The short answer
In chat apps, end with the word "send" and it presses Enter for you once the text is typed. Leave it off and the text waits for you to check it. "Send" is never typed into your message.
Hands-off messaging
In a chat app, the last step of every message is pressing Enter. Saying "send" at the end of your dictation does that for you, so you can reply to a message without touching the keyboard at all.
- Click into the message box in Slack, Teams, WhatsApp, Claude or another chat app.
- Hold the talk key and say your message, ending with "send".
- Let go. The message is typed, then sent.
When it applies
"Send" is for apps where Enter sends a message: chat apps and AI chat tools. In an email or a document, Enter only starts a new line, so there you read the text over and send it the usual way.
Using the word "send" normally
Only "send" as the very last word, said as an instruction, triggers Enter. A sentence such as "Can you send me the file?" is typed as it is. If you ever want a message to end with the word "send" itself, add a word after it, or leave it off and press Enter yourself.
Why it waits otherwise
Without "send", the message stays in the box for you to read first. That is the safer default: a message to your manager, or to a customer, is worth a glance before it goes. Many people say "send" for quick replies to colleagues and leave it off for anything that matters.
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