Pace out the slab, say it, and the quote pours itself into Xero. Say "8 by 20 of concrete, machine prep, base, supply and place" and FlowSpec reads that as 160 square metres, prices it from your own Xero items, and drafts the quote into Xero in about 30 seconds.
See it draft a real slab quote into Xero.
Sound familiar?
You pace out a driveway, scribble 8 by 20 on the back of a docket, and work out 160 square metres in your head. Then comes the part that eats the evening: multiply that 160 across the prep rate, the base, the supply and place, the pump, and the cartage, line by line, and carry the right number through each one. One slip on the area and the whole quote drifts.
Your price list holds supply and place, exposed aggregate, coloured, plain broom finish, a path mix, and a shed slab rate. They all read "concrete" at a glance. Picking the right one from a long list on a small screen is fiddly, and the wrong one quietly shaves the margin off a good job.
By the time you are back at the kitchen table with the laptop, the detail has faded and another quote is sitting ahead in the queue. The homeowner who wanted a number rings the next concreter. A faster quote keeps winning the work, and right now the quote is the slow part of your day.
Here is the fix. FlowSpec takes the spoken job, works out the area, and drafts the priced quote into Xero while the slab is still fresh in your head. The voice-first path runs the same for every trade, and you can see it for any job on the voice quoting for Xero in Australia page.
How it works
Three steps, around 30 seconds, from the spoken slab to a Xero draft.
Tap record and talk it through the way you would to the labourer: "8 by 20 of concrete, machine prep, road base, supply and place 32 MPa, cart the spoil away, for Sam Cooper at 12 Riverside Drive." Say the dimensions and the work in your own words. FlowSpec reads "8 by 20" and the concreter slang as you say it.
FlowSpec reads "8 by 20" as 160 square metres and carries that 160 through every per-square-metre line. It matches each item to your own Xero items at your own sell prices, so the supply and place lands on the right concrete line from your list rather than a near neighbour. Your plant and labour rates go on, and GST is applied per line.
FlowSpec drafts the quote into Xero with the right line items, the client matched or created, account codes, and tax types. Open it, check the area and the rates read right, and send. The customer has your number while you are still loading the ute.
A worked example
Here is the same job, from what you say in the driveway to what lands in Xero.
What you say
"8 by 20 driveway. Machine prep and trim, 100mm of road base compacted, supply and place 32 MPa plain finish, pump it in, cart the spoil away. For Sam Cooper at 12 Riverside Drive."
FlowSpec reads "8 by 20" as 160 square metres, then builds the Xero draft from your own items:
| Line item from your Xero list | Quantity | Priced from |
|---|---|---|
| Machine prep & trim | 160 m² | Your own rate |
| Road base, 100mm, supply & compact | 160 m² | Your own rate |
| Concrete supply & place, 32 MPa plain | 160 m² | Your own sell price |
| Concrete pump hire | 1 day | Your own rate |
| Spoil cartage & disposal | 1 job | Your own rate |
The 160 carries through every per-square-metre line, the pump and the cartage sit on their own rates, GST is applied, and Sam Cooper is matched or created in Xero from the name and address. You speak it once, then open Xero to a draft that reads the way you would have typed it, with your margin intact.
Your Xero catalogue
The hard part of concreter quoting is choosing the right item when so many read alike. FlowSpec leans on your own Xero list to get that choice right.
FlowSpec syncs your Xero items in as your price list, the full set of them: supply and place, exposed aggregate, coloured, plain broom finish, path mix, shed slab. When you say "supply and place 32 MPa", it matches that to the matching item on your list at your own sell price, so the right line and the right margin come through together.
Say "expo" for exposed aggregate or "the shed mix" for your standard shed slab, and FlowSpec learns that those words point at those items for you. The phrasing you use on site becomes the phrasing it knows best, so each quote you speak lands a little cleaner than the last.
Run a bit of landscaping alongside the concrete work? The same voice path covers retaining, paving, and turf on the landscaper quoting software page, and the full set of tools sits on the comparison hub.
Built on the tools
FlowSpec is built side by side with working tradesmen, nothing assumed, on real jobs quoted the way you quote them. You pace the job, speak the dimensions and the work, and a priced draft lands in your Xero ready to send.
The words you say on site are the words it reads.
FlowSpec learns your own phrasing, so the prices it quotes on are your own and the items it matches are the ones in your Xero.
What you get
Area worked out from spoken dimensions
Say the metres and FlowSpec does the maths. "8 by 20" reads as 160 square metres and carries through every per-square-metre line, so the quantities land right while you keep your hands free.
The right concrete line, every time
From the dozen concrete items on your list, FlowSpec resolves the one you mean from your own Xero catalogue, so supply and place, exposed aggregate, and the path mix each land where they belong at your own sell price.
Drafts straight into Xero
Every quote lands in your Xero as a real draft, with line items, the client matched or created, account codes, and tax types set. Your prices come out of Xero and your quotes go back into Xero, one clean path.
Quote from the site, not the kitchen table
FlowSpec installs to your phone home screen as a web app and holds up with dusty hands and patchy signal. Speak the job while you are standing on the pad and keep your evenings for dinner.
FAQ
For a concreter who runs Xero, FlowSpec is built for the job. You pace out the slab, say the dimensions and the work, and FlowSpec drafts the quote into Xero, priced from your own Xero items, with the area maths done, the client matched or created, account codes set, and tax types applied. It is built side by side with working tradesmen, nothing assumed, to cater for the way you already quote. A handful of voice-quoting apps have appeared, and FlowSpec is the one that lives inside the Xero you already run and quotes from your own sell prices.
Yes. Say "8 by 20 of concrete" and FlowSpec reads that as 160 square metres, then carries the 160 through every line that is priced per square metre, from the supply and place down to the prep. Speak the depth too, like a 100mm slab, and it holds that against the items that depend on it. You pace the job and talk; FlowSpec keeps the dimensions straight so the quantities land right.
Yes, and this is where it earns its place for concreters. Your Xero list might hold a dozen items with concrete in the name, like supply and place, exposed aggregate, coloured, plain finish, and a path mix. When you say "supply and place 32 MPa", FlowSpec picks the matching item from your own list rather than the first one it sees. It learns your phrasing over time, so the words you use on site become the words it knows best.
Yes, and Xero is the heart of it. FlowSpec drafts the quote straight into your Xero account as a real draft quote, with line items, the client matched or created, account codes, and tax types already set. It syncs your Xero items in as your price list, so every quote uses your own numbers. You will need a Xero subscription to use FlowSpec.
Yes. FlowSpec prices every line from your own Xero items, which means your own sell prices, the ones you have already set. When you update a rate in Xero, FlowSpec picks up the change. So a driveway comes out at your margin, with the supply and place, the prep, the base, and the cartage all at the numbers you quote on.
Weighing up other tools too? Browse the full comparison hub to line FlowSpec up against the rest.
FlowSpec is the clear pick for concreters who quote on Xero, on one all-inclusive, per-seat plan that wins back hours every week. See the plan, then watch it draft a real quote into Xero.
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