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I found recording a read aloud of what I write helps me condense writing flow.
by ohiovr 4y ago
I found recording a read aloud of what I write helps me condense writing flow.
- ayewo 4y agoEven better is to listen to how your words flow using a Text-to-Speech (TTS) tool. I got this tip on HN. I use it a lot for long articles that I've already spent far too much time editing to help me catch sentences that could be broken up for clarity.
- waboremo 4y agoThis is an amazing tip! I use TTS quite a lot for checking certain accessibility issues, never once thought to use it for my own writing.
- ivansavz 4y ago+1 about this. It has been very helpful for my work. Here are instructions for how to set this up for macOS users: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mApa60zJA8rgEm6T6GF0yIem8qpMmnaBFYOgV32gdMc/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mApa60zJA8rgEm6T6GF0yIem...
- weekendvampire 4y ago100%. After I'm done with my last draft I always read the whole thing loudly, and end up changing at least a word or two in every paragraph. Usually it's the small stuff - eg. using "he instead went" instead of "instead he went" because my brain expects a sentence a certain way that "flows" well and I've written something else.
- jamiek88 4y agoI’ve developed that further to getting Siri to read it out to me.