Thoughts From a Clicker
By Tiny Ruisch
I haven’t jumped on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) bandwagon. Sure it is fun to create silly pictures and write funny songs while demonstrating at a club meeting. In my real life day to day computing, I haven’t found much use for it. Why should I spend time writing prompts to create a picture when I can download thousands of them.
Early on, I did a lot of experimenting with AI. I had it create a quiz for the newsletter and write a couple of articles for my website. They were okay, but I didn’t think very good. About a year ago, I downloaded a Microsoft AI app called Seeing Eye. I demonstrated it at a club meeting and at Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. It was a lot of fun and did quite a few things. I haven’t opened it for several months now.
I’m not giving up though. I’ve found some AI software that actually seems to be useful for me. Typeless is a voice productivity tool that converts spoken words into polished text in real time. It removes filler words, detects self-corrections, and structures content without requiring manual editing. The idea is that anywhere you would normally type something, you just speak it instead. Instead of typing, you just say it. Typeless takes out all the errors and converts your speech to text.
On my phone, it works by replacing the keyboard with a large microphone icon. If you need your regular keyboard, it only takes a tap. It works great for texting. On my Windows computer, it is activated by holding down the Right Alt key and speaking. Other than composing emails, I haven’t used it all that much on Windows. It is not yet available for Linux,
Typeless requires an email address to register the app. After registration, there is a 30 day free trial of the pro version. After that, the cost is $30 a month or $12 if you pay annually. The free version limits you to 4,000 words per week. As I write this article, I’ve got four days left on my trial. I like the program but am not planning on paying for the Pro features.
You can find out more about the software on their website.
Thanks for reading.