Linear speech to text isn't built in: as of October 2026, Linear's docs don't describe a dictation button or any voice input. You can still talk your issues into Linear. LumeVoice types into the issue composer, comments and project updates in Linear's desktop app, in your browser and in Linear's phone apps, and cleans up your words on the way in.
Short answer
Does Linear have voice to text?
Not on its own. As of October 2026, Linear's help docs for issues, the editor, the mobile apps and Linear Agent don't describe any voice input. To dictate in Linear, use your device's dictation, such as the microphone on your phone's keyboard, Windows voice typing (Windows key + H) or Dictation on a Mac, or an app such as LumeVoice that types into any text field.
Dictating in Linear with the tools you already have#
Linear is made of ordinary text fields, so your device's own dictation works in it. As of October 2026:
- iPhone. Tap the microphone on the keyboard. Apple says iPhone dictation is processed on the phone in many languages, with no internet connection required, which is a real privacy plus.
- Android. In Gboard, tap the microphone at the top of the keyboard. You can say punctuation such as "period" and "new line."
- Windows. Press Windows key + H in any text box. It needs an internet connection, and you can turn on auto punctuation in its settings.
- Mac. Use the Dictation keyboard shortcut, or choose Edit → Start Dictation. In supported languages it adds commas, periods and question marks for you, and it stops after 30 seconds without speech.
These work well for a sentence or two. Longer explanations are where cleanup matters: dropping false starts, keeping only the corrected version of a sentence, and turning spoken steps into a list. That's what LumeVoice is built around.
How to dictate a Linear issue with LumeVoice#
- Download LumeVoice for Mac or Windows and sign in.
- In Linear, press C to open a new issue, or Option/Alt+C to start from a template.
- Type the title, or say it as one short sentence.
- Click into the description, hold fn (Mac) or Ctrl + Win (Windows), and explain: what happened, where, the steps, what you expected and what you saw. Let go, and the cleaned-up text lands in the description.
- Set the team, priority and labels as usual, and create the issue.
The same key works everywhere else in Linear:
- Comments. Open the issue, click into the comment box and talk. Type @ when you want to mention someone, pick them from the list, then carry on.
- Project updates. On the project overview, click the pencil icon on the latest update, choose On track, At risk or Off track, and say what moved, what's at risk and what's next. Updates can also be sent to a Slack channel, so they're worth getting right.
- Docs and specs. Dictate a first draft of a project document, then edit it into shape.
Away from your desk, open Linear's app and use the Lume keyboard on iPhone or the Lume bubble on Android. Tap the center tab to create an issue, attach a screenshot from your camera roll, and describe the bug while it's fresh.
File the issue while it's fresh
LumeVoice turns a spoken bug report into a clean, punctuated Linear issue, with your steps as a numbered list.
- One key in the desktop app or browser; a keyboard or bubble on your phone
- Filler words out, self-corrections applied
- 3,000 free words, no card required
Tips for spoken issues people (and agents) can act on#
Keep the title short. Linear's own guide to writing issues favors short, plain titles that say what the task is. Say the title as one line, or type it, and save the detail for the description.
Talk in a shape. A bug report told in the same order every time is easy to read. An illustrative example:
You say: "Steps to reproduce: one, open a project with more than 500 issues. Two, filter by label. Three, scroll to the bottom. Expected: more issues load. Actual: the list stops and the spinner never goes away."
Lume types:
Steps to reproduce:
- Open a project with more than 500 issues.
- Filter by label.
- Scroll to the bottom.
Expected: more issues load. Actual: the list stops and the spinner never goes away.
Fill in templates by voice. If your team's issue templates have placeholder text, click each placeholder and dictate that part.
Say it, then trim it. Linear's guide also suggests writing only as much as the task needs. Talking makes it easy to say too much, so read it once and cut.
Write issues an agent can pick up. Linear lets you delegate issues to AI agents by assigning them, and Cursor's docs say you can work with its cloud agents from Linear. A spoken brief that covers the why, the constraints and what done looks like gives an agent the same context it gives a teammate. More on that for Cursor and Claude Code.
Let Linear Agent do the filing. Press Cmd/Ctrl+J to open a chat with Linear Agent, dictate your rough notes from a call, and ask it to turn them into issues. Linear's docs list creating and updating issues among the things it can do. Check what it files before you move on.
Keep names in the dictionary. Product names, codenames, customers and teammates belong in Lume's custom dictionary, so they come out the way your team spells them.
Your device's dictation vs LumeVoice in Linear#
| Your device's dictation | LumeVoice | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Included with your phone or computer | 3,000 free words, then $14.99/mo, $79.99/yr, or $249 lifetime |
| Setup | Nothing to install | Install the app and sign in |
| Where speech is processed | Varies: iPhone handles it on the phone in many languages, a Mac can (check Keyboard settings), Windows voice typing needs internet | In the cloud; audio isn't stored after processing and is never used for training |
| Cleanup | Punctuation; on Copilot+ PCs, Windows fluid dictation also removes filler words in English | Removes fillers, applies self-corrections, formats lists, fixes grammar |
| Across your devices | A different tool on each one | One app on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android |
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When your device's dictation is enough#
If you file a few short issues a week, your phone's keyboard microphone or your computer's dictation will do, and on an iPhone your speech can stay on the phone. That's a genuine advantage over LumeVoice, which processes speech in the cloud.
LumeVoice is worth it when Linear is where you do a lot of writing: long bug reports, specs, triage notes and weekly updates, plus the Slack threads and Notion docs around them.
Talk it through, then ship it#
Most of a good issue is context: what happened, why it matters, what done looks like. Say that part, keep the title short, and read it once before you create the issue. Your teammates, and any agent you hand it to, get what they need to start.