Wispr Flow: A simple tool that changed my workday more than I expected

Do you know what Agatha Christie, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Dan Brown have in common?

They dictated a lot of their books.

Dictation isn't new. It used to be reserved for the few who could afford a personal assistant. Now it's available to anyone through AI tools.

You might be thinking: "There's been a dictation button in most apps for years. What's the point of yet another dictation tool?"

The point is that the old dictation tools weren't good enough. That's why almost no one used them.

But now we have one that actually works: Wispr Flow.

What Wispr Flow does differently

Wispr Flow is a dictation app for PC and mobile that uses AI to transcribe what you say directly where you're working.

Here's how it differs from traditional dictation tools:

• It works across every app, not just inside one program. You can use it everywhere: in the browser, ChatGPT, Word, Teams, email, and more.
• It's extremely accurate. A lot of dictation tools struggle with precision, even when you speak slowly and over-pronounce. Wispr usually gets it on the first try, even when you mumble or whisper.
• It cleans up as you talk. Yep. "Uhm", half-finished sentences you change your mind about, and repeated words usually get removed from the transcription automatically. Brilliant.
• It gives you fully formatted text. Most dictation tools hand you a wall of text with no commas, periods or paragraphs. Wispr Flow puts commas and periods where they belong, breaks the text into paragraphs, and uses bullet lists automatically.

Wispr Flow is also extremely easy to pick up. If you like dictating, you'll probably just start using it fairly spontaneously and naturally, without having to consciously turn it into a habit.

If dictation isn't your thing, you obviously don't need a dictation tool.

If you're not sure whether you like dictating or not, you can try Wispr Flow for free (the free version lets you dictate up to 2000 words per week). You'll figure out pretty quickly whether you're the kind of person who should integrate dictation into your life, or whether you should stick to the keyboard. 🙂

How Wispr has changed my workday

I get instantly skeptical when I read that something is "revolutionary", and I can't remember ever using that word to describe my own experience of anything. But I'm going to make an exception here, because Wispr really has revolutionized the way I work. And I have to admit I'm pretty surprised by it, given how simple the tool is.

Here are four concrete examples from my everyday work:

1. I plan my day by talking