Pithflow
For K-12 teachers, professors, instructional coaches, tutors

Speak your parent emails and feedback

Parent emails, feedback on student work, lesson plans and newsletters add up to a lot of typing. With Pithflow you say them instead, straight into the tools you already use, and AI cleanup fixes the punctuation and the ums.

Why this workflow is broken today

How Pithflow fits in

  1. Step 1
    Open the email or document
    Gmail or Outlook, Google Docs or Word, or your class platform in the browser (Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology). Pithflow works in any text field, with no add-on
  2. Step 2
    Pick a tone once in the Style tab
    Friendly for parent emails, Professional for staff and administrators, Concise for quick notes. It stays until you change it
  3. Step 3
    Hold Ctrl + Space and talk
    Say it the way you would on the phone: "Hi, thanks for coming to conferences this week. Here is what we are working on in reading this month, and one thing you can practice at home..."
  4. Step 4
    Release and read it once
    The cleaned-up text lands a second or two after you let go, with punctuation and without the ums. Give it a read and send
  5. Step 5
    Save your repeat phrases as snippets
    Say "conference sign-off" and your standard closing appears. Your most common feedback comments work the same way
  6. Step 6
    Long newsletter? Go hands-free
    Tap Ctrl + Shift to start and tap again to stop, so you are not holding a key while you talk through the week
Recommended tone
Friendly
Recommended intent
Refine

Before dictating anything that identifies a student, check your school or district's rules for third-party tools. The free plan gives you 2,000 words a week with no card; Pro at $9.99/month or $99/year removes the weekly limit.

Frequently asked questions

Does it work in Gmail, Google Classroom, Canvas and Schoology?

Yes. Pithflow puts the text into whatever field has focus, so school email, Google Docs, Word and those platforms in the browser all work with no add-on.

Can I write to families in Spanish?

Yes. Pithflow detects the language of each dictation, and Spanish and English can be mixed in the same sentence, so a bilingual note home comes out the way you said it.

Can I reuse my most common comments?

Save them as snippets and insert each one with a short trigger phrase. The free plan keeps up to 10 snippets; Pro has no limit.

Is there an education vocabulary?

Yes. Turn on the Education & teaching term pack in the Dictionary tab for pedagogy, literacy and assessment terms.

Is student information stored?

Your audio is sent to Pithflow's servers to be transcribed and is not stored afterwards; the text goes into the app you are working in. Before dictating anything that identifies a student, follow your school or district's rules for student records.

Is it free?

The free plan gives you 2,000 words a week with no card. Pro is $9.99 a month or $99 a year and removes the weekly limit.

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2,000 words/week, forever. No card required.

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