Two years ago I wrote an article about creating content hands-free while picking blueberries in my garden. The response told me something: a lot of people are trying to figure out how to work smarter, and apparently the image of someone dictating a LinkedIn article while harvesting fruit in their backyard resonated.
At that time I still wasn't fully happy with the workflow. It worked, but it had friction. Every tool was separate. Every step required switching apps. The voice dictation tools required correcting way too often.
The blueberries are flowering right now. The harvest is a few months away. And I'm already planning to be back out there this summer, phone by my side, but using a workflow with less friction.
If you have ever wanted to write more but couldn't find the time to sit down and type at a keyboard, this article is for you. I'm going to walk you through exactly how I wrote this piece using only my voice and two AI tools. By the end, you'll have a workflow you can try today for writing something you're proud to publish, no typing required for most of it.
Introducing Wispr Flow*
The tool that has changed everything for me lately is Wispr Flow*, a voice dictation app that works across every app on every device I use. Texting, email, AI prompting, it doesn't matter. If I can type in it, I can dictate into it with Wispr Flow.
What sets it apart from every other dictation tool I've tried, including the built-in iPhone voice dictation I used to struggle with, is its ability to capture what I intended to say rather than what I literally said. When I misspeak, it doesn't transcribe the mistake. It figures out what I meant and writes that instead.
I've been using it for about two weeks. In that time I've voice-dictated over 28,000 words that I never had to type. I didn't fully realize until then how many words I type in everyday communications alone. We tend to think of 28,000 words as something a novelist produces in a couple weeks of serious writing. But that's just my regular work life: emails, texts, prompts, messages.
Part of why the volume adds up so fast is speed. Wispr Flow clocks my average dictation at 122 words per minute. The average person types somewhere between 40 and 60 words per minute. That gap is significant when you're trying to capture ideas quickly, keep up with your own thinking, or simply get through your inbox faster. It has made me twice as fast!
Before I committed to using it daily, I checked the privacy settings carefully. Wispr Flow allows you to opt out of data retention and model training entirely. I updated my settings so that none of my voice-dictated data is retained, used for training, or kept past 24 hours. For anyone working with client information or simply uncomfortable with voice data being stored, that's worth knowing and worth doing before you start.
How I wrote this article, step by step
Here is the exact workflow I used to write this piece. I'm sharing it this specifically because I want you to be able to try it yourself.
- Brain dump by voice. I started by opening Claude on my phone and dictating my initial thoughts using Wispr Flow. Not polished sentences. Just ideas, memories from the original article, things I wanted to say, questions I wanted to answer. Think of this as a conversation with a very patient thinking partner who captures everything you say.
- Ask Claude to find the structure. Once I had my brain dump in the chat, I worked with Claude to find the structure, key themes, and clarify what I was actually trying to say.
- Draft by voice. Using Wispr Flow, I dictated revisions. "Change the third paragraph to say this instead." "Make the opening shorter."
- Ask Claude to email the draft. Once I was happy with the draft, I asked Claude to put it in a format that I could easily email to myself.
- Later at my desktop. I copied the draft from my email to my article. I made some final edits. This was the one step that required a keyboard.
That's it. Five steps, mostly by voice, from a scattered brain dump to a publishable article.
Tools mentioned in this article
Wispr Flow*: voice dictation that works across every app on every device.
Claude: I'm guessing you've heard of this one lol.
Closing
I started writing about this topic two years ago in my garden because I genuinely needed a better way to work. I'm a working parent with multiple businesses, a full schedule with lots of travel, and a deep belief that how we work matters as much as what we produce. Spending hours hunched over a keyboard when you could be outside, moving, living, has always felt like the wrong trade to me.
The blueberries are flowering. The harvest is coming. And for the first time, I feel like the tools are actually ready to meet me where I am.
If you try this workflow, I'd love to hear how it goes. Join the conversation on LinkedIn.
*Wispr Flow referral: use my link and we both get a free month of Pro, which includes unlimited transcription.
Originally published on LinkedIn, April 6, 2026.
