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Our default is still OpenAI Whisper. Grok is just a choice for users who might prefer it.

I the past month or so, I added 2 models to my app Whisper Memos (https://whispermemos.com):

- Cohere Transcribe (self hosted)

- Grok Speech To Text (they provide an API, only $0.10/hr!)

They are both excellent. I'm not sure about this one. Would you like to see it in a consumer speech to text app?

Just today I shipped support for this in Whisper Memos: https://whispermemos.com/changelog/2026-04-cohere-transcribe

Accurate and fast model, very happy with it so far!

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Are we gonna talk about that cookie banner? https://cleanshot.com/share/cDQ5RMkP

This just makes me want to play tennis right now. Such an addictive sports.

Not free, but Whisper Memos (https://whispermemos.com/) is about half the price

I just keep my iPhone locked up.

You can go to Screen Time and disable Safari and App Store.

You can protect it with a passcode, which is what I did.

After a few weeks I just got used to my phone being dumb.

Now these apps are unlocked, but the habit is there, and I use it for utility only.

I made WhisperType [1].

The price tag is $30/YEAR. The current MRR is about $700 and I'm paying $7/mo for Groq Whisper Turbo.

These apps really don't have any reason to be so pricey, it's all just margin.

1. https://whispertype.com/

Half of USA voted for Trump. That should answer “who actually uses Grok”.

I personally use the best tool for the job, which Grok sometimes is.

Yes, the billionaire driving a Subaru Forester was my favorite part

This gives me Devs vibe (2020 TV Series) - https://www.indiewire.com/awards/industry/devs-cinematograph...

I would love for them to open up the API to this.

I'd like to build an integration with Whisper Memos (https://whispermemos.com/)

Then I'd be able to dictate a note on my Apple Watch such as:

Go into repository X and look at the screen Y, and fix bug Z.

That'd be so cool.

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I've been running dumbified version of iOS for a few months now, and I'm very happy with it.

I removed every 'fun' app except for a few exceptions:

- ChatGPT, but mostly in voice mode, and with other people - as a party trick.

- Whisper Memos (https://whispermemos.com/), I record voice memos and they end up in my email, so I can continue with that idea when I'm on a computer (whether that is a prompt for AI, or a todo.)

- Bevel (https://www.bevel.health/), to track sleep factors, such as whether I wore a nasal strip

- Overcast (https://overcast.fm/), for playing podcasts.

- Liftosaur (http://liftosaur.com/), for tracking gym

- Basics like Banking, EV charging, Maps, Parking, Messages, Weather, Authenticator, Reminders, etc.

I removed App Store as well as Safari, so these apps is all I can do on my iPhone.

In the beginning, I set up a Screen Time code so I wouldn't be able to cheat. But in a few weeks I got used to it. So App Store and Safari are enabled again, but I never use them. (Maybe Safari is disabled. I have no idea to be honest.)

The biggest downside is I never know where my phone is. However, I'll gladly accept this downside.

And now of course we also run all life problems by ChatGPT.

I have mixed thoughts about audio journaling.

At first I was in love - I made an app around Whisper transcription model the weekend it came out. (Still working on it - https://whispermemos.com)

But when I try to read those recordings, they seem long and uninteresting.

I think the slowness of writing forces us to transform the thoughts/ideas into a format that has more substance.

So typing creates better distilled version of the text, and writing with one even more.

Recording audio just makes a raw stream of consciousness.

The process isn’t as therapeutic. It’s like stuffing food in your face instead of slowly chewing.

What are your thoughts on this?

Lots of apps named after the Whisper model (including mine - https://whispermemos.com/)

I wonder if I'll have to rename at some point.

We use very similar solution in https://reflect.app

Using the wa-sqlite library, and our own Mobx-based model layer similar to what Linear does.

I gave a short talk about it a few months ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0GKWzeyZko

I love this font! It's very well worth the price.

What helps me is to set up "morning routine" with tasks such as:

- get up with alarm - make the bed - shave - take vitamins - read 5 pages

Checking off 10 small tasks right in the morning sets me for a productive mood.

Here’s super fast and cheap alternative to Superwhisper:

https://whispertype.com

I just finished my Mac speech to text app: https://whispertype.com

My favorite!

That would make deep work meditation as well.

Not free, but Whisper Memos (https://whispermemos.com) has an Apple Watch complication that records audio and sends the transcription to email.

With Drafts you can set up email address to receive it.

I made something similar, except by recording audio memos: https://whispermemos.com/

I recommend https://whispermemos.com

They have a very handy Mac app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/somafm-radio-player/id40626281...

Maybe one of the ways to support them.

I used this one for a while: https://polarhabits.com

However these apps should integrate with HealthKit.. I want to run 30km/week, it should be able to track that.

Beeminder is cool with their visualizations.