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The Best Wispr Flow Alternatives in 2026
The best Wispr Flow alternatives in 2026, compared honestly on accuracy, price, privacy, and platforms to help you pick the right dictation app.
Finnian Brown
Aug 17, 2026
Voice Dictation for Codex CLI (2026)
OpenAI's Codex CLI has no documented built-in dictation. Here is how to dictate prompts and commands into it accurately with a system-wide, code-tuned voice layer.
Finnian Brown
Aug 10, 2026
Voice Dictation for JetBrains (2026)
JetBrains ships no built-in dictation. Here is how to dictate code across IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, the terminal and AI Assistant with one code-tuned layer.
Finnian Brown
Aug 4, 2026
Introducing Send It
Finish your message with "send it," and Aqua submits it for you. No reaching for Return to send. Now in the Aqua desktop app.
Finnian Brown
Jul 27, 2026
Voice Dictation for Xcode (2026)
Xcode 26 added Swift dictation to Voice Control, but it is Swift and Xcode only. Here is how to dictate code, commits and AI prompts across every app.
Finnian Brown
Jul 27, 2026
Introducing Edit Mode
Edit Mode shipped in Aqua desktop 0.17.0. What it does, what you can say, and where it does not apply.
Finnian Brown
Jul 20, 2026
Voice Dictation for Zed (2026)
Zed has no built-in dictation. Here is how to dictate into the Agent Panel, Inline Assistant, editor and terminal with a code-tuned system-wide layer.
Finnian Brown
Jul 20, 2026
Aqua Voice is ISO 27001 certified
This is a big step for security, procurement and teams. Our third-party auditors have certified Aqua Voice against ISO/IEC 27001:2022, the leading international standard for information security, making it easier to get onboarded across your company wherever you operate.
Pablo Peniche
Jul 14, 2026
Voice Dictation for Windsurf (2026)
Windsurf's Cascade shipped built-in voice, but it stops at the chat box. Dictate code, prompts and commits everywhere with a layer tuned for code.
Finnian Brown
Jul 8, 2026
Voice to Text in the Terminal (2026)
Dictate commands and agent prompts in iTerm2, Warp, Ghostty and SSH sessions. Why terminals fumble voice, and the system-wide layer that gets CLI syntax right.
Finnian Brown
Jul 6, 2026
Voice Dictation for VS Code (2026)
How to dictate in VS Code in 2026. VS Code Speech vs a system-wide voice layer that nails code identifiers and follows you out of the editor.
Finnian Brown
Jun 29, 2026
Best Speech-to-Text for Cursor (2026)
The best speech-to-text for Cursor in 2026. One system-wide voice layer for Chat, Composer, Cmd+K and the terminal, accurate on code and library names.
Finnian Brown
Jun 22, 2026
Voice dictation for Claude Code: how to talk to your terminal in 2026
Claude Code now has built-in /voice. Here's how it works, where it stops, and how a system-wide layer like Aqua dictates across every editor and terminal.
Finnian Brown
Jun 16, 2026
Voice coding in 2026: how to dictate to Cursor, Claude Code, and every AI agent
You speak ~150 words a minute and type 40. Here's how to dictate code to Cursor, Claude Code, and any AI agent, and why built-in voice modes aren't enough.
Finnian Brown
Jun 15, 2026
Aqua Voice for iOS
Aqua Voice for iOS is live. It lets you write and edit text using only your voice anywhere. The key features are: Ultra Low Latency All New Model (Avalon 1.5) Voice Edit Mode Aqua for iOS uses an all new model backend that's more accurate, contextually aware, and faster. It's also more noise robust, which is perfect for using your phone on the subway or other high-noise environments.
Finnian Brown
Apr 8, 2026
Aqua Voice is SOC 2 compliant
This is a big step for security, procurement and teams. Our third-party auditors have informed us that we meet the criteria needed to be certified as SOC 2 Type II compliant. Making it easier to get onboarded to Aqua Voice across your company.
Pablo Peniche
Mar 25, 2026
We Tested 20 Tools for Dyslexics: These 9 Are Worth the Hype
Most assistive tech does not fit how a dyslexic brain works. We tested 20 tools for writing and reading, and these 9 do.
Finnian Brown
Oct 31, 2025
Vibe Coding Showdown (2025): Base 44 vs. Replit vs. v0 vs. Bolt vs. Lovable vs. Rork
I tried 6 ai agent platforms on a build Tumblr benchmark, and compare them. Base 44 vs. Replit vs v0 vs Bolt vs Lovable vs Rork on a real world, in depth test. Here's who worked, what broke, and the clear winners, with live links, screenshots, scorecard, and video.
Finnian Brown
Oct 30, 2025
Avalon lands at #6 on OpenASR Leaderboard
OpenASR ranks Avalon as the top proprietary speech recognition model with a 6.24% WER average, beating Whisper Large v3, ElevenLabs Scribe, Rev AI Fusion, and more.
Finnian Brown
Oct 8, 2025
Introducing Avalon
Avalon is our first speech recognition model, optimized for AI/prompting and coding—strong accuracy on public ASR benchmarks and our new AISpeak evaluation.
Finnian Brown
Aug 22, 2025