Dictation in Figma

Voice dictation in Figma for FigJam stickies, comments, and UX copy

Figma has no native dictation, and its community voice plugins cannot even reach the mic in the desktop app. SnailText types your voice into FigJam stickies, comments, text layers, and Slides notes, with everything running locally.

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AI dictation in Figma, 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 Figma is uploaded for transcription. Press the hotkey, speak, and the finished text lands at your cursor.

Does Figma have built-in dictation?

Figma has no built-in dictation. The community plugins that add it run in the browser through the Web Speech API and cannot access the microphone in the Figma desktop app. Figma AI takes typed prompts, and FigJam audio chat is a live call that is never transcribed. SnailText works system-wide, so it types your voice into every Figma surface, including the desktop app where plugins cannot.

Speech to text in Figma: how it works

SnailText does not plug into Figma 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 Figma field, plus every other app on your Mac or Windows machine, with no extension or integration to set up.

That matters in Figma specifically: brainstorming in FigJam stalls the moment you have to stop and type each sticky note. Speech to text removes that bottleneck without changing how you work in Figma.

Voice to text in Figma: what to dictate

Voice typing in Figma 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.

· FigJam sticky notes during rapid brainstorming
· Comments and design feedback on a file
· UX microcopy, headings, and body text in text layers
· Speaker notes in Figma Slides

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Where typing slows you down in Figma

· Brainstorming in FigJam stalls the moment you have to stop and type each sticky note.
· Leaving thorough design feedback means typing long critique in a comment thread instead of just saying it.
· Real UX copy in text layers is writing work, and writing by voice is faster than clicking into each layer to type.

Example dictations for Figma

FigJam sticky

"What if onboarding skipped the tour entirely and just dropped people into a prefilled example project they can poke at?"

Design feedback

"The empty state is clear, but it does not tell the user what to do next. Can we add a single primary button and a one-line hint under it?"

UX copy

"Your changes are saved automatically. You can close this tab and pick up right where you left off next time."

Figma voice dictation FAQ

Does Figma have built-in voice dictation?

No. Figma has no native dictation. The community plugins that offer it run in the browser and cannot reach the microphone in the Figma desktop app, and FigJam audio chat is a live call that is never turned into text. SnailText is system-wide, so it dictates into text layers, comments, FigJam stickies, and Slides notes, in both the desktop app and the browser, all locally.

Can I dictate into FigJam sticky notes?

Yes, and it is one of the best fits. Brainstorming is where typing slows you down most. Press the hotkey, speak an idea, and it lands as text in the sticky, so you can keep the flow going instead of stopping to type each one.

Can I use voice typing in Figma?

Yes. SnailText adds voice typing to Figma on Mac and Windows. Press the hotkey (Option+Space (Mac) / Ctrl+Space (Windows), customizable), speak, and the text lands at your cursor in any Figma 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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