What Is the Dictate Feature for an AI Agent?
How Jacqueline V. Twillie explained it live with Women Applying AI on October 7, 2026.
I tend to find that speaking into the microphone for one to two minutes gives my system enough information to start working.
What she said about it
Inside of Gumloop, there are two ways to set up an agent. We can set it up manually, but the quickest way to do it is to use the system that they have. So using this chat feature to set it up.
There's two ways that we can do this. We can type it all out or we can speak into it.
What you now see on my screen is that the microphone actually translated into text. I probably would have only typed a sentence or two, especially with the fancy nails that I have on.
The moment she used it
The best way to create skills inside of Gumloop is to come back to the dictate feature.
Hear the definition at 11:21. She uses the term again at 36:49, and the clip is on the session page.
Where to read more
Build Your First AI Agent in One Hour: the full build, with the clips, the prompts and the transcript.
Related reading: How to Build Your First AI Agent: A Single-Session Guide for Mid-Career Pros.
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