Fact · Dictation in your apps
Slack's help center says the Slackbot prompt box has a microphone icon that dictates a prompt instead of typing it.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Type your message or question, or click the microphone icon to dictate your prompt.”
How to work with Slackbot (Slack Help Center), Slack, Slack Help Center, 2026, Using Slackbot.
Open the original- What it measures
- The Slack Help Center describes this for desktop, and a mobile variant says to tap the microphone icon. The article does not describe a dictation button for ordinary channel or direct messages.
- What it does not show
- This covers Slackbot prompts only. Whether Slack's ordinary message box accepts operating-system dictation is a separate question that this article does not answer.