Stop Typing Your AI Prompts. Your Mac Has a Better Way.

Hello Reader,

The more context you give an AI chatbot, the better the output.

The problem is that writing it all out takes long enough that most people skip it.

Why This Matters

Every minute typing context is a minute not spent on client work.

A few years ago, I tracked every keystroke on my iMac for 3.5 months.

280,000 keystrokes. At my typing speed, that was 24 hours of pure labour, just typing.

Your Mac has a built-in dictation engine that removes that friction entirely.

No third-party app. No subscription. Just a one-time setup in System Settings.

Use macOS Dictation to Brief Your AI Faster

1. Enable it once: Go to System Settings → Keyboard → Dictation and turn it on. It works system-wide, in every app where you can type, including any AI chatbot running in your browser. You set your own trigger shortcut from the same screen.
2. Speak instead of type: Place your cursor in the prompt field, activate Dictation, and talk. Describe your business, your audience, what you need. Speaking for 60 seconds produces richer context than most people type in a few minutes. macOS adds punctuation automatically in supported languages.
3. On Apple silicon, type and dictate simultaneously: If you’re on an M-series Mac, you don’t need to stop Dictation to correct something by typing. Both work at the same time. Speak the bulk of your brief, type a specific term, keep going.

Pro Tip

The built-in macOS Dictation accomodates minor rambling but not much.

Alongside it, I’ve started using MacWhisper Pro, which combines a very fast (and local) transcription engine with a LLM that cleans up what you said.

For the LLM, you can use:

• Either Ollama and LM Studio for 100% private dictation AND cleanup,
• or cloud AI services, like OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, through an API key.

This capability requires a one-time licence starting at 64€ ($69) on Gumroad (affiliate link), which is much cheaper than the 15 dollars/euros per month for Wispr Flow (cloud only, no local option at all).

Whether you use the native macOS Dictation or a third-party tool like MacWhisper and Wispr Flow, the main benefit is to get much richer AI prompts faster.

In episode 173, I cover a four-part prompting framework called PTCF that dramatically improves the quality of the AI responses.

Plus, I’ve shared a practical example related to copywriting you can adapt for your own business.

👉 Access the complete show notes and video version of episode #173​

Cheers,

Damien

Affiliate disclosure: Some of the links in this email are special. Why? Because if you click on them and make a purchase, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It’s like a virtual high-five for recommending stuff I love! So, thank you for supporting me and the Macpreneur podcast! Remember, I only promote products that I genuinely believe in.