🎙️ Why I stopped typing (and started talking)

Remember when using voice-to-text meant painfully fixing every. other. word?

Yeah. Me two.

Every time I tried dictating a simple text on my iPhone, it turned into a scrambled salad of random words.

Am I ducking right?

But today?

I’m using voice dictation daily and loving it.

TalkTastic

For the past 7 months, I’ve been using a Mac app called TalkTastic.

It’s hands-down one of the biggest productivity boosts I’ve found lately.

(And not just in the “feels nice” way. I’m easily doubling my writing speed.)

You can visit their site by clicking on their logo 👇🏻

Why?

Here’s why it works so well:

👉🏻 It understands context.

If I’m replying to an email, it formats it properly:

If I’m chatting with a friend, it’s casual.

It reads the context of the active app and tailors the tone automatically.

👉🏻 It’s instant.

The text appears directly where you're typing: no copy-paste. You can even let it “ghostwrite” and polish things for you.

👉🏻 It’s faster.

Dictation is significantly faster than typing, with some sources reporting it can be three to seven times faster

👉🏻 It’s actually private.

Everything’s processed locally on your Mac, and TalkTastic only listens when you manually trigger it.

Real-world Demo

Check out the GIF below where I ask it who said the following quote:

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”

and watch how fast it turns into clean, structured text. 🤯 (with double quotation marks and all)

(Hello 👋 office fans)

A Bonus Surprise

Speaking your thoughts naturally forces you to structure them better.

Research shows that speaking reduces cognitive load compared to typing — and personally, I feel way more clear-headed after a brain-dump.

It also helps you think better on your feet 👣

If you tried dictation years ago and hated it, it’s worth giving it another try.

The tech is wildly better now. It’s not just hearing you. It’s actually understanding you.

Enjoy!

See you next week,
— George