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Name a take with your voice

Get a properly named take without touching the keyboard.

Spoken title keyword toggle set to comma, with an example of how the title is parsed
Turn on the keyword, then say the title followed by “comma”.

Steps

  1. 1

    Turn on the spoken title option in ScratchPad or HotTake.

  2. 2

    Start recording and say the title first, then the keyword: "The Broken Road, comma, I've been gone too long…"

  3. 3

    Everything before the keyword becomes the title of the recording and of the lyrics or notes file.

  4. 4

    Everything after it becomes the body text — the title and the keyword itself are left out.

  5. 5

    Spoken numbers before the keyword are written as digits, so "oh one" becomes 01.

  6. 6

    If you say "comma" again later in the take, it's ignored — only the first one counts.

Tips

  • The default keyword is "comma". Say it clearly and pause slightly before it.
  • With the option off, takes fall back to the standard date-based name.