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How to Get British Spelling When You Dictate on a Mac
Colour, not color. How to make dictation on your Mac write British spelling, what it changes, and the few words it leaves alone.
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How to Dictate Version Numbers, Ports and Slash Commands
Say localhost colon three thousand and get localhost:3000. What to say for versions, IPs, ports, dashed dates and slash commands.
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Dictation Went Nowhere? How to Get Your Words Back on a Mac
Where a dictation goes when no text box was selected, and the two shortcuts that bring it back without saying it all again.
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How to Pause Music Automatically While You Dictate on a Mac
Stop background music from drowning out your dictation. Pause, lower or mute it only while you speak, and have it come back when you stop.
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Live Transcription That Keeps Up With You
What changes when transcription happens while you speak.
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You Can Now Dictate for a Full Hour
More room for long thoughts, first drafts, and uninterrupted ideas.
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I Fine-Tuned Apple's On-Device Model to Fix Spoken Self-Corrections. It Worked, Then Apple Closed the Door.
An experiment in teaching a small model to understand spoken corrections.
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The State of My Solo Claude Code System: June 2026
A look inside the systems behind building EnviousWispr.
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Say 'Fire Emoji,' Get 🔥: Speaking Emoji in Your Dictation
A guide to adding emoji by saying their names.
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Moving Whisper Off the Neural Engine: What We Found
The measurements and decisions behind a change to our speech engine.
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Say It, Get It Formatted: Dates, Numbers, Emails, and More
Turn spoken dates, numbers, and addresses into readable text.
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Dictate in a Whisper: Capturing Soft and Quiet Speech
Practical considerations for dictating in a quieter voice.
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