Talk to Percy Copilot Instead of Typing

When your hands are busy or the question is long, say it instead of typing it. The microphone in Percy's message box turns what you say into text. Nothing is sent until you press send, so you always see the words first.

Dictate on the webCopy a link to this section

1. Open Percy with Ask Percy (or ⌘J on a Mac, Ctrl+J on Windows).
2. Press the microphone beside the paperclip, under Dictate. The first time, your browser asks to use the microphone: choose Allow.
3. Talk. A small card above the button shows Listening, a live level that moves with your voice and the time, up to two minutes.
4. Press the microphone again (now a red square, Stop Dictating) to stop. The card says Transcribing… for a moment, then your words appear in the message box after anything you had already typed.
5. Read them, fix anything you want, and send.

Press Esc while listening to stop without keeping anything. If you switch to another tab while dictating, Perceny stops listening and writes out what you said so far.

Dictate in the appCopy a link to this section

In the Perceny app, open Percy and tap the microphone beside the paperclip. The phone asks for the microphone the first time. Tap it again to stop; the words land in the message box the same way. If you leave the app while dictating, it stops listening.

Good to knowCopy a link to this section

• Up to two minutes at a time. At two minutes it stops by itself and writes out what it heard.
• Any language Perceny speaks, and most others: the language is recognised from what you say.
• Card numbers are left out. If you read out a card number, it is replaced and a note says so. To take a card payment, use checkout or send a secure payment link.
• The recording is not kept. It is sent once to the speech recogniser Perceny already uses for voice notes, turned into text and thrown away. It is never shown to Percy's AI model; only the words you send are.
• Who can use it: anyone who can talk to Percy. Dictation is not charged.
• If you dictate many times in a short while, it asks you to wait a minute.

When the microphone does not workCopy a link to this section

The card above the microphone says what went wrong and what to do:

• The microphone is blocked: allow it for Perceny in your browser's site settings (the lock or settings icon in the address bar), or in the app under your phone's Settings, then press the microphone again. In the app, the card has an Open Settings button.
• No microphone was found: plug one in, or close the other app that is using it.
• Nothing was heard: try again a little closer to the microphone.
• Dictation is not available right now: type your message instead; the microphone works again once the service is back.

Your phone keyboard's own dictation key still works in every message box too.