In addition to Bevel, I have recently taken the plunge on another super cool app. This one is called WisprFlow and it seems to be taking over the Internet to a certain extent. The app is an AI voice to text app that I’ve been seeing in the productivity space online for more than a year. I finally decided to give it a try.

What’s cool about the app is that you can use it in any other app where a text box lives. That means I can use it to speed up my journaling, my assignment creation, my feedback on student work, my texting, my Second Brain note-taking, my recording of my food in Bevel (and in my other Google Doc food journal), my brainstorming, my blogging, and my interactions with Gemini and Claude. I’m still getting the hang of initiating it on my various devices, but I can already tell after less than a week that once I get the hang of using it–and train myself to think voice first instead of typing–I’m going to love what it does to my productivity.

Though it is still early days for me with Wispr Flow, I am very impressed with its ability to deal with the grammar of a stream of consciousness ramble. Indeed, this is one of their main selling points. It also does lists really well.

It is also worth noting that another of their selling points is that you can whisper and it will still accurately transcribe what you say (hence their name). So in a coffee shop, car, classroom, or living room (with someone else present) you can still use the app successfully. I have been very impressed with this feature so far.

For those worried about it training AI on your data, they give you the chance to opt out of that happening when you first set up your account.