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I replaced typing with voice dictation for 30 days. Here's what happened.

DEV Community·How Minds Work·25 days ago
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I type fast. Around 130 words per minute on a good day. I assumed voice dictation was for people who couldn't type. Then I got tendinitis in my right wrist and had to rethink that assumption. The experiment I committed to using voice dictation for everything non-code for 30 days. Emails, Slack messages, documentation, meeting notes, this post. The tool I landed on was dictate.app . It runs on Windows, uses Groq's Whisper model under the hood, and works in every app via push-to-talk. Hold a key, speak, release. The text appears wherever your cursor is. No cloud subscription lock-in. No browser tab required. $8.99 a month. Week 1: frustrating The first week was rough. I kept stopping mid-sentence to think, which tanked my speed. Voice dictation rewards people who can think in complete sentences. I couldn't. My accuracy was around 92%. That sounds good until you're editing "public static void" into "public static Lloyd" for the fifth time. I also felt weird talking at my desk. Self-conscious.…

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