Voice Typing Checklist
Use this checklist before choosing a dictation app or judging a voice-to-text workflow. It keeps the test practical: one real task, a clear privacy path, clean microphone input, and a review step before anything important is sent.
Run the checklist
Check each item before you judge whether voice typing is worth using every day.
How to use the checklist
Run the checklist with one real but safe writing task. Do not use secrets, customer data, patient details, legal facts, unreleased strategy, credentials, or anything you would not paste into a test document.
The point is not to prove that voice typing is always faster. The point is to find the narrow workflow where it reliably reduces friction: first drafts, follow-ups, notes, prompts, recaps, or paragraphs that stay stuck when you type.
When the checklist says voice is a bad fit
Use the keyboard when the work is mostly exact: commands, code, links, citations, spreadsheet values, contract language, final numbers, or recipient-sensitive messages. Voice can still help with the explanation around those details, but the final details should be typed and checked.
If the privacy path is unclear, do not test with sensitive content. Start with a low-risk draft or choose a local-first workflow before moving private rough thoughts into dictation.
Next tools
After the checklist, run the microphone test, then estimate the time impact with the dictation speed calculator. If typing speed is still part of the decision, compare with the typing speed test.
FAQ
What is a voice typing checklist for?
It helps you test whether voice typing will work in your real writing day, not just in a demo. Check microphone input, permissions, privacy, app insertion, cleanup, and review.
Should I use voice typing for everything?
No. Voice is useful for rough drafts, recaps, notes, prompts, and emails. Use the keyboard for exact links, names, code, numbers, commands, citations, and final review.
Does this checklist upload anything?
No. The checklist runs in your browser. Saved progress uses localStorage on your device and is not sent to Unspoken.
Where does Unspoken fit?
Unspoken fits Mac users who want local-first dictation for private rough drafts, then normal editing in the apps they already use.
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Unspoken is built for local-first voice-to-text when you want to speak the rough draft, keep private writing close, and edit in the apps you already use.
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