Free tools to bring you into my world
Both of these are genuinely free and genuinely useful. Use them forever and never speak to me again — that's allowed.
Vox
Talk and it types. Hold a key, say the thing, and VOX drops clean text into supported apps — email, notes and code. If automatic paste is unavailable, your words stay ready to paste manually.
I built it because dictation on every device I own is worse than my own thumbs. This one isn't.
Free · macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon and Intel
Version 1.6.1 (build 22) · DMG installer · Speech runs locally. The first launch downloads a speech model.
Open the DMG, drag Vox into Applications, then open Vox from Applications. The setup guide explains Microphone, Accessibility and Keychain access. History controls are in Settings.
Second Brain Starter
The setup guide for building a second brain in Obsidian with Claude: the folder structure, the daily note, and the prompts that make it recall things properly.
Thirty-odd pages, no fluff. An evening's work and you'll never lose a thought again.
Want me to set it up for you instead? See Services →
Got it working? Let's go further
Mentors, skills, Sam, or something built entirely for you.