sayhushFor a long document, dictate one section at a time into a saved draft. Sayhush limits a recording to five minutes; pause/resume does not turn it into an unlimited recording or a durable document.
Make the document the source of truth
Create the destination document and save it before speaking. Put a short outline in it: introduction, main points, example and conclusion, or whatever structure fits the task. The document holds completed sections; the floating dock holds only the current draft. This distinction matters if you close an app, lose the connection or need to stop working unexpectedly.
Choose a small unit of work
Dictate a paragraph or one argument, then stop and review. You do not have to fill the five-minute limit. Smaller sessions make it easier to locate a mistaken name, missing qualification or unfinished thought. They also let you reconsider the structure before generating several pages. The right segment length is the one you can review comfortably, not a productivity target.
Pause to think, stop to keep
Pause stops microphone capture and finalizes the current segment without inserting. Resume adds another segment to the same draft. The recording limit applies to captured time across that draft; paused time is not an excuse to leave an unsaved session open indefinitely. Use Stop when you want the current section inserted, then save it in the document before starting another.
Leave markers for missing facts
If you cannot recall a detail, stop and type a clear placeholder such as “[CHECK: delivery date]” into your document. Do not improvise a date or amount because you are speaking fluently. A typed marker is easier to search for later and avoids depending on a particular spoken phrase to produce exact brackets or formatting. Resolve every marker before sharing the draft.
Separate structure from sentence editing
After several sections, read only the opening sentence of each paragraph. Does the argument still make sense? Move or combine paragraphs in the editor, then polish the wording. Speaking can produce convincing sentences that repeat the same point. A structural pass catches that problem better than correcting punctuation while you are still deciding what the document is about.
Finish with a document-level review
Check that headings match their contents, references point to real sources, and the conclusion follows from the body. Search for placeholders, repeated paragraphs and relative dates. Review names and numbers separately. History can help recover a recent passage when enabled, but its retention and capacity limits make it unsuitable as the sole archive of a manuscript or report.
Your quick checklist
- Create and save an outline.
- Dictate one section at a time.
- Stop, review and save each section.
- Resolve placeholders and review the whole document.