Dictation Software With Text Snippets
Command Dictate is Windows dictation software that includes built-in voice-triggered text snippets. While dictating, say “insert” followed by your saved activation words to instantly expand a stored block of text into any active Windows text field.
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Say a phrase. Insert a block of text.
A snippet is a stored block of text with a set of activation words. When the Snippets feature is enabled and you say “insert” followed by those activation words during a dictation session, Command Dictate expands the stored body text directly into the active text field — the same way dictated speech is inserted.
Snippet bodies are inserted literally. That includes newlines, indentation, punctuation, and any other characters you save. A snippet body can be a single sentence, a multi-line email template, a block of code, a mailing address, or anything else you want to insert by voice.
Snippets are saved locally to your machine in a plain text TOML file. There is no cloud sync, no account required, and no internet connection needed to use them.
- Say “insert” + activation words during dictation
- Body text is pasted into the active field
- Works in any standard Windows text field
- No limit on number of snippets
- Literal insertion — newlines, code, and markup preserved
- Stored locally, no cloud sync, no internet required
Enabling and creating snippets.
Snippets are off by default. To enable them, right-click the Command Dictate tray icon and select Enable Snippets. Once enabled, you can open Manage Snippets… from the same tray menu to create and edit your saved blocks.
In the Snippets manager, each entry has three fields: activation words (what you say after “insert”), body text (what gets inserted), and an Enable checkbox. Snippets must be individually enabled to be active. After saving, changes take effect immediately — no restart required.
Each snippet can also have additional activation aliases, so multiple phrases can trigger the same block if you need flexibility in how you refer to it.
Common ways to use voice-triggered snippets.
Save sign-off phrases, standard replies, or opening lines. Say the activation words and the block appears in your compose window.
Insert function stubs, import blocks, comment headers, or any repeated code pattern without typing or navigating a snippet menu.
Insert a home address, office address, or any fixed multi-line block of text into forms and documents by voice.
Legal disclaimers, meeting agenda templates, support response frameworks — any text you write repeatedly can be saved as a snippet.