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Dictate your thoughts, let AI turn them into text

11 prompts from this guide. Fill in whatever sits in [square brackets] — your own context, the document text or the name of your tool. That context is exactly what separates a generic answer from a usable one.

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Cleaning up the raw transcript

This is a raw transcript of my dictation. I spoke without
preparing, so it's messy.

Clean it up into readable text following these rules:
- remove filler, false starts, and verbal padding
  (“um,” “like,” “basically,” “so anyway”), repetition
  of the same idea in different words, and unfinished
  tangents
- fix grammar, punctuation, and word order into standard
  written form
- break it into paragraphs by topic
- when I corrected myself (“no, actually, more like this”),
  keep only the final version
- if a passage is unintelligible, don't guess at it — mark
  it as [unclear: approximate wording]

Don't drop any content, don't add your own thoughts, and
don't add an intro or closing sentence. Keep my phrasing and
vocabulary, don't make it more formal than it is.

Transcript:
[paste text]

Checking fidelity

Compare my raw transcript and your cleaned-up version.

List, in a table, every place where the MEANING changed, not
just the wording: columns = original wording | your version |
type of change.

Types of change I care about:
- confidence going up or down (probably → definitely,
  maybe → likely)
- a changed number, date, name, or amount
- information added that I didn't say
- information dropped that wasn't filler
- a question turned into a statement, or the reverse

Skip pure style edits. If you didn't change the meaning
anywhere, say so in one sentence.

Raw transcript:
[paste text]

Cleaned-up version:
[paste text]

Email

Turn my dictated transcript into an email.

Recipient: [name and role, e.g. a client we've been in
touch with for a year]
Relationship: [formal / friendly-professional / long-time
and casual]
Goal of the email: [what the recipient should do or know
after reading it]
Longer context the recipient already has: [what I don't
need to explain]

Requirements:
- a subject line that describes the matter, not a generic
  “Update”
- no more than [180] words, no long opening pleasantries
- a specific ask or next step in its own paragraph at the end
- don't promise anything on my behalf: where I wasn't
  specific in the transcript, leave it vague or mark it
  as [fill in]
- polite tone, but not apologetic — no “sorry to bother you”

At the end, attach a list of things I should verify or fill
in before sending.

Transcript:
[paste text]

Meeting or call notes

This is my dictated record of what I remember from a
meeting. It's not a transcript of the meeting — it's my
own recollection, so it's disorganized and out of order.

Turn it into notes in this format:
1. Context: who, when, about what (one sentence)
2. Decisions: what was decided — each as one sentence
3. Tasks: table task | who | deadline | note
4. Open questions: what's still unresolved and who needs
   to move it forward
5. Context for absentees: 3 sentences for someone who
   wasn't there

Rules:
- distinguish decisions from ideas that were merely floated;
  if it's not clear from my recollection which one it was,
  put it under open questions
- where an owner or deadline is missing, write [missing] —
  don't assign one by guessing
- passages I marked with “note to self,” put at the very
  end under a My Notes section (won't go out to others)

Record:
[paste text]

Notes and tasks for your task system

Pull the actions out of my dictated stream of thought.

Split the output into three lists:
A) Tasks with a deadline — format: verb + object +
   [deadline]. Calculate deadlines from today's date
   [date]: convert “by the end of the week” into an
   actual date.
B) Tasks without a deadline — same format, no date.
C) Ideas and things to consider — these aren't tasks,
   don't turn them into any.

Rules:
- one item = one action; if I said two things in one
  sentence, split them
- start with a verb (“send,” “verify”), not a noun
  (“sending”)
- if it's not clear from my wording whether something is a
  task or an idea, put it under C
- at the end, list what needs a decision from me before it
  can become a task

Transcript:
[paste text]

A draft article, post, or longer piece

This is my dictated raw material for a piece on the topic
of [topic]. Target format: [blog post / LinkedIn post /
internal document], length [1200] words, reader: [who they
are and what they already know].

Turn it into a DRAFT:
- find the main idea in my stream and put it in the first
  paragraph
- organize the rest into [4-6] sections with headings,
  ordered so they flow into each other
- where I gave an example or a story, keep it whole and
  don't shrink it to one sentence — that's the most
  valuable part

Strict rules:
- use ONLY what I actually said; don't add general truths,
  examples, or statistics
- where an idea is unfinished, write on its own line
  TODO: [what to add] — don't invent filler
- no phrases like “in today's world,” “plays a key role,”
  “it's important to recognize”
- keep my own phrasing wherever it makes sense

At the end, list every TODO and three questions the text
doesn't yet answer.

Transcript:
[paste text]

A brief for a colleague

I dictated what I need from a colleague. Turn it into a
brief they can understand without having to ask follow-up
questions.

Structure:
- What the goal is (one sentence, the outcome, not the
  activity)
- Why we're doing this (context that helps them make
  decisions)
- What exactly needs to be produced (format, scope, where
  to save it)
- What's already done and where to find it
- Deadline and why it's set where it is
- What is NOT part of this brief
- Where they should decide on their own and where they
  should ask me

Rules:
- where I wasn't specific, write [clarify: what] instead
  of guessing
- at the end, add 5 questions a colleague would probably
  ask, so I can answer them up front

Transcript:
[paste text]

Stitching the blocks together

Here are [5] separately processed blocks of one piece.
Each one came from a separate dictation, so intros repeat,
transitions are missing, and some ideas show up in two
places.

Stitch them into one continuous text following this outline:
[paste outline]

What to do:
- remove repetition: when the same idea appears in two
  blocks, keep it wherever it's developed better and drop
  it in the other spot (tell me where you did this)
- add transition sentences between sections, at most one
  per seam
- unify terminology: where I used different words for the
  same thing, pick one and tell me what you unified
- unify point of view and tense throughout

What NOT to do:
- don't rewrite my sentences into a “better” style
- don't add an intro or conclusion if the blocks don't
  have one
- don't fill in content that's missing from the blocks —
  just write TODO: [what's missing] in the right spot

Blocks:
[paste blocks, each headed with its own heading]

A coherence pass

Read this text as a first-time reader who knows nothing
about the topic. Don't rewrite anything, just list findings
with a pointer to where in the text they occur:

1. Where the text claims something it never introduced
   (an unexplained term, acronym, or name used without
   context).
2. Where two adjacent passages don't connect — it jumps to
   a different topic with no transition.
3. Where the same thing is said twice in different words.
4. Where I promise something I never deliver on (“I'll come
   back to this,” “more on this below”) and never do.
5. Where a sentence is so long or tangled that I had to
   read it twice.

For each finding, one sentence on why it's a problem. Don't
propose fixes.

Text:
[paste text]

Evening batch processing

This is [7] voice notes I dictated throughout the day in
different situations. They're separated by a --- line.
They're unrelated, some are fragmentary and recorded on
the move.

Process them like this:
1. For each note, write one sentence on what it's about
   and sort it into a category: task / idea / information
   to remember / something to tell someone / unintelligible.
2. Then build summary lists across all the notes:
   - tasks (verb + object + deadline, where one was stated)
   - people I need to talk to, and about what
   - ideas worth thinking over
   - things I need to verify
3. Find connections: where two notes touch on the same
   thing, merge them and say so.

Rules: don't guess anything, mark unintelligible passages
and leave them be. Don't turn vague statements into
definite ones.

Notes:
[paste notes separated by ---]

A sample of your own style

Here are [3] pieces I wrote myself and I'm happy with them.
Analyze my style from them and write it up as an instruction
I'll keep using going forward.

Describe, concretely and measurably:
- typical sentence and paragraph length
- how many technical terms I use and how I introduce them
- how I open pieces (what kinds of first sentences)
- how I give recommendations: directly, or with hedges
- words and turns of phrase I use repeatedly
- what I avoid (superlatives, questions as headings,
  exclamation points)
- how I close

Output: an instruction of at most 200 words, phrased as a
brief for you (“write …”), plus 5 example sentences that
are typical of me, and 5 sentences I'd never write.

Texts:
[paste texts]

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