# Voice dictation for writers

> Speaking is roughly 3× faster than typing, and the first draft was never the bottleneck anyway - editing is. ParrotPad gets the messy first pass into Docs, Notion, Scrivener, Substack, wherever you write, then leaves your voice alone.

## Pain points it solves
- **Thinking faster than you can type** - hold the hotkey, get the thought out at speaking pace, edit on the page
- **Other tools "improve" your prose with an LLM** - ParrotPad doesn't rewrite a word. Filler removed, punctuation added, then it gets out of the way.
- **Shower thoughts vanishing before the desk** - open the menu-bar app, push-to-talk, paste into Drafts / Notion / Apple Notes in under a second

## Where writers use ParrotPad most
- Google Docs, Word, Notion - first drafts and outlines
- Substack & Ghost - newsletter intros and long-form
- Scrivener & Ulysses - long-form fiction and non-fiction
- Voice memo replacement - straight to searchable text
- Editorial replies, blurbs, jacket copy

## Dictionary samples for writers
protagonist, paragraph, em-dash, parenthetical, Substack, Scrivener, verso, colophon

## Pairs well with
- [Voice for Claude & Claude Code](/voice-for/claude.md) - brainstorming with Claude in a separate window
- [Voice for ChatGPT](/voice-for/chatgpt.md) - quick research, headline ideation

## Pricing
- Free: 5,000 words/week
- Parrot Pro: $10/month or $96/year unlimited