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How to use Siri to dictate notes

For iOS and Mac users, Apple's Siri can be used to automatically turn your voice into text. Siri can be used with Scriptation's Text Boxes, Sticky Notes, and Attached Notes on any annotation.

Using Siri with a Text Box


On the Annotation Bar, touch or click the Text icon.
Then touch or click the spot in your script where you'd like the text to be.

On the keyboard that automatically appears, touch or click the microphone icon.

NOTE for Mac Users: To access the microphone, start with your cursor in the Text Box, go to the Edit menu at the top of the screen and choose Start Dictation. The keyboard shortcut for this command is fn-fn -- press the fn key twice.


NOTE: If this is your first time using Siri with Scriptation, be sure to provide access to your microphone when prompted.

With Siri now listening, you can speak and all of your spoken notes will be transcribed. Touch or click Done to insert the text on the page, then touch or click somewhere else on the page to finish the annotation.

Touch or click the text annotation to bring up the palette, with which you can perform various operations:

Resize the annotation using one of the drag handles or angle the annotation with the rotation handle
Cut and Copy the annotation to place the text on the device's Clipboard
Select More..., which allows you to add other annotations to the current selection
Edit for editing the text
Inspector for font, size and color changes
Save for making this text a Saved Annotation
Layer for copying or moving the annotation to another layer
Tag to tag this annotation with one of the tag categories
Trash to delete this annotation



Using Siri with Sticky Notes



Using Siri for Attached Notes




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Updated on: 25/12/2024

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