Loved the section on dictation apps. I’m going to give super whisper a try on my Mac for a month (yay subscriptions!)
Great episode! I would love to hear more about 3D printing even if it’s not a real “Mac” thing. My Bambu arrives towards the end of February and anything lessons learned, best practices, etc. would be wonderful (also @MacSparky which lightsaber do you recommend from Disney…I’m in need of a celebration!).
I think I have the same printer as @ismh86 and it’s weirdly struggled to print with my Mac including the transition to a new MacBook Pro and a couple restarts but has been rock solid reliable with my phone. Amazing this is still a thing these days.
Loved the show as always. Thanks for what you guys do!
another Fantastic episode!! I have one respectful suggestion though. When in a long segment about an app, please avoid using the word “it” all of the time. Try and use the app name every now and then. As a driving listener, I get momentarily distracted at times and if its when you introduce the app, I cannot connect the uses and discriptions with an app name until I look at the show notes later.
This is something that I also need to remember when replying to a post. I know what “it” refers to but someone returning at the end of a thread probably doesn’t.
I will say you certified my decision to go Remarkable over Kindle Scribe for my Eink Notebook of choice. But still keep the Kindle Paperwhite for my Reader.
That massager trick is brilliant. I have a couple of highly trafficked old wood floors that could use it…
I would have enjoyed a brief comparison with the MacOS dictation and voice control features. Are Whisper apps significantly better? How?
I use dictation and voice control frequently for short bits of text here and there. It’s just so much quicker, more convenient and easier on my carpal tunnel issues. I don’t know how to add another layer of software might help with that.
I’m also wondering if Apple’s venture into AI might soon pull something like Whisper into the MacOS built-in tools.
It was the first I’ve heard of using a massager. I’ve seen videos of people using sanders though
Hi Russel, I love how much better the built in voice control and Siri dictation have become over the last year or two, but the whisper-based stuff is waaaaaay better. I use both, because the built-in stuff is easier for short stuff, but the whisper versions are better for longer stuff (but you can’t edit as you).
This show was super helpful. I’ve been looking dictation apps, and ran across a couple of these. But like David was talking about, I wasn’t sure how many of them were going to be around all that long. SuperWhisper was, by far, the one I was most interested in using because of its dearth of features. I feel a bit more confident in giving the dev money now.
I downloaded SuperWhisper from Setapp this morning and used it on a one-hour video, then I skimmed the transcript and found the few places I might want to actually watch the video - time savings: 45 minutes at least.
And then I got a note from Setapp saying that SuperWhisper will be going away on February 1. sigh
Thanks for clarifying. Makes sense. And of course I just saw that Superwhisper is leaving Setapp Feb. 1.
As others have noted, Superwhisper is leaving Setapp Feb 1… BUT of note, it appears that if you download it from Setapp before it is gone, you can keep using it, as long as you never delete it! So if at all on the fence, download it soon!
Can someone recommend a Whisper-based iPhone app that is a one-time purchase? (Or free, for that matter?)
MacSparky [About air compressors] “Friends, I am about to change your life. “
In my head “Friends, I am about to make you spend money”
I bought one and it’s incredible
Now they’re BOTH at it
Disappointing that Superwhisper is leaving SetApp. I have only installed it today and found it be well implemented and reasonably accurate.
But it’s even more disappointing that these functions aren’t part of the OS. Theres been a need for reliable dictation for years and existing capabilities fall short.
Just heard that the iPhone crash feature played an important role in the rescue of the only survivor in the crash of a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 182 last November in the Colorado Rockies.
Juan Brown of the Blancolirio YouTube channel, fully dedicated to flight safety and accident analysis, goes into details on the preliminary NTSB report on this November 23rd 2024 accident in this video:
The survivor’s iPhone had enough coverage to dial 911 and call up helicopter rescue right where the C182 crashed, sadly killing the pilot and another passenger on the plane, a photographer who was taking pictures around the area where the crash eventually happened, as they were about to leave.
Great to see how the Apple crash detection feature played an important role even in such rough terrain and difficult circumstances. Kudos to Apple.