Glide | Voice to Text for macOS

Press a shortcut. Speak naturally. Polished text appears right where your cursor is — up to 3x faster than typing, with zero context switching.

Whether you write code, docs, emails, or messages — Glide turns your voice into your fastest input device.

Give it five minutes. You won't want to go back.

Typing

68WPM

Speaking

192WPM

Every shortcut,

Option+SpaceTranscribe

Talk and have your words typed out for notes, logs, and follow-ups.

You say

“Call ended with the vendor. New kitchen prep order: 12 chicken wraps, 40 veggie samosas, and 18 lattes for tomorrow morning delivery.”

Output

Call ended with the vendor. New kitchen prep order: 12 chicken wraps, 40 veggie samosas, and 18 lattes for tomorrow morning delivery.

Option+1Fix It Up

Turn rough thoughts into cleaner, more polished writing.

You say

“tell patients to arrive 20 minutes early bring a photo id and insurance card and that copays are due at checkin”

Output

Please arrive 20 minutes before your appointment, and bring a photo ID and your insurance card. Your co-pay is due at check-in.

Option+2Slack Message

Draft messages for Slack, Teams, or any communication tool your team uses.

You say

“Hey team quick update from the showroom every property tour is sold out this weekend we need one extra sales rep for Saturday afternoon and can you confirm if anyone can cover shift”

Output

*Quick update* — the showroom is sold out this weekend. We need one extra sales rep on Saturday afternoon.
Can anyone cover the shift?

Option+3Jira, Trello, Asana Ticket

Turn what you say into a clear task for Jira, Trello, Asana, or similar tools.

You say

“We need to add dark mode support to the settings panel it should respect the system preference by default and let users override it”

Output

Task: Add dark mode support to the settings panel

Acceptance Criteria:
- Respect system preference by default
- Allow manual override toggle
- Persist selection across sessions

Option+4Turn It Into an Email

Turn a quick thought into an email you can send or edit.

You say

“Follow up with this lead and position the new logistics package as a solution for their high shipping delays”

Output

Hi [Name],

Thanks for your time earlier—our Logistics Plus package is designed to reduce shipping delays with end-to-end visibility and proactive exception alerts.

I’d love to show you a 15-minute walkthrough of how teams in your sector use it to cut late deliveries and improve customer satisfaction.

Would Thursday at 10:30 AM work for a quick follow-up?

Option+5Rephrase for Coding

Shape your request into clearer instructions for coding tools and AI agents.

You say

“Add a rate limiter middleware to the Express API that limits each IP to 100 requests per 15 minutes”

Output

Goal: Add IP-based rate limiting to the Express API

- Install express-rate-limit
- 15-minute window, 100 requests per IP
- Return 429 with Retry-After header
- Apply to all API routes

Option+WFix What I Wrote

Highlight text, say what you want changed, and update it in place.

Selected text

our team did a fantastic job and allclients were taken care of with greatspeed. i think we can say our customersatisfaction improved a lot maybe use that in our QBR

Shortcut

Option+W

You say

Make this more executive and outcome-focused

Apply

Option+W

Updated text

The team delivered strong service quality, with high client satisfaction resulting from faster response times and issue resolution.

Option+AGeneral AI Chat

Ask questions and get answers right away without switching tabs to ChatGPT, Claude, or anything else.

You say

What are the top three KPIs I should track for a restaurant to reduce food waste and labor costs?

Output

Track these first:

- Food cost % by outlet and menu category (waste and shrinkage included)
- Labor cost per sale by shift and role
- Order ticket yield and waste-related markdown rate

That trio usually gives the fastest signal on where margin is leaking.