Fireflies adds dictation to its desktop notetaking apps
Voice AI has gained particular traction for a few consumer use cases: The biggest category is meeting note-taking, and the other is AI-powered dictation, in which filter words are removed and the text is formatted neatly. Fireflies.ai, having gained a solid foothold in the meeting note-taking space, is now venturing into dictation by way of a new feature on its Mac and Windows apps. Called Fireflies Talk, the dictation feature works just like any of the others on the market like Wispr Flow, Willow or SuperWhisper.
- ▪Voice AI has gained particular traction for a few consumer use cases: The biggest category is meeting note-taking, and the other is AI-powered dictation, in which filter words are removed and the text is formatted neatly.
- ▪Fireflies.ai, having gained a solid foothold in the meeting note-taking space, is now venturing into dictation by way of a new feature on its Mac and Windows apps.
- ▪Called Fireflies Talk, the dictation feature works just like any of the others on the market like Wispr Flow, Willow or SuperWhisper.
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Voice AI has gained particular traction for a few consumer use cases: The biggest category is meeting note-taking, and the other is AI-powered dictation, in which filter words are removed and the text is formatted neatly. Fireflies.ai, having gained a solid foothold in the meeting note-taking space, is now venturing into dictation by way of a new feature on its Mac and Windows apps. Called Fireflies Talk, the dictation feature works just like any of the others on the market like Wispr Flow, Willow or SuperWhisper. Users can press the Fn key on Mac or Ctrl + Win on Windows to start speaking, no matter which app is open, and Fireflies will record their voice and transcribe it neatly in the text field of the app.
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