I’ve been trialling out Wispr Flow as part of my new workflow process. Basically it’s a nifty AI tool that takes dictated text and cleans it all up.
Oh wait. AI tool, you say. Steady the buffers etc. Isn’t this some kind of scary shit? Well not really.
What Wispr Flow does is to listen to your dictated text and then clean up all of the messy bits that might be in there. It can also be stylised to add specific punctuation and even snippets of code that fit in with your style of writing.
I’ve got it set up across mobile and desktop. Mobile is a bit sketchy to be honest. The iPhone keyboard interchange can get a little bit fiddly as you switch between the standard keyboard and Wispr Flow, as well as emojis. It seems to work far better on desktop where you simply hold down the function key on the Mac and start talking.
The idea was to use it for dictating blog posts. This is the first one that I’ve done. There’s something about it that I don’t quite feel comfortable with. Writing per se is where the enjoyment and freedom comes for me. Dictating a blog post limits the flow of words and any style an individual might have, and the emotions that you want to create. Dictation is more about shopping lists,, right?
Wispr Flow is proving to be rather good for AI prompts however. The more rambling and lengthy prompt you give to any AI tool then usually the better outcome is delivered at the other end.
I’m still on the free model for Wispr Flow. I’m not sure how much the service will be reduced when my free trial with all the added on features expires, but so far it’s proving to be far better than the inbuilt dictation on an iPhone or even desktop. Apple really should be building in their own AI tool to help with this process.