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Dictate your thoughts, let AI turn them into text
A complete guide with prompts: how to dictate a usable transcript, tidy it into an email or notes with one prompt, and turn commutes into writing time.
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In-depth guide · 19 min
A complete guide with prompts: how to dictate a usable transcript, tidy it into an email or notes with one prompt, and turn commutes into writing time.
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A complete guide with prompts: four summary types by purpose, extracting risks from contracts, comparing two versions, and checking nothing vital got lost.
Apps like Cold Turkey or Freedom block chosen websites for a set period. Decide once, and it holds for the whole morning.
Flashcards with an algorithm that quizzes you right when you're about to forget. For languages, exams, and professional knowledge alike.
Double square brackets create a link to another note — and backlinks show you where it's referenced from.
One place where you dump notes, ideas, and links all day long. Sort it out in the evening — or don't; search will still find it.
Shift+F3
Caps Lock stuck on by accident? Select the text and Shift+F3 cycles between lowercase, Title Case, and UPPERCASE.
View → Focus hides the ribbons and leaves just the page. Writing without visual noise.
Ctrl+H
Ctrl+H can also replace formatting, double spaces, and paragraph marks. Cleaning up a whole document in a few clicks.
Heading 1 and Heading 2 aren't just about looks — they power the navigation pane, an automatic table of contents, and chapter collapsing.
Blue light in the evening delays falling asleep. Windows can automatically warm up the screen after sunset.
Win+I
Open Windows Settings with a shortcut — and the search box inside gets you to a specific option faster than clicking through menus.
The Clock app in Windows 11 has Focus sessions — a timer, task linking, and an overview of how much focused work you got done today.
Win+.
A panel of emoji, kaomoji, and symbols — including em dashes, arrows, and math symbols. With search.