CorviCorvi for developers
Last updated: 2026-10-29
Developers write a lot of text that isn't code: prompts for AI assistants, PR descriptions, issue comments, Slack replies. They also read a lot: documentation, long threads, review comments. With Corvi, hold Fn to speak a prompt or a reply into any app, including Cursor and VS Code, and tap Fn to hear the gist of whatever you're reading.
Writing: say it instead of typing it
- Prompts for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Claude Code. The best prompts carry context: what you're building, what broke, what you tried. Saying that takes a minute; typing it takes longer, so people shorten it. See dictate your AI prompts.
- PR descriptions and issue comments. Explain the change the way you'd explain it at a desk, then tidy up.
- Slack and e-mail replies without leaving the editor for long.
Teach Corvi your stack once: add library names, service names and abbreviations to the personal dictionary, and they come out spelled right. For long explanations, press Fn with Command for hands-free dictation.
Reading: hear the gist first
- A long pull request or issue thread: tap Fn to hear what's being discussed and what's still open.
- Documentation: hear what a page covers before deciding to read it; double-tap Fn to ask "How do I configure the timeout?".
- English docs in your own language: Corvi summarizes into any of 35 languages. See listen in your own language.
- Conference talks on YouTube: the speaker's main points in a few sentences.
Stop typing. Stop reading. Talk and listen.
Corvi is free during early access. Setup takes a minute; if you don't like it, drag it to the Trash.
Download free for MacGood to know
- Corvi works in any app with a cursor, including Electron apps like VS Code, Cursor and Slack.
- Commands for Shortcuts or Raycast:
corvi://summarize,corvi://ask?q=…,corvi://type?text=…. - Your speech becomes text on your Mac with a local Whisper model in most languages; clean-up and summaries go to an AI service over an encrypted connection. Don't dictate secrets you wouldn't paste into an AI chat.
Frequently asked questions
Does it type into the terminal?
It types wherever there's a text cursor, including terminal apps. Read before you press Enter.
Will it get code identifiers right?
Add them to the personal dictionary once. Corvi is built for prose, not for dictating code character by character.