Talk to Dexlike someone in the room.
Double-tap the talk key and keep working while you talk. Dex listens, answers out loud and listens again, and you can cut him off mid-sentence just by speaking.
Ask, listen,cut in, carry on.
Your words show in the capsule as you say them. Then it shows what Dex is doing, then the sentence he is saying. Start talking and he stops, listens and answers the new thing.
- He never picks the interrupted sentence back up.
- Talk while he is still thinking and that turn is dropped for what you just said.
- The session survives switching workspace and never times out.
Say yes.No click needed.
When Dex has to confirm something, the card takes a spoken yes or no, without his name and in English or Spanish. Your hands stay where they were.
- "Sí", "dale" and "cancela" work too.
- Turn off Act without asking in Settings > Dex to be asked before he closes, deletes, reverts, merges or removes.
- Closing panels only asks when one of them has unsaved changes.
What the capsule tells you
One line at a time, in the same spot as at rest.
- Listening
- Your words, as you say them. Go ahead when the floor is yours.
- Transcribing…
- Your request is on its way in.
- What Dex is doing
- His working line, with your request under it.
- Dex
- The sentence he is saying, never one he has not reached yet.
- Say "Dex" first
- After 40 seconds of quiet. His name resumes the conversation.
He waits for a gap.
While a session is open, Dex speaks up when an agent is blocked and waiting on you, and waits for a pause instead of talking over you. Everything else stays in the Inbox.
Pause to think
Dex takes your request about a second and a half after your last word, so stopping to think never sends half a sentence. A fan or your typing does not count as talking.
Corrections join in
Say a correction within five seconds and it joins the request before it, instead of starting a second one.
Silence costs nothing
While nobody is talking, nothing is uploaded or billed, even in a noisy room. The session never times out.
Worth knowing
- Start and end
- Double-tap the talk key
- Also ends with
- "stop Deska", or End
- Your turn ends
- About 1.5 seconds after your last word
- His name
- Only after 40 seconds of silence
- Corrections
- Within 5 seconds, joined to the last request
- Confirmations
- A spoken yes or no
- Voices
- Cove, Ember or Sage
- Plan
- Deska Pro. Hold to talk works on every plan
About hands-free
One canvas for everything you build.Free to start.
The complete workspace on one computer, with 10 dictation minutes a month.