Design reviews stall when feedback is slow to write. Voice input keeps the review moving and Zahvox turns raw comments into ones the designer can act on.
Figma is a browser and desktop app. It does not ship a dictate button, so voice input comes from the browser or operating system. This guide covers how to leave clear, action ready comments without typing every word.
Turn on voice input for the browser or desktop app
Mac: turn on Dictation in System Settings.
Windows: press Windows plus H to open voice typing.
Click a frame in Figma and press comment, then start dictating.
Keep comments short and pointed at one thing.
Make feedback that a designer can act on
Speak the observation, the reason, and the suggestion. Avoid vague words like nicer or cleaner. Say what you want, why, and what the user needs. Short, specific comments move the design forward.
Use Zahvox for the tricky critiques
For feedback that could land the wrong way, dictate the raw version in Zahvox first. Read it back, tighten the tone, and only then paste it into the Figma comment.
Habits that keep reviews fast
Comment on one problem per pin, not five.
Include the user context so the designer knows the goal.
Resolve comments once addressed to keep the file clean.
Batch comments in one pass instead of drip feeding.
Design the workflow around your worst moment, not your best
It is easy to make dictate design feedback in figma comments work in a quiet room with a fresh coffee. The real test is the crowded coffee shop, the late-night draft, the moment between two meetings when you have four minutes to get an idea down. Set the workflow up for those moments — a mic that is always in reach, a shortcut you do not have to think about, a place the transcript always lands. If it survives the worst five minutes of your week, it will thrive in the other forty hours.
Where Zahvox fits after the raw capture
Zahvox is the careful second pass. The browser, the OS, or the app you dictated into gave you words on a page. Zahvox at /tool is where you paste those words, tighten the wording, fix the shape of the sentences, and copy the result back into wherever it needs to live. Raw capture anywhere, careful edit in Zahvox — that is the whole loop, whether the source was a laptop, a phone, or a meeting transcript.
