Typing
40
words / min
Speaking
150
words / min
3.75× faster
The Editing Tax
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING KEYBOARD 2 TRIMMED SENTENCES AI OUTPUT Generic context lost intent lost nuance lost
The only barrier left
Talking to your computer
feels weird.
"What if someone hears me?"
"I'll sound dumb."
"It's just… not how I work."
The adjustment period
3
days
Day 1 Awkward Day 2 Getting it Day 3 Natural Day 4+ Won't go back
The tools are different now.
OLD DICTATION quarterly rev a new this companys doing good on forcasts Wrong words · No punctuation · Manual cleanup required AI-POWERED DICTATION Quarterly revenue — this company's doing well on forecasts. Understands intent · Auto-punctuation · Adapts to context
Everyone is building this in.
Standalone tools, plus native voice built right into the AI platforms.
Standalone
Wispr Flow
Wispr Flow
Native Voice
ChatGPT
ChatGPT
Claude
Claude
Gemini
Gemini
Grok
Grok
Tactic 01
Talk in chunks. Capture all day.
Paste into AI.
THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY — 30–60 SEC EACH 9:15 AM 11:40 AM 2:05 PM 4:30 PM COPY + PASTE Claude / ChatGPT "Pull this together into…" Polished output
Tactic 02
Give the AI a job before you talk.
I'm going to ramble about my thoughts on [this client situation]. When I'm done, I want you to turn this into [a professional follow-up email].
Tactic 03
Speak your answers
in AI interviews.
AI asks question 1 typed: 2 lines spoken: 30–45s AI asks smarter question 2 typed: 2 lines spoken: 30–45s AI asks even smarter question 3
Dictation is a multiplier.
Prompting
richer
Context
deeper
Workflows
faster
Agents
smarter
The bottleneck was never the AI. Your Thinking THE GAP This was always the bottleneck DICTATION CLOSES THIS AI
Recap
01
Typing compresses your thinking (Editing Tax).
02
Talk in 30–60 second chunks. Capture throughout the day.
03
Give the AI a job before you start your brain dump.
04
Speak during AI interviews.