1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts b/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
index 6c710728b..717473aa1 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Doc, Opt } from '../../fields/Doc';
 import { List } from '../../fields/List';
 import { RichTextField } from '../../fields/RichTextField';
 import { listSpec } from '../../fields/Schema';
-import { Cast, CastCtor } from '../../fields/Types';
+import { Cast, CastCtor, DocCast } from '../../fields/Types';
 import { AudioField, ImageField } from '../../fields/URLField';
 import { Utils } from '../../Utils';
 import { Docs } from '../documents/Documents';
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ export namespace DictationManager {
                 {
                     action: (target: DocumentView) => {
                         const newBox = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', { _width: 400, _height: 200, title: 'My Outline', _layout_autoHeight: true });
-                        const proto = newBox.proto!;
+                        const proto = DocCast(newBox.proto);
                         const prompt = 'Press alt + r to start dictating here...';
                         const head = 3;
                         const anchor = head + prompt.length;