Accessibility

Voice dictation for everyone

Contextli is built with accessibility in mind. Whether you manage a motor impairment, repetitive strain injury, or want hands-free input, context-aware dictation adapts to how you work.

Built for a range of needs

Contextli provides accessibility support across several kinds of needs.

Motor disabilities

Hands-free text input that works across any application, without fine motor skills.

  • Works at the system level, so no per-app setup is needed
  • Hotkey activation that you can customize to what is easy for you to reach
  • Context-aware formatting reduces how much manual correction you need to do afterward

RSI and strain

Voice-first input that reduces reliance on typing for people managing repetitive strain injury or similar strain.

  • Reduces repetitive hand and wrist movement compared to typing
  • Works for long-form writing, email and everyday text input
  • Auto-paste is on by default, so there is no extra copy step after dictating

Vision impairments

Voice dictation that can sit alongside a screen reader or other assistive technology.

  • Speech input reduces how much text you need to type and check character by character
  • Context-aware formatting reduces the need to visually review structure before sending

Cognitive accessibility

Speaking naturally, instead of composing by typing, can lower the effort of getting a thought into text.

  • Speak in your own words; the context handles formatting
  • Stored context can hold details about your vocabulary and preferences for reuse

Want to dictate without touching the keyboard? Our guide to hands-free dictation on Mac shows how to start Contextli with one mouse button, a trackpad gesture or a Siri phrase.

Why it helps

Built for inclusive computing

Less correction, more efficiency

Plain dictation gives you a word-for-word transcript that usually needs manual formatting. Contextli's contexts format your speech for where you are writing, an email gets a greeting and sign-off, a Slack message stays short, which means less manual editing afterward.

Privacy and control

Contextli offers Local, on-device processing on Pro and Pro Plus plans, alongside Cloud and Bring your own key, so you can choose how your voice is processed based on what you need.

Customizable for your needs

Every accessibility need is different. Custom contexts let you store your own vocabulary, preferred formatting and communication style, so the app adapts to you rather than the other way round.

Ongoing accessibility work

We keep working on keyboard navigation, screen reader compatibility and clear focus states across the Contextli website and app. If you run into an accessibility issue or have a specific need we should know about, contact support. We take reports seriously and use them to prioritize fixes.

Try voice-first dictation

See how context-aware dictation fits your workflow.