Essays from the maker of Clabrate on dictation as a craft, working out loud, and why your voice never needed the cloud.https://clabrate.com/enhttps://clabrate.com/blog/a-perfect-transcript-is-a-bad-transcript/https://clabrate.com/blog/a-perfect-transcript-is-a-bad-transcript/Our speech model hears every um you say — and types it faithfully. Why what you want was never what you said.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/a-place-to-put-a-thought-down/https://clabrate.com/blog/a-place-to-put-a-thought-down/Sticky pads that float over your whole desktop, and an assistant that writes on them with you. On giving ideas somewhere to land.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/i-built-a-typing-test-and-lost-to-my-own-voice/https://clabrate.com/blog/i-built-a-typing-test-and-lost-to-my-own-voice/One night chasing combos and personal bests on our new typing test — until the speak-it-back round beat my best run three times over.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/i-turned-the-odyssey-into-a-stick-fight-you-shout-at/https://clabrate.com/blog/i-turned-the-odyssey-into-a-stick-fight-you-shout-at/Shout POW and watch the hit land: a free Greek-armor stick fight driven by your voice — nothing you yell leaves the tab.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/put-the-browser-on-the-left/https://clabrate.com/blog/put-the-browser-on-the-left/Clabrate can move your windows now — by voice, by name, by saved layout. On why saying a place beats aiming at one.Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/the-assistant-was-always-the-main-character/https://clabrate.com/blog/the-assistant-was-always-the-main-character/Everyone meets Clabrate as a dictation app. The reveal was in the name the whole time.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/free-voice-tools-should-not-need-your-voice/https://clabrate.com/blog/free-voice-tools-should-not-need-your-voice/Why a private mic test and browser recorder can be free without making your voice the price of admission.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/why-dictation-eats-your-first-word/https://clabrate.com/blog/why-dictation-eats-your-first-word/The chopped first word isn't your diction and isn't the model — the mic was asleep. What's happening, and the honest trade that fixes it.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/how-to-write-with-your-mouth/https://clabrate.com/blog/how-to-write-with-your-mouth/Dictation isn't typing with extra steps — it's explaining. The small set of habits that turn messy speech into clean first drafts.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/northern-lights-and-the-little-sky-in-the-corner/https://clabrate.com/blog/northern-lights-and-the-little-sky-in-the-corner/A July 4 aurora chase, and why the glow in Clabrate's HUD just got the name people actually call it.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/your-voice-never-needed-the-cloud/https://clabrate.com/blog/your-voice-never-needed-the-cloud/Why cloud dictation became normal, what changed on modern Macs, and the questions to ask before trusting any voice app.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/thinking-has-two-speeds/https://clabrate.com/blog/thinking-has-two-speeds/Fast flow and slow, halting thought both matter. The pause is the work, and most voice tools punish it.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://clabrate.com/blog/dont-interrupt-your-train-of-thought/https://clabrate.com/blog/dont-interrupt-your-train-of-thought/Why typing breaks fragile ideas, what working memory costs, and how voice capture keeps the whole thought intact.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT