the data
A row of Dictation App Features Compared: Offline, Privacy, AI, as Dicty: types into any app: 1 1 = yes, 0 = no.
- App
- Dicty
- Feature
- Types into any app
- Detail
- Any app with a text cursor
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 1 means the maker's page says the app does this