Rob Gough

@robgough
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Fractional CTO & building Stay Upfront & Worked Around
personal sitehttps://robgough.net/about
Stay Upfronthttps://stayupfront.com
Worked Aroundworkedaround.com
Weighted Downweighteddown.co.uk
Rob Gough2d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@garyj_co/116672607554705734

How you charge the Apple Magic Mouse is the least of its problems — that’s a little bit overblown. That said, this is legitimately funny 🤣

Rob Gough3d ago

Dictator is live on the iOS App Store!

Dictator is now available for those who want to try out talking instead of typing without needing to pay. Essentially the likes of wisprflow but for free!

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/dictator-voice-typing/id6772823676

#speechtotext #dictation #iphone

Dictator – Voice Typing App - App Store

Download Dictator – Voice Typing by Rob Gough on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Dictator – Voice Typing.

App Store
Rob GoughMay 29
I was getting close to building my own simple Markdown editor app yesterday, but then I found MarkEdit. It seems pretty good and so far it’s looking like it has saved me (or claude!) a job… https://github.com/MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit
GitHub - MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit: Just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown.

Just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown. - MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit

GitHub
Rob GoughMay 26

After being frustrated one too many times with the iPhone keyboard, I quickly decided I needed to build Dictator for iOS. It's not quite ready for launch yet, but it is available on Test Flight for anyone brave enough to join the beta. Would love your feedback.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/UT6mYapq

Join the Dictator – Free voice typing beta

Available on iOS

Rob GoughMay 22
One of the funny things about using dictation more and more is that it is teaching me how poor my pronunciation can be, and is certainly helping to improve it. It's also surprising (to me at least) how often I speak total nonsense.
Rob GoughMay 21
Listening to the @atpfm member special about Her and just got to the "rant" about voice input... and laughing as I'm currently working on Dictator (dictator.robgough.net). I do think we're on the precipice of voice being considered a first-class way of interacting with computers. I'm not suggesting we'll ever throw away our keyboards and trackpads... but voice will be more than just a novelty. e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/12/end-of-typing-workers-ditching-keyboards-voicepilling-ai-dictation
The end of typing? Why workers are suddenly ditching their keyboards

Employees are now whispering to AI voice dictation tools rather than clacking the keys. Will ‘voicepilling’ make everyone more productive – or just more annoying?

The Guardian
Rob GoughMay 21

I've added some new features to Dictator this week. Probably the most meaningful is modes, which (amongst other things) lets you skip post-processing steps in apps where you don't need it. Tab to switch between modes while listening.

https://dictator.robgough.net

#macOS #Privacy #Productivity #IndieDev

Rob GoughMay 15

Lots of chatter this week about people switching from typing to talking. I'm one of them — and got fed up with the more advanced features being locked behind subscriptions. So I built my own.

Dictator: menu-bar dictation for macOS. Runs entirely on-device. Free.

https://dictator.robgough.net

Dictator — Talk to your Mac. Not the cloud.

A free, open-source menu-bar dictation app for macOS. Hold a hotkey, speak, release — text lands where your cursor is. All on-device.

Dictator
Rob GoughMay 13
Sometimes I think leadership of large companies should regularly be forced to interact with their core workflows like their users have to. Here I'm trying to create a new apple account – to give them money! – and it's giving literally no information on what is wrong here with my actual phone number
Rob GoughApr 22
Some days you think you're getting lucky... but it's a trick. NO LUCK FOR YOU! #wordle