Voice dictation in Slack
Slack messages are short, casual, and constant. Voice typing is faster, but generic dictation makes your message look formal. Cue detects you are in Slack and polishes casually — no period at line ends, mid-sentence emojis, casual register.
Generic dictation in Slack makes you sound like a press release. Cue knows you are in Slack and writes accordingly.
3 real scenarios
Quick reply in DM
You say: "yeah let me check that in 10 mins, working on the deploy first"
Cue does: Cue inserts the message into the Slack DM input with no period, no capitalization fix, ready to send.
Channel update
You say: "Just shipped v0.5.44 to production. Build hash 8a037b5. Tagging Eli for review."
Cue does: Cue formats with formal punctuation, includes the tag syntax @Eli ready for Slack to autocomplete.
Voice → multi-line
You say: "line one is this, then break, line two is that, with bullet points x, y, z"
Cue does: Cue handles line breaks, bullets, and Slack mrkdwn formatting inline.
How Cue does it
- macOS AX detects app=com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap and field=AXTextArea (message input)
- isCasualInput() → polish skips formal punctuation, casing
- Output directly typed to Slack input via Apple Events / clipboard
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FAQ
Does Cue work in Slack desktop and Slack web?
Both. The macOS Accessibility API reads Slack desktop, and Cue's browser context detection handles Slack web in Chrome/Safari/Firefox.
Can Cue do @mentions, channel links, and emojis?
Yes. Say "@eli" or "tag Eli" and Cue types the @ syntax. Say "thumbs up emoji" and Cue inserts 👍. Say "react with 🔥" if you want emoji reactions.
What about Slack threads vs main channel?
Cue dictates wherever your cursor is. If you reply in a thread, Cue replies in thread. If you click in main channel, it goes there.
Voice in Slack vs Slack's built-in voice notes?
Different. Slack voice notes record audio (audio file sent). Cue types the message as text. Faster recipient reading, searchable, no audio file.
They hear what you said.
Cue sees what you're doing.
And does the thing, in any app.