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Dictate Linear issues and comments during standup

Linear is fast for keyboard users, and voice input can be just as fast once you set the small habits that keep dictated issues readable.

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Linear runs in the browser and as a desktop app. Both accept operating system voice input in any title, description, or comment field. The trick is short, clear sentences so a triage reader gets the point in seconds.

Turn on voice input

Focus the title or description field first.
Mac users press Fn twice, Windows users press Win plus H.
Speak the issue as a short problem statement.
End with the expected outcome in one sentence.

Structure an issue by voice

Say the problem, the impact, and the expected result. That gives triage everything it needs. Skip long back story in the title and put it in the description if it matters.

Clean up in Zahvox for public issues

For an issue that customers or partners will see, draft the description in Zahvox, tighten it, then paste back. Internal issues can go straight from voice to Linear.

Team habits

Keep titles under one line.
Use voice for bug reports and short feature notes.
Type labels, estimates, and links.
Read dictated issues once before you assign.

Treat the first week as a trial, not a verdict

Nobody nails dictate linear issues and comments during standup on day one. Give the setup a full week of honest use before you decide it works or does not. Keep a short note of what broke, what felt slow, and what surprised you. At the end of the week look at the notes, not your feelings. Nine times out of ten the workflow is fine and only one or two small things need a tweak — a shortcut, a mic position, a shorter first sentence. That is a very different outcome than "voice does not work for me", which is what most people conclude after a single bad session.

Where Zahvox fits after the raw capture

Zahvox is the careful second pass that sits after the raw capture. The browser, the OS, or the app you used for dictate linear issues and comments during standup 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, and it stays the same whether the source was a laptop, a phone, or a meeting transcript.

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