How to Dictate into Linear and Jira
Quick answer: To dictate into Linear or Jira, focus the issue title, description, comment, or acceptance-criteria field, hold your Hold to Talk shortcut, speak the ticket details, release, then review the pasted text before saving.
What happens after install
See the demo- Focus any Mac text field.Cursor, ChatGPT, Slack, email, docs, terminals, browser forms, and more.
- Hold the shortcut and speak.Use Fn/Globe or a custom hotkey only while you are talking.
- Release to paste.The transcript appears in the active app instead of a separate dictation workspace.
- Review before sending.Hold to Talk never auto-submits prompts, messages, emails, or commands.
Linear and Jira tickets are better when they include the full context: user impact, reproduction steps, constraints, acceptance criteria, and open questions. Those details are often fresh while you are debugging, but typing them into a ticket interrupts the flow. Hold to Talk lets you speak the draft directly into the focused ticket field.
Ticket details worth dictating
- Bug symptoms and reproduction steps.
- Expected behavior and actual behavior.
- Customer impact, priority, and affected surfaces.
- Acceptance criteria for the implementation.
- Links to logs, dashboards, pull requests, or designs.
- Open questions and follow-up tasks.
Bug report example
Users on the free plan can click the upgrade button, complete checkout, and return to the app, but the menu still shows free usage until restart. Expected behavior is that the subscription state refreshes immediately after checkout success. Reproduction steps: start from a fresh free account, complete checkout, return to the app, and open the menu bar popover.
Acceptance criteria example
| Section | What to dictate |
|---|---|
| Outcome | What should be true when the work is finished. |
| Scope | Which apps, pages, states, or users are included. |
| Non-goals | What the assignee should avoid changing. |
| Verification | Tests, screenshots, analytics checks, or manual QA steps. |
Why hold-to-talk is useful for triage
Triage happens in bursts: read a bug, inspect logs, check a customer report, then update the ticket. A press-and-hold shortcut is faster than starting and stopping a separate transcription tool. You can stay in Linear or Jira and dictate only when you need to add context.
Review before saving
Ticket text can mention internal systems, customer details, roadmap plans, or incident context. Hold to Talk pastes a draft so you can edit sensitive details, format lists, and confirm project names before saving.
FAQ
Can Hold to Talk dictate into Linear?
Yes. If a Linear title, description, comment, or update field is focused on Mac, Hold to Talk can paste dictated text into it.
Can Hold to Talk dictate into Jira?
Yes. Hold to Talk works with focused Jira text fields such as issue descriptions, comments, acceptance criteria, and triage notes.
What ticket fields are best for voice dictation?
Descriptions, bug reproduction steps, acceptance criteria, comments, triage notes, and project updates are good fits because they need more context than a short title.
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