The short answer: open LinkedIn, click into the post composer, newsletter editor, comment field, or InMail window, press ⌃+⌥+R (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+R (Windows/Linux), speak your content, press again to stop. AICHE transcribes and inserts formatted text at your cursor.
LinkedIn rewards original long-form thinking. Creator mode, newsletters, and Collaborative articles all want 200-500 word contributions with real expertise behind them. The post composer wants specifics. InMail needs personalization. Connection request notes need relevance in 300 characters. Comment threads need substance. Voice input produces all of this because you are literally talking through your experience. Speech follows a natural structure (example first, then the takeaway) that outperforms the stiff, generic tone people default to when typing.
Real Example: Collaborative Article Contributions
You see a Collaborative article prompt: "What's the most underrated skill for engineering managers?" Click into the contribution box. Press ⌃+⌥+R (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+R (Windows/Linux). Speak for 45 seconds:
"Incident response ownership is underrated because it teaches you everything else. When your team owns the on-call rotation and the postmortem process, they learn prioritization, cross-team communication, and scope management under pressure. My team started doing blameless postmortems in 2022 and within six months our sprint velocity went up 20% because we stopped repeating the same infrastructure mistakes."
Press the hotkey again. Your contribution is specific, experience-based, and reads naturally because it started as speech. Collaborative articles surface in Google search results and display your profile photo next to your contribution - high-visibility content that took under a minute.
LinkedIn Newsletters
LinkedIn newsletters go directly to subscriber inboxes with push notifications. They function like email marketing with zero list-building friction because subscribers opt in from your profile. The newsletter editor accepts long-form markdown-style content with headers, bold, and lists.
Open your newsletter draft in the LinkedIn editor. Press the hotkey. Dictate a full 500-word issue topic by topic. Cover one idea per paragraph, speaking naturally about your area of expertise. Stop recording. AICHE inserts the formatted text. Add a header image, adjust any formatting, and publish. Your subscribers receive it within minutes.
This works well for weekly cadences. Dictating a newsletter issue takes 4-5 minutes of speaking versus 25-30 minutes of typing and editing.
Post Composer and Creator Mode
Creator mode changes your profile button from "Connect" to "Follow." It unlocks LinkedIn Live access and adds a Featured section above your activity. The algorithm surfaces creator posts to a broader audience. Your posts reach beyond direct connections.
Click "Start a post" in the composer. You can attach images, documents (carousel PDFs), polls, or events. Press the hotkey and dictate your post content. Speak for 60-90 seconds to hit the 200-300 word range that performs well in the feed. Stop recording.
Carousel documents are multi-page PDFs that display as swipeable slides. Dictate the text for each slide in sequence: "Slide one, the problem. Slide two, the data. Slide three, what we tried first." Paste each section into Canva, Figma, or Google Slides. Export as PDF. Upload to LinkedIn.
Connection Request Notes
The 300-character personalization limit on connection requests means every word matters. Generic "I'd like to add you to my network" messages get ignored. Personalized notes referencing a recent post or shared context get accepted.
Click "Connect" on someone's profile. Select "Add a note." Press the hotkey. Dictate something specific: "Saw your post about migrating from Postgres to CockroachDB. We're evaluating the same move for our multi-region setup. Would be great to compare notes." Stop recording. AICHE inserts the text. Check the character count and trim if needed.
Comment Threads
LinkedIn engagement happens in comments more than anywhere else. A substantive 3-4 sentence comment on a relevant post puts you in front of that creator's audience. Most people skip it because typing multi-sentence comments on every interesting post is slow. They hit "like" and move on.
Click into a comment field. Press the hotkey. Speak your actual reaction for 15-20 seconds. Stop. Your comment has substance because you spoke a real thought instead of typing the shortest thing that came to mind.
InMail and Recommendations
InMail messages to non-connections cost credits. Generic InMails get ignored. Speak each one individually. Reference their recent post or company news. Explain why you are reaching out. State what you are asking for. Thirty seconds of dictation produces a personalized message.
For written recommendations on someone's profile, speak about your actual experience working with them. The conversational tone reads as more authentic than the stiff formality people default to when typing endorsements.
What You Get
- Dictate into the post composer, newsletter editor, comment fields, InMail, or connection notes
- Works in any browser tab - Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Arc
- Toggle recording with
⌃+⌥+R(Mac) orCtrl+Alt+R(Windows/Linux) - Message Ready formats conversational speech into structured paragraphs
- Runs at the OS level - switch tabs to check references while recording
- Desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux plus Chrome extension and mobile
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FAQ
Does AICHE work on mobile?
AICHE has apps for iPhone and Android. On desktop, it works in any browser where LinkedIn is open. AICHE also has a Chrome extension that works in Chrome, Brave, and Edge.
Can I dictate LinkedIn Articles (long-form)?
Yes. LinkedIn Articles use the same rich text editor. Click into the article body, press the hotkey, and dictate section by section. Articles support headers and formatting that AICHE's Message Ready feature preserves.
What about Company Page posts?
If you're an admin on a Company Page, click "Start a post" from the page admin view. AICHE inserts text at whatever cursor position is active, so it works identically to personal posts.
Does the text sound too casual for LinkedIn?
Enable Message Ready in AICHE settings. It structures your conversational speech into professional paragraphs with proper sentence construction while keeping your natural voice.
How do I handle hashtags and @mentions?
Dictate your post content first, then add hashtags and @mentions manually after reviewing. LinkedIn's autocomplete for @mentions requires clicking through suggestions, which is faster by hand.
Result: dictating 5 LinkedIn posts per week drops from 2.5 hours of typing to 45 minutes of speaking. Daily commenting across 10-15 posts takes under 10 minutes instead of 30. Newsletter issues go from a 30-minute writing block to 5 minutes of dictation plus 5 minutes of formatting.
Try it now: click "Start a post" on LinkedIn, press your hotkey, and dictate one specific lesson from your work this week. Do not generalize. Name the project, the problem, and what you learned.