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Reference

Every keyboard shortcut and voice command in Relay. The same content is built into the app itself under the Shortcuts panel.

Keyboard shortcuts

Everything you need is reachable from the keyboard.

Recording
⌃ Space
Toggle recording. Start, or stop and send
⌘ ⏎
Stop recording and send while listening
Esc
Discard current recording
Modes
⌘ 1
Raw mode, pasted as-spoken
⌘ 2
Clean mode, fix typos, keep your phrasing
⌘ 3
AI mode, polished for the target app
Bar & panels
⌘ ⇧ Space
Focus the bar (for keyboard nav)
twice
Open the target picker, choose where text gets sent
⌘ ⇧ V
Open history panel
Esc
Close any open panel

Voice commands

Special phrases that change what Relay does with your dictation. Most are added at the end of what you say.

End your dictation with…
…send
Strip the word "send", auto-send the result without confirming
…copy
Copy to clipboard instead of injecting into the app
start over
Discard everything you just said and reset
Start your dictation with…
dictate …
Force raw mode for this one, exact transcript, no polishing
write …
Force clean mode, fix typos but don't rewrite
note …
Save to your local notes file instead of injecting
open gmail
Open Gmail (also: calendar, slack, notion, linear, github, claude, chatgpt, drive, docs, sheets, figma…)
search for …
Run a Google search for whatever follows
message … / slack …
Polish the message and copy it ready to paste in Slack
schedule … / calendar …
Open Google Calendar pre-filled with the event you described
email … about …
Open Gmail compose with the body drafted
Anywhere in your dictation
… then …
Chain multiple actions in one recording