Gmail Dictation Without a Browser Extension: Dictating Email at the Desk
Gmail has no built in voice typing of its own. Here are the three ways to dictate email, what each one misses, and how to reach the subject line and inline replies too.
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Talk to Text on Your Computer: A Desk Workflow for Mac and Windows
A desk workflow for talking to text on Mac and Windows: built in setup side by side, the copy and paste tax of browser notepads, which fields break, a shortcut cheat sheet, and where the words go after you hit send.
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The Windows Dictation Shortcut: What Win+H Does, Where It Stops, and Hold to Talk Alternatives
Windows key + H starts voice typing, but it is a toggle that stops on silence. A full guide to what Win+H does, how it differs from voice access and the retired speech recognition tool, which spoken commands work where, the apps it silently fails in, and how to get hold to talk on Windows.
How to Do a Brain Dump by Talking Instead of Writing
A work focused guide to the spoken brain dump: why written dumps go lossy, the three minute voice process, cleaning up afterwards, and finding the dump again months later.
How to Keep a Commonplace Book You Can Actually Search
A commonplace book only pays off when you can find the passage again. How to capture faster, skip Locke's index, and search by phrase instead.
Average Typing Speed: How Many WPM Is Normal, and What It Costs You Each Day
The average typing speed is about 52 WPM. Here is what that means task by task, what it costs you in minutes a day, and two ways to close the gap.
How to Use Your Computer Without a Mouse: A Keyboard First Workflow for Mac and Windows
Move focus with Tab, act with Space or Enter, and reach any app by typing its name. A keyboard first workflow for Mac and Windows, including how to fill the field once you land in it.
Zero Data Retention: What It Actually Means When an App Is Listening to You
Zero data retention sounds absolute, but for a voice app it usually covers only the audio. What happens to your recording, what happens to your transcript, six questions to send any vendor, and how to verify the answers yourself.
Voice Coding: What Actually Works, and What Dictation Is Really For
Voice coding is really three separate activities. This guide sorts them, shows where plain dictation breaks on identifiers and flags, and covers the audio question.
How to Dictate on a Mac in Any App: Setup, Shortcuts, and Fixes
A complete macOS dictation guide: enable it in System Settings, dictate into any text field, change the shortcut, use the punctuation command cheat sheet, and fix dictation when it stops working.