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Dictation in Trello

Voice dictation in Trello for cards, descriptions, and comments

Trello has no dictation for card descriptions or comments, only a Siri shortcut that creates a card title. SnailText speaks into every Trello field and cleans the text up locally.

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AI dictation in Trello, on your device

SnailText is AI dictation: a speech model turns your voice into text, then a second model cleans it up, dropping filler, fixing punctuation, and matching the style your work needs. Both models run on your own machine, so nothing you say in Trello is uploaded for transcription. Press the hotkey, speak, and the finished text lands at your cursor.

Does Trello have built-in dictation?

Trello has no native dictation for card descriptions, comments, or checklists. The only voice option is a Siri shortcut that creates a card in your Inbox from a spoken title, which does not help once you are filling in the actual details. To dictate into Trello fields you need a system-wide tool. SnailText injects text at the OS level, so it works in every card description, comment, and checklist on Mac and Windows, with an AI cleanup pass that keeps cards concise and properly cased.

Speech to text in Trello: how it works

SnailText does not plug into Trello directly. It runs system-wide: a global hotkey (Option+Space (Mac) / Ctrl+Space (Windows), customizable) starts recording, the local speech-to-text engine (Whisper or Parakeet) transcribes what you said, and the text is pasted at your cursor through the system clipboard, the same way it lands when you type. That means it works in every Trello field, plus every other app on your Mac or Windows machine, with no extension or integration to set up.

That matters in Trello specifically: a useful card needs a real description, which is slow to type, so cards end up as bare titles. Speech to text removes that bottleneck without changing how you work in Trello.

Voice to text in Trello: what to dictate

Voice typing in Trello is not limited to one box. Press the hotkey anywhere a cursor blinks and your speech becomes text, so the things you would normally type out by hand become things you just say.

  • · Card titles and descriptions with context
  • · Comments and replies on cards
  • · Checklist items and acceptance criteria
  • · Status notes and handoffs

Where typing slows you down in Trello

  • · A useful card needs a real description, which is slow to type, so cards end up as bare titles.
  • · Trello has no native dictation for descriptions or comments, only a Siri shortcut that creates a title.
  • · Checklists and comments are short, frequent typing that adds up across a board.

Example dictations for Trello

Card description

"Redesign the empty state for the boards list so new users see a sample board and a clear next step instead of a blank screen."

Comment

"Moved this to in-progress. The API piece is done, I am working on the front end now and should have it ready for review tomorrow."

Checklist item

"Confirm the new layout works on mobile before we mark this card done."

Trello voice dictation FAQ

Does Trello have built-in dictation?
No. Trello has no native voice-to-text for card descriptions, comments, or checklists. There is a Siri shortcut that creates a card in your Inbox from a spoken title, but it does not dictate into the actual fields. SnailText adds dictation to every Trello field by inserting text at the OS level on Mac and Windows, with a local AI cleanup pass.
Can I dictate Trello cards and comments?
Yes, anywhere you can type in Trello. Click into a card description, a comment, or a checklist item, press the hotkey, speak, and the cleaned-up text lands at your cursor. The Development profile keeps code and product names cased correctly.
Can I use voice typing in Trello?
Yes. SnailText adds voice typing to Trello on Mac and Windows. Press the hotkey (Option+Space (Mac) / Ctrl+Space (Windows), customizable), speak, and the text lands at your cursor in any Trello field, the same way it works for voice to text in every other app on your machine.
Does the dictation work offline?
Yes. SnailText runs the speech model on your device, so dictation works with no internet connection after the model is downloaded. The optional AI cleanup model runs locally too.
Is my voice uploaded anywhere?
No. Audio is processed in RAM on your machine and discarded the moment the text is ready. Nothing is sent to a server for transcription.
How much does SnailText cost?
The free tier gives you unlimited local speech-to-text with no account. Pro adds larger models and the on-device AI cleanup, $7.49/mo or $89/yr for up to 3 devices.

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Free local speech-to-text, no account needed. Works in Trello and every other app on Mac and Windows.

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