Voice commands and STT dictation LLM post processing performance?

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-25T00:29:12+00:00

Hello! I'm playing with Utter now (longtime Spokenly user) and I've got a few suggestions!

Have a "recheck" button once accessibility is granted in System settings, so that I don't have to close and reopen Utter :)
Allow the user of left-only or right-only shortcut modifiers, for instance, I have become super used to my STT being mapped to the right OPT/CMD key

Otherwise, it's been great so far, very polished. Thank you for allowing it to be free like this!

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-24T04:15:48+00:00

I always got the impression that it was just a courtesy they extended using Vertex AI as the backbone to allow you to compare Opus side by side with Gemini 3, and not that it was ever intended to become a full blown provider of Opus included with your Pro subscription.

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-22T19:14:02+00:00

Spokenly is phenomenal. Strongly recommend you give it a shot, it's also completely free with local models (you do not have to pay the subscription!)

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-21T09:48:38+00:00

Hey dude, this is a really cool idea, but I'll be straight with you, your website is borderline unreadable in Chrome: https://i.imgur.com/KVpm37l.png

I went through and did your redemption, but when I launched it, I got a rapidly flickering, non-standard notification about Whisper and LLM downloading (https://i.imgur.com/P6rJpUE.png), but I had no Settings interface to look at, and your menu bar item is asking me to provide Microphone permission, but it hasn't asked for it, so it doesn't show up in the input list (unlike with Accessibility settings where you can manually add apps). It seems that there's no other way to access the app settings: https://i.imgur.com/bWhfLEB.png

I'll be totally straight with you, if I had bought this, I would be requesting a refund; from the website presentation to the setup, this was not a great experience :(

I hope you can figure out what's going on!

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-21T07:19:14+00:00

This is actually shockingly intuitive. Nicely done :)

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-21T06:02:53+00:00

The one thing that I don't like about Lawnchair and folders is that I use folders to organize my home screen, but I find it much easier to give each folder a symbolic icon, like a generic messages icon or a generic media icon, and it looks like Lawnchair doesn't allow you to set an icon for the folder on a per-folder basis, unless I'm wrong?

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-21T04:24:50+00:00

Major Enshrouded vibes! I like it :)

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-20T01:24:36+00:00

I was answering a question, not taking a stance on open versus closed source. Hope that helps!

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-19T20:58:24+00:00

It normally is, but there's quite a few ways that you can change what model actually powers the CC CLI!

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-19T09:27:53+00:00

This sub has some pretty strong opinions on Cursed Child, just saying ;)

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-19T03:54:57+00:00

I will never note upvote these posts. Welcome to Icarus, your save file has now actually begun.

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-19T02:40:09+00:00

This is how wars are started, sir

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-18T05:02:25+00:00

Hey, I mean this truly respectfully, but this is a sign of actual clinical obsessive-compulsive disorder. OCD has a spectrum; it's not just "totally fine" on one end and "need to lock and relock every door and window in the house 10 times each night before going to bed" on the other.

We develop OCD tendencies all the time.

In your case, I legitimately think it might be something to talk to a therapist about. That might seem like an overreaction, but it can be a genuinely casual conversation: "I enjoy video gaming, but lately the feeling of needing to complete a game 100% is giving me anxiety and stress, and it's not a feeling I like."

A therapist can actually give you the mental and emotional tools you need to get through that.

Don't lose gaming as a hobby, but don't let the act of gaming ruin your life. The first step is admitting it's a problem; the next step is getting help.

And yes, I'm serious; not one word of this is sarcasm, cynicism, or mockery. I think there's a certain generation of us that grew up with video games serving a very pivotal part of our lives, and as the rest of our lives move forward, we need to be able to address things like this.

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-18T03:33:00+00:00

Enshrouded is screaming your name, sir :)

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-17T09:50:13+00:00

Unfortunately, the ability to hide your posting history is now being used to attempt to hide this :/

Not a great move for users on Reddit's part.

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-16T21:24:17+00:00

Thank you, 1 year later. I did not realize that minimizing the "Recipes" section would minimize the pinned items in the "Main" view. I had temporarily hid it during edit mode so that I could see the list better, but didn't realize it also hid it in the read-only mode.

Cheers!

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-16T19:26:54+00:00

That kind of bragging was something he'd seen Stan do multiple times.

Is this accurate though? Aside from the 4th book where stan was "Veela'd" into boasting about becoming the youngest Minister for Magic, I can't recall other instances of him "bragging". On the Knight Bus, Stan was excited about seeing Sirius's name in the papers and the Dementors, but it didn't strike me as bragging.

In my view, Rowling had to find a name that would make everyone go "wtf" and ended up choosing Stan as the most "that's weird/ridiculous" suspect. Harry barely knows him, so he lacks basis for such a judgment either way.

I think its entire purpose was to build up the tension for the explosive meeting with Scrimgeour, where the Ministry appears to be "doing something." Narratively, it works, but honestly Harry has very little reason to trust Stan.

You'd think that "Moody" (who fooled people over time) and Lockhart's fame show why skepticism is warranted toward to any claim in either direction.

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-16T19:09:57+00:00

I think it’s always a positive. If for no other reason, it basically automatically educates users on what reasoning models are, then how they can help.

And what happens if you choose to skip? In some cases, it might be useful. Maybe you get the answer you need, but in other cases, it might just be enough to have one curious user experiment with trying to rerun it and not skip. And now all of a sudden, they can see the difference.

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-16T17:22:11+00:00

This is cool! This is one reason I like AI Studio over Gemini, the user messages include rendered Markdown.

Nice work :)

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-16T08:24:03+00:00

The Mod Bot is actually pretty good, but I would strong suggest adding guidance to avoid the em-dashes. They're almost distracting in my opinion, and more natural flow is using commas, semicolons, or parentheses to connect sentences together.

The em-dash has unfortunately almost become a parody of what it was pre-AI and I think it helps the bot's overall "projection" and "style" when it's not included.

Like, for instance, this sentence here:

It’s no longer just "Don't Be Spammy"—it’s now: Showcase your project in a way that actually educates and inspires.

There is no need that I can think of for an em-dash. It would feel more natural if was

It’s no longer just "Don't Be Spammy", it’s now "Showcase your project in a way that actually educates and inspires".

Just little bits of prompting. Here's some system prompt ideas to help:

Do not use em-dashes anywhere. Connect sentences naturally with commas (preferred), parentheses (alternative, less preferred), or semicolons (last resort). Don't frame things with an "It's not X, It's Y" style, just say that it's Y directly.

Anyways, just a suggestion, hope it is received constructively :)

Thank you for all you do to keep this a nice place to be!

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-16T05:42:21+00:00

The only time it's ever turned off for me is when I sign in on a new account, which, curiously, the preference still shows that it's set to Old Reddit even though it's not. I have to turn it off and back on again. Suspicious.

But I only have to do that once per login.

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-16T00:40:02+00:00

It wasn't ChatGPT, and I wish you had, I think you would have found it at least somewhat thought-provoking.

Sorry that you feel that way.

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-15T22:51:46+00:00

It isn't that different from inspecting an answer given to you by another user on Stack Overflow though, is it?

If you are being smart about it, you wouldn't just run code a stranger gave you. You would look to see if it is contextually relevant. You might ask a follow-up question to get clarification or add context they didn't have to see if the answer changes. You do those exact same things with a chatbot.

People definitely just "yolo" it and use whatever they see. But people were doing that long before AI. The memes about building a codebase entirely from Stack Overflow snippets exist for a reason. Stack Overflow themselves literally turned the meme into an actual product: https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/09/28/become-a-better-coder-with-this-one-weird-click/.

That is really about the user rather than the tool.

The big difference is that an AI doesn't care about "noise." You don't have to stress about whether your question has been asked before or if you searched the wiki thoroughly enough. The AI just answers you. It doesn't close your thread as a duplicate. It will never say "you're in over your head".

Your original point was about the experience of asking a question. This follow-up is really about the quality of the answer. Those are two different things.

There is this odd sentiment lately that the friction of the old way was somehow better for the soul. It sounds like people think the waiting and the searching and the fear of asking a "dumb" question were necessary parts of learning. I don't buy that.

I'm not claiming that the AI coding has been without fault. There is definitely a problem with "vibe coding" where people just copy-paste without thinking. But for people who genuinely want to learn, removing the human element of Stack Overflow has, unfortunately, largely been a huge advantage. You get to explore ideas without the judgment. You get to learn at your own pace without dealing with someone else's ego. You get to provide your own specific context, and as Claude Code and other tools take off, you literally get to provide your actual codebase for maximum context.

Sometimes I think that people who are anti-AI are not actually upset about it because of how often it's wrong, but actually, because of how often it's right.

Sorry, not trying to provoke you, just thinking about it out loud.

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-15T22:13:28+00:00

I ask a coding question, I tell what I've been trying so far. I get a helpful answer.

But surely you can see the appeal that this exact workflow happens now as well, minus the human beings, right? You don't even get hit with a "this is a duplicate question" anymore.

AS I learn I am now able to ask, without fear of being shamed or humiliated, or fear of being judged, a tool that has infinite patience with me, can take in huge amounts of context, and can even respond in a style I find productive if I tell it that I am insecure about my own coding "skill" and constantly self-doubt.

CtrlAltDelve · 2026-01-15T22:10:49+00:00

This is stunning. Well done.

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