Voice Shortcuts
Voice Shortcuts let you save text you use often and insert it by saying a trigger phrase. Stirae transcribes first, then scans the text for your saved triggers.
Examples
| You say | Stirae pastes |
|---|---|
| "schedule link" | calendly.com/you/30min |
| "my email" | you@example.com |
| "sign off" | Best regards, Sam |
Creating a shortcut
Open Settings > Voice Shortcuts
Click New Voice Shortcut.
Fill in When You Say
What you'll say to activate it: schedule link, my email, sign off.
Fill in Text to Insert
What Stirae will paste. Use \n for line breaks.
Managing shortcuts
Use Search voice shortcuts to find an existing shortcut. Click a shortcut row to edit it, or use the row's more menu to choose Edit… or Remove….
If Stirae cannot save a Voice Shortcuts change, it keeps using your previously saved shortcuts.
How matching works
Shortcuts can work inside longer sentences. If you've set up my email as a shortcut and say "please send them my email, thanks", Stirae replaces only the trigger and keeps the rest: "please send them you@example.com, thanks".
Matching is case-insensitive and allows repeated spaces or surrounding punctuation. Shortcuts do not match inside larger words, so schedule link will not match schedule linked document.
Shortcuts vs. Vocabulary
Vocabulary corrects how a word is spelled in your dictation. Voice Shortcuts replace a trigger phrase with saved text.
- Vocabulary: "Spell Kubernetes correctly in normal dictation."
- Shortcuts: "When I say
schedule link, paste my calendar URL."