If you'd rather type your side of a conversation than speak it, Rylo Sidekick can speak your typed messages out loud into the call, so the other person hears you naturally.

Type your message into the text box in the caption window and press Enter to send. It's added to your transcript immediately, labeled as your own turn in the conversation. If Sidekick's microphone driver is installed (see below), it's also spoken aloud into your call using the voice you picked in Settings → Voice.

Type-to-speak needs a small driver called the Rylo Microphone installed on your Mac — this is what lets your typed, spoken-aloud messages reach the call. Install it from Settings → Driver. You'll be asked for your Mac's admin password, since installing it briefly restarts a system audio service — this only happens once, and takes a few seconds.

You can't install or update the driver while you're on a live call — do this before joining, or after you hang up.

If the typing text box isn't showing up, the driver either isn't installed yet or needs an update — go to Settings → Driver to install or update it. Sidekick hides the text box on purpose rather than letting you type into a call where it wouldn't actually be heard.

Some Bluetooth headsets stop picking up your voice once type-to-speak routes audio through the Rylo Microphone. If you notice your own voice stops being transcribed mid-call, switch to your Mac's built-in microphone as your input device and it will pick back up.