I was just thinking the other day that speaking out thoughts could be an interesting way to draft. I'm not much for dictation myself, but I think I'll give it a try with my students.
I would add one thing you could consider, depending on the content: after the initial brain-dump and subsequent creation of text from that, you could ask an LLM to help organize your thoughts, or even ask for a summary of the main ideas you have there. It's possible that you can uncover something you didn't even think was there in this way. Once I get this list, I might create an outline on this basis by using an LLM, but I rarely end up following the prescribed path.
Feel free to shoot me a message if you want to brainstorm. No biggie because this is just an additional simplifying step and your process sounds really good overall, but if you'd like to geek out a bit, I'm here.
Not for a while. It suits a very niche use case, taking short notes, but for longer articles where I need more control over the editing prompt, and I may need to transcribe 40 minutes of audio, it's really no that useful. The ideas behind it are awesome, still.
I was just thinking the other day that speaking out thoughts could be an interesting way to draft. I'm not much for dictation myself, but I think I'll give it a try with my students.
Please do! Works wonders for me.
Very good practices.
I would add one thing you could consider, depending on the content: after the initial brain-dump and subsequent creation of text from that, you could ask an LLM to help organize your thoughts, or even ask for a summary of the main ideas you have there. It's possible that you can uncover something you didn't even think was there in this way. Once I get this list, I might create an outline on this basis by using an LLM, but I rarely end up following the prescribed path.
Yeah that's a really good idea that I've been toying around but still haven't found the right prompting.
Feel free to shoot me a message if you want to brainstorm. No biggie because this is just an additional simplifying step and your process sounds really good overall, but if you'd like to geek out a bit, I'm here.
So, you are not using Audiopen anymore?
Not for a while. It suits a very niche use case, taking short notes, but for longer articles where I need more control over the editing prompt, and I may need to transcribe 40 minutes of audio, it's really no that useful. The ideas behind it are awesome, still.
I really love how the guy is building it. I barely use it, but I admire his work.
Oh, yeah, truly indie spirit.
"...like multiple cursors..." - I was today years old when I found out that this was a thing at all!
Thanks for making me feel like a noob with your helpful article, Alejandro!