Your first dictation

Click where you want the words, press , speak, then press it again. Your words appear where your cursor is.

1. Click into the place you want to write: an email, a document, a chat box.
2. Press (the left Alt key). The pill appears at the bottom of the screen and listens.
3. Speak normally, in whole sentences. Pausing to think is fine.
4. Press again. With Type where I started on, LexVoca brings the original window forward before inserting. Keep the intended text field selected; changing fields can prevent insertion.

• Prefer to hold the keys while you talk, like a walkie-talkie? Choose Hold while you speak in Settings, Shortcuts.
• A spare mouse button can start and stop dictation too.
• Recognised text is saved in History until deleted. If recognition did not finish, check Settings, Speech for a saved recording; recovery depends on what was saved and your retention setting.

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About the name

LexVoca is said LEX-voh-kuh. Lex, from lexicon: words. Voca, from the Latin vocare: to call. Words, called: you speak, and your words appear in a supported text field.

• Speak. Write. Do. Speak is the voice, write is the words, and do is the calling: the name acts.
• ClaraVoca, the reading companion, shares the root. Clara, from clarus: clear. Words, made clear.
• Always written with a capital V: LexVoca, ClaraVoca.

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The main shortcuts

All of them use the left Alt key, so the right Alt key stays free for typing accents.

• Inside LexVoca: CtrlK finds a page or action, Ctrl, opens Settings, F1 opens Help, Esc closes what's open, and Alt1 to Alt9 open the sidebar pages.
• To fix the last dictation, use the tray menu.

• Dictate
• Voice-edit the selected text
• Speak a task or note
• Superpaste
• NeuroDynamic menu: LexVoca, ClaraVoca and ITSpecta AltQ

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Profiles, and Simple or Advanced

Your profile decides which features LexVoca uses. Simple or Advanced decides how much each screen shows.

• Dictate: your voice to text, everywhere: dictation, AI tidying, Your Voices, voice edit, tasks, trigger phrases.
• Assisted: everything in Dictate, plus opening apps by voice, hands-free phrases and reading aloud with ClaraVoca.
• Technical: everything in Assisted, plus commands in terminals, virtual machines and consoles.
• Simple shows the main controls. Advanced shows additional settings for your current profile. Switch at the bottom of the sidebar.

• What a profile hides is also switched off, so nothing you can't see acts on your words. LexVoca remembers how you had it and gives it back if you switch again.
• Cards with tracked Advanced settings show a custom setting count when those values differ from their defaults. Use Show to inspect them.
• Your dictionary, history and connection are the same in every profile.

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The pill: what it's telling you

The small bar at the bottom of the screen shows what LexVoca is doing while you work in another app.

• Ear and moving bar: listening. The bar follows how loudly you speak.
• Soft wave: turning speech into text, then tidying it.
• Tick: the operation has finished or been saved. Read the message to see which; timing may also be shown.
• “i”: a note, such as “No speech detected”. “!”: something went wrong, and where to recover your words.

• Keep the pill on screen to have it rest at the bottom with quick-action buttons, such as Dictate and Paste in 3 seconds.

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LexVoca can't hear me

Usually the wrong microphone is chosen, or Windows is blocking it. These checks fix most cases.

1. Open Settings, Appearance, Microphone. System default uses the microphone Windows has set as default; if your headset isn't the default, pick it by name.
2. Plugged it in after LexVoca started? Press Refresh next to the list.
3. Check Windows lets apps use the microphone: Windows Settings, Privacy & security, Microphone, and allow desktop apps.
4. Check the headset isn't muted: many have a mute switch or button on the cable.
5. Try it: Settings, Speech, Start speech test.

• “No speech detected” can mean the microphone is muted, the wrong device is selected, or the recording was too quiet or short. Check the selected device and try a full sentence.

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Getting the best accuracy

A good microphone close to you, and speaking in whole sentences, make the biggest difference.

• Best microphone: a headset, or a desk microphone a hand's width away. Laptop and webcam microphones pick up the room as much as you.
• Speak at a steady, normal pace, in full sentences. LexVoca uses the words around a word to choose the right one.
• Start speaking once the pill is listening; a soft sound plays if sounds are on.
• Keep background noise down: music, fans and other voices all compete with you.
• Turn on Tidy up what you say (Settings, AI) for punctuation, capitals and small slips.

• Long dictation? Pause between ideas rather than mid-sentence.
• Home's Noise control changes the level used to detect pauses in hands-free dictation. It does not remove background noise. Raise it if recording keeps listening; lower it if it cuts you off.

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Names, accents and unusual words

Accents, names, abbreviations and slang can be misheard. Dictionary entries and vocabulary lists can help, but check important wording.

• Learn from AI tidying: when enabled, repeated corrections can become Dictionary entries after LexVoca's checks.
• Learn from your corrections: when enabled in Dictionary, supported edits made soon after dictation can suggest or teach a correction. Not every edit can be detected.
• Add it yourself: in the Dictionary, type what LexVoca hears and how to write it, for example “it spectre” becomes “ITSpecta”.
• Abbreviations: add how they sound, such as “A P I” becomes “API”.
• Your line of work: add a ready-made word list, such as IT support, health, legal or finance.

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My words didn't appear

If a transcript was saved, recover it from History. If recognition did not finish, check for an unfinished recording in Settings, Speech.

1. Open History and press Copy or Type it again on the entry.
2. If it happens in one app or web page, Technical users can use Check a window on Apps & websites and choose another method.
3. Windows opened “as administrator” ignore normal apps. Technical users can turn on Work in administrator windows in Settings, Dictation.

• Make sure a text box has the cursor before you start. With Type where I started on, LexVoca goes back to it for you.

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Nothing happens when I press the shortcut

Another program may be using the same keys, or the right Alt key was used.

1. Use the left Alt key. On many keyboards the right one is AltGr and types characters.
2. Settings, Shortcuts: press Scan conflicts. If a shortcut is in use, choose another.
3. Some graphics-card overlays use Alt + Z. Change the overlay's shortcut, or LexVoca's.
4. Inside a virtual machine the guest may grab the keyboard. Use a mouse button instead.

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The spelling is American, or British

Choose the English spelling you want in Settings, Dictation, Spelling.

• Follow Windows uses your Windows region. British English or American English fixes it either way.
• If an old Dictionary entry flips a word back, remove it in the Dictionary.

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“Speech could not finish”

The speech request did not finish. Check the message for a connection, sign-in, service or on-PC model problem.

• Open Settings, Speech and check the selected connection. Test connection checks access; use Start speech test to test an actual recording.
• Look under Unfinished recordings for saved items. Available actions depend on the item; recovered text goes to History and is not automatically typed. Recordings may have expired or been deleted.

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A reminder didn't pop up

LexVoca must be running and the PC awake to show a reminder at its due time. Minimised or in the tray is fine; quitting LexVoca stops reminders.

• Open the task with Edit and check its day and time. Check Windows notifications too if no notification appears.

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AI says paused, or asks me to sign in

AI and speech have separate availability. AI tidying can fall back to a recognised transcript, but hosted speech still needs a valid sign-in and working service.

• Sign in to use AI features: sign in with your NeuroDynamic account in Settings, AI.
• AI running low or AI paused until a date: your plan's AI use resets on that date.
• Confirm your email: open the link NeuroDynamic sent you.
• Service paused: check the service status. If speech also failed, look for a saved recording in Settings, Speech.
• Manage account opens the website; being signed in there does not prove the app is connected. Use Check AI access or reconnect in Settings, AI when offered.
• AI switched off: turn it on in Settings, AI if you want features that require it. Speech on this PC does not provide a local AI writing service.

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LexVoca typed a command when I wanted words

In a terminal, Automatic mode turns speech into commands. You can tell it otherwise.

• Say “normal text” in that terminal, or set it under Which windows get commands on the Commands page.
• Or choose Always text in Settings, Dictation.

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AI with NeuroDynamic

Tidying, Your Voices, voice edit and translation use your NeuroDynamic account, whichever way your speech is turned into text.

• Tidy up what you say: aims to fix punctuation, capitals and small slips while keeping your meaning. Review important wording.
• Your Voices: writes in the style that suits each app.
• Voice edit: select text, press and say what to change.
• Write my dictation in another language is part of the Pro plan.

• NeuroDynamic picks the right AI model for each job, so there is nothing to set up or tune.
• When AI is on, the recognised text needed for that feature is sent to NeuroDynamic. With speech on this PC, your audio stays on this PC.
• If AI tidying is unavailable, LexVoca can keep the recognised transcript instead. Voice edit and other AI-only actions need AI access; their messages explain when they are unavailable.

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Your Voices

Speak naturally and LexVoca writes it in a style: a work email, a quick message, a report, or your own.

• Just as I say: no style rewrite. Tidying still depends on Tidy up what you say being enabled and available.
• Match the app: each app gets its style, such as Work email in Outlook.
• One style everywhere: one style for eligible dictation. Protected inputs, including terminals and remote consoles, are skipped.
• Make your own style by describing it or from samples of your writing, and try it before you use it.

• Learning examples are sent only after you agree and are not saved by LexVoca. A successful preview is saved with the style when you press Save, and may be included in a writing-style backup. Your text service may retain sent text under its own rules.
• Terminals and remote consoles are never rewritten into prose.
• LexVoca checks for some changes to numbers, names and negation; a failed check keeps the earlier text. These checks cannot guarantee that every change in meaning is detected.

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Voice edit

Select some text, press and say what to change: “make this friendlier”, “shorten it”, “turn it into bullet points”.

• The pill turns amber while you give the instruction.
• If it can't help, your text is left unchanged and the instruction is kept in History.

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History

Saved dictations and activity, newest first. History is stored on this PC; speech and AI may still process content through your selected services.

• Use Copy or Type it again where available. Advanced view adds entry actions such as Delete; a single-entry deletion offers Undo for five seconds. Read aloud requires ClaraVoca and a supported profile.
• With the relevant spoken controls enabled, “Voca again” repeats the last dictation. Hands-free listening depends on your profile, settings and the focused window.

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Tasks and notes

Press and say it: “remind me to call the dentist at ten”. Review the saved task or note and its interpreted date and time.

• A due reminder can appear with LexVoca in the tray, provided the app is running and the PC is awake.
• Snooze it, mark it done, or set it to repeat.

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Trigger phrases

Say a short phrase, such as “email signature”, and LexVoca types a whole saved block of text.

• Pick two or three words you wouldn't say by accident.
• The saved text can be several paragraphs.

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Opening programs by voice

Say “launch Word” or “switch to Outlook” and LexVoca opens it, or brings it to the front.

• Only what you have installed: programs on your Start menu, and apps you add yourself.
• Use a configured starting word, such as “launch”. Preview the phrase on the Launch page to check what would open without opening anything.
• Two matches? LexVoca asks; say the number or click.

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Where your text lands

With Type where I started on, LexVoca brings the original window forward before inserting. With it off, insertion uses the window focused when dictation finishes.

• Keep the intended field selected. If the window closes or insertion is refused, look for the recognised text in History.
• Clipboard-based insertion can restore your previous clipboard text when Put my clipboard back is on. A newer copy is left alone; failed insertion may leave the dictated text on the clipboard for recovery.

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Hands-free: no keyboard at all

Enable hands-free listening in Settings, Typing & pasting. In a supported focused console or browser, say “Voca listen” to start; a pause ends that dictation.

• “Voca again” types your last dictation; “Voca paste” pastes what you copied.
• The phrase listener runs on this PC and uses the Windows default microphone. The selected speech service processes the dictation that follows; phrase recognition can still mishear speech.

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Reading aloud with ClaraVoca

ClaraVoca, the NeuroDynamic reader, reads LexVoca's text aloud with highlighting.

• Use Read aloud in History and in Tasks & notes.
• ClaraVoca must be available on this PC. Reading controls are shown only in supported profiles and when the companion is available.

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Where your speech is turned into text

Choose NeuroDynamic hosted, a provider or your own speech server, or speech on this PC. Each choice keeps its own speech settings.

• NeuroDynamic hosted: sign in with your NeuroDynamic account.
• Provider or own server: OpenAI, Groq or your own, with your own key.
• On this PC: audio is recognised locally. Model and engine downloads require a separate request. The engine checks for usable GPU acceleration and falls back to CPU with an explanation when needed. Accuracy and speed vary; terminal input is unavailable in this mode.
• AI is separate: tidying, Your Voices and voice edit use your NeuroDynamic account even with on-PC speech. Turning on local speech does not turn these into offline AI features.

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Feedback and backup

Tell us what to improve from inside LexVoca, and keep a copy of your set-up.

• Feedback: review the preview before sending. You can choose to include your last five dictations. Log upload is unavailable; use Settings, Backup & more, Export diagnostics to create a separate troubleshooting file.
• Backup: save selected setup data to a file; account backup needs service support and access. Secret key fields, credential references, server destinations and Auto-enter are excluded. Review personal text in any phrases or History you choose to include.

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Commands in terminals

In Technical, supported speech can become a command for review. Auto-enter is off by default; Bash always needs draft review and manual Enter.

• Spell it (Bash): “L S dash L A” types ls -la.
• Say the words (PowerShell): “get child item” types Get-ChildItem.
• Just ask (Bash): “show disk space” types df -hT. Other shells can produce a different command; check the selected shell.

• Built-in commands are checked against an allowed list. Saved phrases can change things; review them before running. AI suggestions need AI access and are labelled for review.
• In other supported shells, Auto-enter can submit eligible basic checks and folder navigation after target checks. It pauses if an unsubmitted line is left behind. An allowed command is not a guarantee of safety.
• In Bash, careful drafts show the exact command before anything is typed.

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Virtual machines and remote consoles

Some windows, such as VM consoles and remote desktops, ignore pasting. LexVoca types into them key by key instead.

• Superpaste () types what you copied into any of these windows.
• When the VM grabs the keyboard, try a configured mouse button, the tray menu or Paste in 3 seconds. Whether a host shortcut or mouse button reaches LexVoca depends on the console.
• Work inside VirtualBox watches for the configured Superpaste shortcut while a VirtualBox console is in front. This optional workaround is specific to that console; it is not a general VMware or remote-session hook.
• Browser consoles (for example a hypervisor's web console) are web pages; LexVoca types into them with VM / browser keys.

• Host and guest keyboard layouts must match for typed text to come out right.

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Apps and websites that need a different method

Most apps need nothing. If words don't arrive properly in one window, teach LexVoca how to type there.

1. Open Apps & websites and press Check in 3 seconds, then click into the window.
2. LexVoca shows how it would type there. Pick another method if needed.
3. For a web page, add a website rule; it wins over the browser's own setting.

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