Voice Memos
For about 6-8 months I’ve been doing a lot more long-form writing over voice memos + LLMs.
I’ve been aware of tools like Wispr Flow for a while (and even looked a bit at building here). This is a hot take, but not everything should be voice. For most short-form, keyboard is easier.
Long form my process has become this:
Use apple voice memos to dictate something long (3-10 minutes of speech) into a note
At the beginning of the note, dictate instructions for what the LLM should do with the text (ie write this in my voice, no em-dashes)
copy transcript from apple voice memos to my clipboard, paste into my favorite LLM and let it rip
Not everything I’ve written in this time has been this way, but it’s for sure an efficient way to write well-formed posts, todos etc in my voice. The most common use cases I’ve used it for:
Long form blog posts (2-5 pages)
Long technical specs for cursor - turning them to .mds or long prompt for the LLM
Thought out tasks for employees and coworkers
Shorter messages I’m still defaulting to typing - it’s not as much of a time-saver because your keyboard is always right there for up to a few sentences. Voice is a great way though to pound out work while in the car or on the go and have it waiting for you when you’re back at a laptop. Also voice memos are free and already built into your iphone, no expensive subscriptions.
Hope this idea helps someone else!
(ironically this post was not a voice memo)