The fastest way to work with ChatGPT isn't to type your prompt — it's to say it. Set Clavio's wake word to “ChatGPT” and just say “ChatGPT, draft a friendly reply to this refund request and keep it under four lines.” Your words drop into the prompt box and send themselves — nothing to press, hold, or click. Keep cleanup off and ChatGPT gets exactly what you said, the instant you finish. Then, when its answer comes back, the same voice writes the actual email, doc, or message you were asking about — so the whole loop, from question to finished text, is something you talk through rather than type.
Talk to it by name: make the wake word “ChatGPT”
Clavio lets you choose a wake word for each app, so for ChatGPT you set it to the assistant's own name — “ChatGPT.” Now you're not opening a dictation tool; you're speaking to the assistant. You say “ChatGPT, summarize this thread and pull out the three decisions,” it answers to its name, types your prompt into the box, and — with auto-send on — sends it the moment you stop talking. No hotkey to hold, no button, no reaching for the trackpad — just your voice. And because Clavio answers only to you, a colleague saying “ChatGPT” across the desk never sets it off.
Fast mode: your exact prompt, the instant you finish
A prompt is an instruction, not an email — it shouldn't be smoothed over or reworded before ChatGPT sees it. So keep Clavio on Fast: it types your words exactly as you said them, with no rewriting and no processing pause, the second you stop. That matters more with an AI assistant than almost anywhere else, because a quietly “corrected” word can point the model at the wrong thing and skew the whole answer. Add the names you actually use to Clavio's dictionary — people, products, projects, the tools you mention — and “Figma,” “Postgres,” and your teammate's name arrive spelled right instead of as the nearest ordinary word, so ChatGPT reads exactly what you meant.
The best ChatGPT prompts are long — which is exactly what voice is for
The prompts that get good answers out of ChatGPT are rarely one line. They're a paragraph: here's the context, here are the constraints, here's what I actually want. That paragraph is tedious to type and easy to say — speaking it is roughly three times faster — so voice is at its strongest precisely where ChatGPT is most demanding. Talk the whole thing in one breath and it lands clean and punctuated, with no “comma” or “new paragraph” said out loud. And if you'd rather send something tighter, Clavio can do the opposite of Fast: give ChatGPT a polish that trims a rambling thought down to one clear instruction, so a compact prompt reaches the model. Fast for your exact words, a tightening polish for a shorter prompt — both are just a per-app setting.
One voice for the whole loop — from the question to the finished text
The prompt is only half the job. ChatGPT drafts the reply, outlines the doc, sketches the plan — and then you have to write the real thing. That's where the same voice carries on: you switch to Mail and dictate the actual email you just asked ChatGPT to help with, and here you may want it polished, so Clavio moves to a natural, well-punctuated tone for that window while ChatGPT stays on Fast. Paste an outline into a doc and talk the sections in. Fire off the Slack reply in a casual voice. Clavio remembers the tone for each app, so one wake word carries you from asking the question to shipping the answer — the whole loop is something you say, and everything gets written.
Recommended Clavio settings for ChatGPT
| Setting | Recommended | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Wake word (per app) | Make it “ChatGPT” | Speak to the assistant by name — “ChatGPT, summarize this” — instead of a generic trigger, with no key to hold. |
| Polish level | Fast (off) | Types your prompt instantly, exactly as said. No rewriting, no pause — ChatGPT gets your literal words, so nothing skews the answer. |
| Auto-send | On | Fully hands-free: the moment you stop talking, the prompt sends itself. You just speak — no key at all. |
| Personal dictionary | Add your terms | Keeps names, products, and jargon — Figma, Postgres, a teammate's name — spelled right so ChatGPT reads what you meant. |
| Per-app tone | Fast here, natural next door | ChatGPT gets your exact prompt on Fast; the email or doc you write from its answer switches to a natural tone on its own. |
Prompt ChatGPT hands-free with Clavio
Clavio is an AI dictation app for Mac. It sits in your menu bar and types finished text wherever your cursor is — the ChatGPT prompt box, Mail, a doc, Slack, the browser. You set a wake word per app (say “ChatGPT” to prompt ChatGPT), and choose the polish per app too: Fast with no cleanup so your exact prompt reaches the model, or a natural tone for the email you write from its answer. A personal dictionary keeps your names and terms intact, and an on-device voiceprint means only your voice sets it off. Free to try: 3,000 words a month, no card, macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon. Pro is £12/month for unlimited.
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Common questions
Doesn't ChatGPT already have a voice mode?
It does, but it's a spoken conversation, not a way to write a prompt. In ChatGPT's voice mode you talk and it talks back; there's no clean, editable prompt you compose and send, and on the desktop the prompt box still expects typed text. Clavio is the other thing: you speak and your words land in the box as clean, punctuated text you can send or tweak — by name, hands-free, and in every other app too, not just ChatGPT.
Can I prompt ChatGPT fully hands-free?
Yes. Give ChatGPT the wake word “ChatGPT,” turn auto-send on, and just say “ChatGPT, do this” — your prompt is typed and sent the moment you stop talking. No key, no button, no trackpad — just your voice.
Will it reword my prompt or misspell names and terms?
Not on Fast — it types your words exactly, with no rewriting, which is what you want for a prompt. To keep names, products, and jargon precise, add them to Clavio's dictionary and they arrive spelled right every time, so ChatGPT reads exactly what you meant instead of the nearest ordinary word. Want a shorter prompt instead? Switch on a tightening polish — but by default Fast hands ChatGPT your exact wording.
Is voice actually better for ChatGPT than typing?
It shines here, because the prompts that get good answers are long — a paragraph of context, constraints, and the ask. That's tedious to type and easy to say, and speaking it is roughly three times faster, so the more thought your prompt needs, the more voice helps. Talk it in one go and it arrives clean and punctuated, ready to send.
Can I use the same voice for the email or doc I write from ChatGPT's answer?
Yes — that's the point of a system-wide app. Clavio types into Mail, your docs, Slack, and the browser the same way it types into the ChatGPT box, and remembers the tone per app: exact for the prompt, tidy for the email you write from the answer, casual for a chat reply. One wake word covers the whole loop, from the question to the finished text.