The Problem
Email is the backbone of professional communication — and also one of the biggest drains on your workday. The average knowledge worker spends over two hours per day reading and writing emails. That is not because emails are long; it is because typing is slow, formatting takes effort, and every message demands its own mental overhead.
You sit down to reply to a colleague, and what should be a thirty-second response turns into five minutes of typing, re-reading, adjusting the tone, adding a proper greeting, and finding the right sign-off. Multiply that across fifty emails per day and you have lost hours that could have been spent on actual work.
The problem is not the email itself. The problem is the interface between your thoughts and the screen. You already know what you want to say. Getting it into text cleanly and quickly is the friction point.
How Telvr Works with Email
Telvr integrates with every email client — Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, or any web-based inbox — because it operates at the operating system level rather than inside any specific application. There is no plugin to install, no account to connect, no permissions to grant.
Here is how the workflow looks in practice:
- Open your email client and click into the compose window or reply field.
- Press your Telvr hotkey (customizable, default is a push-to-talk key combination).
- Speak your email naturally. Do not worry about punctuation, subject lines, or formatting. Just talk.
- Telvr transcribes your speech using Whisper large-v3 via Groq API and applies the Professional E-Mail enrichment mode.
- Within under two seconds, the fully formatted email text appears at your cursor position, ready to review and send.
The key advantage is that your cursor position is respected. Telvr does not open a separate window or require you to copy and paste. The text lands exactly where you were typing — in the subject line, the body, or a reply field.
Best Enrichment Mode for Email: Professional E-Mail
The Professional E-Mail mode is purpose-built for business correspondence. When you activate it and speak your message, the AI does not just transcribe — it restructures your spoken words into a properly formatted email with three distinct components:
Subject line: Generated automatically from the context of what you said. If you mention you are following up on a proposal, the subject line reflects that.
Greeting: Appropriate salutation based on the tone of your message. Professional exchanges get "Dear [Name]," while internal team messages get "Hi [Name],"
Body: Your spoken content cleaned up, organized into coherent paragraphs, with filler words removed and grammar corrected.
Sign-off: Context-appropriate closing such as "Best regards," or "Thank you," followed by space for your signature.
This mode works particularly well for:
- Client-facing correspondence where tone and professionalism matter
- Follow-up emails after meetings or calls
- Formal requests or proposals
- Any email where you would normally spend extra time editing for tone
Before and After Example
Here is what a typical email dictation looks like with the Professional E-Mail mode active.
Raw speech input:
"um hey so I wanted to follow up on the proposal we sent last week uh just checking if you had a chance to look at it and if you have any questions or need any changes let me know we're pretty flexible on the timeline"
After Professional E-Mail mode:
Subject: Follow-Up on Proposal
Dear [Name],
I wanted to follow up on the proposal we sent last week. Please let me know if you have had a chance to review it and whether you have any questions or would like to discuss any adjustments.
We are flexible on the timeline and happy to accommodate your schedule.
Best regards,
The transformation is immediate. What started as a casual, filler-heavy spoken thought becomes a polished, send-ready email. You do not touch the keyboard for the core composition — only to fill in the recipient's name and hit send.
Time Savings
The numbers are straightforward. Speaking runs at roughly 130 to 150 words per minute for most people. Typing averages 40 to 60 words per minute, and that is before accounting for backspacing, re-reading, and formatting decisions.
For email specifically, the savings compound because the Professional E-Mail mode handles structure. You no longer spend time deciding how to open or close the message. You no longer re-read to catch grammar errors. You no longer adjust paragraph breaks manually.
A typical 150-word professional email takes three to four minutes to type, format, and review. With Telvr, dictation takes under sixty seconds and the formatting is done automatically. Over fifty emails per day, that is roughly two hours recovered.
Beyond raw speed, there is a less obvious benefit: cognitive load reduction. Typing forces you to hold the structure of the email in your head while executing the mechanics of typing. Speaking lets you focus entirely on what you want to communicate. The result is often clearer, more direct messages — not just faster ones.
Getting Started
Setting up Telvr for email takes under five minutes:
- Download Telvr for macOS from telvr.ai. Windows support is in development.
- Install the app and complete the brief setup to configure your microphone.
- Set your push-to-talk hotkey — a key combination that feels natural to press while your hands are near the keyboard.
- Open your email client, click into a compose window, and press the hotkey.
- Select the Professional E-Mail mode from the Telvr menu, or set it as your default for email work.
New users get a €3 Welcome Credit to try all enrichment modes with no commitment. After that, you only pay for what you use — tiered pricing starts at €0.030 per minute and drops to as low as €0.003 per minute as your usage grows. No monthly minimum — a fraction of the time cost you recover on the first day of use.
If you spend more than thirty minutes per day on email, Telvr pays for itself in the first hour.